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Here, I will explain, in moderate depth how to create decent-looking orc armour using photoshop.

Load your orc skin and blow it up to 512x512. this is a good size to work with.

First thing to do, is to make your armour using different layers per piece of armour.



Then, add a Drop Shadow blend to each different layer.
I reccomend the settings: Distance, 0 Spread, 0 Size, 24.
Now it should look like this:



Give a edge to your armour by using the dodge tool.
I use a brush size 5 with a 20% exposure. Do this carefully.
Now it should look like this:



Now give a shadow to your highlight by using the burn tool, this makes it stand out more.
I use the same size brush, 5 at 20%
Now it should look like this:



Using a larger dodge brush give it highlights to make it look more real.
I give it shadows and burn lines to make it look more "crude"
Now it should look like this:



Give it a texturizer filter using the metal texture I provide using a 50% scaling and a 2% relief.
Now it should look like this: (subtle but powerful difference)



Now for the rust, using two different shades of orange I made lines and splotches of rust.
(use a different Layer!!!) Apply a motionblur to your liking.
Now it should look like this:



Lower the fill ratio and the opacity ratio to your liking.
Now it should look like this:



press ctrl + u and apply a colorize layer, adjust to your liking.
(after this I resize it to 256x256. This makes it less sharp, but more realistic.)
plus now its a good ingame size.
Now it should look like this:



And there you go, cool looking orc armour. This is the result of my skin, I think it deserves to be darker.
Meh, already closed photoshop, will do it later.
This same tecnique can be used for shoulder armour, gauntlets, helmets, shields, or anything else you maky need to make!