Not that it is a major break through or that hard for the experienced to do, but I thought I’d share my success I had today.
My project is far from complete, but today I was making a dirt mask for a wood board with the texture painting mode, and I was successful in using that with a couple home made textures to make the wood board have dirt applied to the area in which would have the most foot traffic. Although my mask is a bit aggressive, and I will re-make it to be a little more transparent. ( I want a dirty board not one caked in mud… lol) I feel it was a good success that I wanted to share with those that understand… everyone I’m around on a daily bases just looks at me sideways when I talk about blender…
Anyway that was my first success with texture paint, and setting up the nodes correctly in cycles to see my vision come together.
Eventually I hope to post my finished image, or a beta version for critique before finalizing. 
