Wow your painting is awesome... even beter than in your gothic horror posts...
No offense to the Sculptors (as Gothic Horror/Victoriana is a particular favourite of mine) etc, but theres not as much scope with those type of Miniatures as there is with Pirates (or Superheroes for that matter) - stronger lines and bolder colours are the norm. Whereas with Victorian Gentlemen (unless they are wearing their Smoking Jackets) the colours are more muted and subtle.
Upon saying that - I'm looking forward to painting some Vampires and such like as I can "let rip" a little!
Need to finish my FF Pirate Crew, and some more Cutlass (I'm sick of painted with unpainted miniatures LoL)