Advice on finishing Occre Bounty

[InfiniteMonkey]

Hey everyone! So I’m working on the Occre Bounty model, and I’ve reached the point of doing (or not doing) sails. This is my 4th model, but only my second large ship.



Obviously I’ve left it a bit late for putting sails on, having already done most of the rigging, so I’m thinking I’m going to go without sails. But if I do that, I’m going to have all these left over thingies (deadeyes?) just hanging there, and deck points with no ropes attached that won’t look great either.

So basically, I’d love any advice on how to do “no sails”, but still make it look decently “busy” in terms of the rest of the rigging.



Important note: I’m not overly concerned about being ‘accurate’ for this model - I added this little guy for a laugh, so my wife has suggested I should replace the terrible display base it came with with a full like kraken coming up and holding the ship because Mum kraken is looking for her baby And I think the kraken display base will work better with no sails anyway!

 

[AllanKP69]

Agree that no sails are a better way to go unless you plan to make your own out of silk span. Sails will cover the view of the rigging that you did and I think most would agree that kit sails are usually/always out of scale and look like pieces of burlap bags with giant seams rather than sails.
Allan

 

[Graham]

You might consider adding furled sails which would be less complicated - maybe forget the martnets and brailes which add a fair level of complexity. However, you would still have to work around the rigging you have already installed in order to sew them onto the spars with a running stitch - fiddly, but do'able.
Looks good as she is and it's your call - keep us posted. Cheers.

 

[Rob444]

I agree with Allan and Graham, Either no sails or furled sails. Silkspan is probably the way to go, although I have see paper used very successfully. There is a thread on here from one of our colleagues where he used tissue paper that looked great.

As for Silkspan, there is a you tube by Tom Lauria where he demonstrates his technique.

Rob