@Valkyrial
I mostly just wanted them to be purple >.> so they're going to stay purple. That said I do like both those palette swaps, I might do some recolored variants if I can figure out how to make that work. As for the extra armour greebles I do understand people's hatred of flat surfaces on this site but I tried to do a bit of more fine greebling on the plates and it just made them look messy. I either don't have the skill or the patience to make a good job of it so, idk, wat do. They look better like that than they do with my amateur greeble job. Also edge work? Are you talking about shading or breaking up the lines?
All of that aside thanks for your input, I'll keep plugging away and if greebles happen they happen, but no promises.
@Snrasha
I do like those pallete swaps, they obviously need a bit more work done (a lot of the fine detail gets lost in the hue change) but I do prefer the purple that's just a personal preference, thanks for your thoughts and input though.