Ships & Modules

I primarily fly Amarr battleships which have a basic doctrine of heavy armour tank, lots of lasers and are generally cap stable.
However, I want to run some missions for the minmatar navy to bring my standing up with them. As such I am going to be running a lot of level 1 missions.

Now I know a Svipul is total overkill for level 1 missions, I normally use a race relevant t1 destroyer, but I figured I might as well try out the new toys CCP has given us. Besides, the Svipul should even be able to handle level 2 missions to my knowledge.

My problem is, my brain just locks up when I try and fit the ship.
I just cannot think how to fit the ship at all. So I thought I would come and get some advice.
I can give some basics of my playing style and preferences.

I prefer long range to short range on guns. So I assume I would be using Artillery, but I wonder if the sharpshooter mode with the auto cannons would do the job.

I despise microwarp drives, and I suck at speed tanking. I dont mind trying to speed tank with an over-sized afterburner, but it still tends to end badly for me in the long run because I pretty much suck as a player.

I prefer resistance tanking to buffer tanking, probably as a result of almost always using armour to tank.

Lastly I prefer to be cap stable, I despise using cap boosters. I can accept a ship that is not cap stable as long as it lasts a reasonable amount of time. 1 minute of capacitor is not enough in my books.

I am not asking for a full fit, but some advice on modules to use would really help. Especially if its supposed to be shield tanked. I dont even know all the shield modules and what they do, so I feel a little overwhelmed in that area.

Lastly, Although my skills in general are up to the task, I dont have the skills for t2 rigs, and as a matter of personal choice I dont fit expensive faction modules to mission ships.

Thanks for the help, you have given me a good place to start. I think I can figure something out now.
I had tried using EFT for it earlier. but I was completely drawing a blank on how to even start. Quite often I just dont "get" minmatar ship philosophy. I have become far too complacent with the simple amarr ships.