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Any advice on highlighting these?

Primed with black
Base coat with Mordian Blue (50% water)
Washed with Asurmen Blue

I think my next step is Ultramarine blue then UM Blue + SW Gray then Almost all SW Gray with a bit on UM Blue. I'm worried about it being to band-y.

So long as you blend the colours into each other you should avoid the problem of banding, however I'm a mediocre painter at best so here are some really good tutorials that I've used.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPMZUqNiHGs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BXPR1W-EKs&feature=related

You also might want to check out awesomepaintjob channel on youtube. Both of these guys are IMO very good painters. Good luck and post some more pics when you're at the next stage.

use a glaze, which is basically a super thin wash, it helps tie all the layers together and eliminates the banding effect, assuming you've layered in thin enough coats and the transitions are nice and gradual.

I'd suggest taking some of you mid level color and thinning the crap out of it, and then glaze over you blending. try it on a test piece like a spare shoulder pad or something.