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Author:  Lurian [ April 22nd, 2013, 11:08 am ]
Post subject:  Ship Rigging
My current Project is a sailing ship. I’ve got the hull, equipment, masts and stays sorted out. However, I’ve wasted all Sunday afternoon - a very rainy Sunday afternoon - trying to get the shrouds right :x. That is trying to get them "reasonably right" while still looking good :roll:.

The problem is that 5 shrouds, coming from a 17 pixels wide channel, join into a 4 pixel wide masthead, some 90 pixels above deck. Naturally there’s a big amount of congestion towards the masthead . To make matters worse I need an at least one pixel wide separation between each shroud to insert the ratlines :twisted:.

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Author:  Thiel [ April 22nd, 2013, 11:11 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Ship Rigging
I usually try to merge them together, so that instead of four lines at the masthead I only got two or even one to worry about.
Author:  Raxar [ April 22nd, 2013, 7:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Ship Rigging
Shrouds are pretty difficult, best advice I can give you other than what Thiel said is to use a dark grey instead of black for the shroud color.
Author:  Erusia Force [ April 23rd, 2013, 10:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Ship Rigging
That, or you could even use a light or darker brown for the lines if the specific ship uses rope. Darker shades can be uses to imply areas of connection or small rigging devices.
Author:  Lurian [ April 29th, 2013, 8:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Ship Rigging
I think I’ve sorted it out now. It looks so simple once it is done. Thanks for your advice...

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