The flying pirate’s pieces are fine, it’s just that the samples are in really crappy poses. It needs a little touching up, sure, but nothing big.
And what’s wrong with recolors? They ARE identical except for colors ingame. If I resprited them, it’d be inaccurate.
As for the elite, he has a variety of pieces made, a sheet for charging and slashing, and half of a ground pound, as well as a very early attempt at walking, and an equally early attempt at breaking out of his tube… and nearly full animation for blocking shots. Okay, so maybe he’s more like 1/3 done, but still.