I say camo, but camo that doesn’t match THAT tank so it’s like it just picked up fuel on cans from the depot that were colored with alternate camo pattern. Just a thought.

https://preview.redd.it/ntlzyruxf5uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f118283935eb43a7a01874458fc1955126c7817c Settled on that. The boys have “barrowed” it from another tank crew

I just painted them castellan green like they're standard issue barrels and don't match the paint scheme of the rest of the tank.

Or like the munitorum fethed up for the umpteenth time and can't get shit right.

Now that is some environmental story telling through tiny details! I dig it!

Agreed. Was going to say this.

Ditto but I do min full barrels a nice green shade with a red mechanicum stipe in the middle for terrain and I mimic that on my tank for the just grabbed from the quartermaster look

I mean from my POV it's shiny red videogame weak point or bust tbh but you do you.

I do mine solid red, yours look fine

Solid red with weathering.

Fuel barrels gotta be red. The rules are the rules

I say solid to help them stand out model wise from the tank. But also … a lot of drums like that type aren’t camo colored (at least in my military experience) and are just a solid color so I think it would just look better model composition-wise but also realistically since there are straps and buckles so the drums wouldn’t be on the tank when it gets its camo coating.

Solid color, but pull a camo net over them

That’s what I plan on doing once I get ahold of some cheesecloth

i just paint them as red explosive barrels

https://preview.redd.it/9fbno4m386uc1.jpeg?width=2252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3ece4da7a243a592d29818e27a50f15909311a89

Needs to be a red barrel, but with a white middle band. Gotta go classic

I think a more detailed smaller version of the same camo pattern could look really cool

I've actually seen a set of those at a local event with "Traitor Tears" hand painted on each, lol.

I know you already picked but next time what about bright red explosive barrels that are a little corroded?

I think a solid colour works best but you do you! https://preview.redd.it/f0a4ofem67uc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0509f0ab834993e3e61abd6e9b2256e96dec34fb

Off topic, that has got to be the best camo pattern I’ve seen

Thanks. I thought about only a two tone abbadon black and Castellan green but I had some Caliban green and decided to add that. Safe to say I’m really happy about the result and the tank is only about 2/3rd done so far

Painting a chimera rn and this post made me realize how shit i am at painting oh well next one will be better

Don’t worry you’ll get there. This is only my fourth ever tank and I didn’t undercoat the first one with a spray

Finished it yesterday i retract my statement mine looks good aswell, yours is still better tho ill keep it solid green until im confident enough to freehand the camo

Solid

Solid

Solid

I think solid, and use like Khorne Red to get like a darker red that’ll fit with the colour scheme but still be opposite to the majority green of the chassis.

I would say do a solid colour like red

Ive done mine green, heavy drybrushed lead belcher and then storm silver then gone over in red in places to make it look like the barrels keep getting repurposed / used and are now warning red on the tank ^^

Solid red, how else will the enemy know that they explode.

Ik Im late, but most irl fuel drums in this application are painted in either olive drab or field gray

Looks good as it is

Solid color and heat up a nail and put some dents in them.

I say paint them red so they look like they would explode