A small stack of salvaged crates - mixed plastic milk crates and wooden produce boxes, half-stripped labels, weathered edges. The post-event pantry. Period: near-future apocalypse.
Plastic and wooden crates from pre-event commerce - milk delivery, produce, supermarket back-rooms - become the universal storage and furniture in the camp. The shanty-town visual language built from anything stackable.
Painting tips
- Plastic crates: faded supermarket colours (dirty yellow, red, blue).
- Wood crates: sepia-washed pale wood with half-stripped factory stencils.
- Labels: faded barcodes, half-torn paper.
- Ash and dust on top.
Historical sources & further reading
- Post-event scavenged-furniture references
- Refugee-camp informal-storage photography
⚠ Small parts. Not suitable for children under 14.





