"Freshly painted saturated orange. Enjoy it while it lasts, it's gonna yellow out sooner or later."
Made SM slightly more orange / saturated to resemble their Prevamp look. Maybe I'll try dirtying them up more later.
(sword is still unchange cuz i forgo)

"Performance drones used to display striking light shows for a live audience. Don't stare at them directly - their flashes pack a punch to camera optics!"
I was initially going for concept art color palette #8 but couldn't get the front brown plates to match with the darker bits.
At that point I said screw it and made it Hatsune Miku instead.

"If you ever spot gold-plating on a Streetcleaner: chances are that they're probably the leader of a scout pack. Best to take out first, word is that they really don't like it when something is hurting their subordinates."
Color palette taken from concept art #3. Fun fact I made a skin of this around 2 years ago. Have a comparison!

super duper secret for cool people

woah you found it. congrats

"Modifications done to Soldiers often leave them shining new, so when you see one bloodied and bruised; either they went through a lot of stuff to get here... or they just really like blood showers."
Edited desaturated version of an unused texture in the game for Soldiers.
(Hopefully this doesn't get me into trouble.)

"Black's been in fashion for Mindflayers lately, though the color is hard to come by for bodies like theirs. Rumours are that they're forming assassin parties to hunt down parts for each member."
Color scheme inspired by the Combine Assassins from Half-Life
(White armor. Red > Pink eyes. Dark body... yes i do have a preference why do you ask?)