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Every now and then, I do wish I hadn’t gone full out on my original models, to be sure!
However, I have enough of them now that I’m obliged to keep doing it, as they would look silly otherwise.I'm lucky to be here
With someone I like
Who maketh my spirit to shine
--Warren ZevonJeff,
It looks intimidating, but it’s really not. I would even go so far as to say that you don’t have to do ALL the rigging your first time out. The standing rigging is useful; many times I’ve straightened all the bent masts by pulling on one and having the standing rigging pull everything else back into line. Just do what you’re comfortable with, and add more as you go.
As for the waist ports on the ship, they are actually painted dark gray, not black. These ports could be boarded up in heavy weather, but they did not normally have gunport lids. The idea is that the dark gray will (sort of) simulate a view into the waist through those ports, since there wouldn’t be a lot of direct sunlight. On my open, upper deck gunports I paint those a very light gray, to kind of simulate sunlight pouring through them. I also think it helps break up the monotony of black. Below is a picture of a 1760 model of a 74 gunner, and you can see in the photo that there are no gunport lids on the waist.
I will say though, that if I received a miniature that had gunports molded into place there, I would paint them. The Langton hulls have depressions there instead of raised ports, albeit possibly not on all their models.
I'm lucky to be here
With someone I like
Who maketh my spirit to shine
--Warren Zevon
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