Following up on my post yesterday I made those skins into defaults so I could test them out on my sims. I'm pretty happy, the change will take some getting used to but I like them.
Most importantly Edward still looks like Edward:
They suit Eric and Esk too:
I also tested a new alien default.
Not sure about it on Dorfl (but it could be that I'm so used to him in the old skin)
But I love it on Esme:
Like I said it'll be a long time before I actually make the switch. By which time Aquilegia will probably have released more skins in the series so I'm not 100% sure about exactly which skins I'll be using. I do know I will be switching though.