Hi there! I'm the creator of !skins (Skins Factored), and I was wondering if this mod could be updated to use that library? It would improve compatibility with mods like Space Exploration, as well as fix a couple issues that have arisen because the character prototype (that was copy+pasted from Factorio) used by this mod is somewhat outdated.
I'd be willing to update the code and send it to you if you want, although it's pretty simple to use (in my completely unbiased opinion :P

Link here because idk if discussions do markdown: https://github.com/Penguin-Spy/skins-factored#readme