Editor in Chief Bill 
is an unoriginal beast. Having already sent me three pirate ladies (see Adam Paints Some Lady Pirates), he then sends me three more pirates. Plus, at the time of writing this article, I have three more pirates standing on my painting table. There's no variety in my commission work these days...
I like to use Editor in Chief Bill 's models to do some experimentation with my painting. He is very supportive, always approving, and - most importantly - doesn't give a brief as to how he wants his figures painted. I am, however, running out of ideas for experiments to do. After some thought, I decided to try some different themes for these three pirates. One will be light. One will be dark. One will be far too colourful.
Now, this is a bit of an experiment, one that did not go entirely to plan…