Armada Naval 1588: Battle for Britain Series

Still on a nautical theme and still being inventive with "paper" (and granted with graceful permission to photocopy ship pages for personal use), being a much cheaper entry point into a wargaming period than metals or even plastics for that matter, plus some simple wargame rules (see below):

I must confess this was something of an "impulse purchase" while doing a more boring Amazon book purchase. I wonder how much "Amazon trade" is generated this way ;)

Navwar Napoleonic Ships 1/1200 (Another Naval Distraction)

What I love about Wargaming is the stuff that comes out of the blue and rekindles a "stalled" project. A great example of this is an unexpected conversation with my Redcar Wargaming friends, with respect to "what to do next" (after the Thirty Years War) and the subject of Napoleonic ships unexpectedly came up.

This was a project I had dabbled with and then stopped years ago, getting as far as painting a Royal Navy 74 gun ship (HMS Thunderer), but not rigging her [for fear of the threads] (see below):

Also on the stocks, but not so far along, is another Royal Navy ship, a 80 gunner (HMS Canopus, a captured Frenchman if my memory serves me correctly) just waiting for the moment of "inspiration" to take hold (see below):

Then follows the "silver fleet" still in their packets, two more British, three French and a Spanish (see below):

What I am finding ever so daunting is the prospect of the "rigging", I am trying to work out what I can get away with in a minimalistic sense. I am working down from my Langton Miniatures "complete" rigging booklet. Just a few lines to strengthen the sails so that they do not easily "snap off".

Any tips appreciated.

PS: The rules we intend to use are: Sails of Glory .. watch this space