I always like seeing great preparation when it comes to building a character. Your orthographic drawings are going to help you immensely and the design has heaps of potential.
If you will never see your female anywhere else, then I would model her in riding position. This way you won't have to worry about correcting the mesh after changing the pose from default XSI pose. The best thing to do would be create two low resolution models and make sure you are absolutely happy with proportions and positioning. Then you can start upressing each model individually and bring them together for fine adjustments and integration.
I'm not exactly sure what you want to achieve with the wings, but the concept sounds cool.
As I've mentioned before, make sure to have reference close at hand when modeling. Even if the final model will be biotech and have intense biotechnical membranes you can never underestimate the importance of good pictures of insects. It's always the small details that make an extraordinary model.
The colour concept is a great starting point and I like where you're heading with it. You could even take advantage of some subsurface scattering or simple translucency to see inside a little or allow light to play with your surface details.
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