I think the Smaragdine Weapons are the first time I've seen an Extreme Crafted weapon and thought "this isn't just forgettable/not my taste, this is just bad and wrong". In phase 2 of the fight, Emerald Weapon turns golden, like Gaius did in Praetorium so give them a golden glow, great. But why are the weapons themselves still green? It clashes horribly with the effect colour and doesn't match what they're trying to base the effect on.
I believe in this case the developers should patch the crafted weapons to be a different colour to the base totem weapons. Make the weapon models themselves the same colour as Emerald Weapon in phase 2. (or just let us dye crafted trial weapons)