Removed seperate plugins project since you're always referencing both..

Added more loading logic

src/Artemis.Core/Services/CoreService.cs

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Artemis.Core.Exceptions;
+using Artemis.Core.Plugins.Interfaces;
 using Artemis.Core.Services.Interfaces;
-using Artemis.Plugins.Interfaces;
 using RGB.NET.Core;
 
 namespace Artemis.Core.Services

src/Artemis.Core/Services/Interfaces/IMainDataModelService.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 using Artemis.Core.Models;
-using Artemis.Plugins.Interfaces;
+using Artemis.Core.Plugins.Interfaces;
 
 namespace Artemis.Core.Services.Interfaces
 {

src/Artemis.Core/Services/Interfaces/IPluginService.cs

@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Artemis.Core.Events;
-using Artemis.Plugins.Interfaces;
-using Artemis.Plugins.Models;
+using Artemis.Core.Plugins.Interfaces;
+using Artemis.Core.Plugins.Models;
+using Artemis.Core.ProfileElements;
 
 namespace Artemis.Core.Services.Interfaces
 {
@@ -55,5 +56,12 @@ namespace Artemis.Core.Services.Interfaces
         ///     Occurs when loading all plugins has finished
         /// </summary>
         event EventHandler FinishedLoadedPlugins;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     If found, returns an instance of the layer type matching the given GUID
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="layerTypeGuid">The GUID of the layer type to find</param>
+        /// <returns>An instance of the layer type</returns>
+        ILayerType GetLayerTypeByGuid(Guid layerTypeGuid);
     }
 }

src/Artemis.Core/Services/MainDataModelService.cs

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
 using Artemis.Core.Exceptions;
 using Artemis.Core.Models;
+using Artemis.Core.Plugins.Interfaces;
 using Artemis.Core.Services.Interfaces;
-using Artemis.Plugins.Interfaces;
 
 namespace Artemis.Core.Services
 {

src/Artemis.Core/Services/PluginService.cs

@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Artemis.Core.Events;
 using Artemis.Core.Exceptions;
+using Artemis.Core.Plugins.Exceptions;
+using Artemis.Core.Plugins.Interfaces;
+using Artemis.Core.Plugins.Models;
+using Artemis.Core.ProfileElements;
 using Artemis.Core.Services.Interfaces;
-using Artemis.Plugins.Interfaces;
-using Artemis.Plugins.Models;
 using Ninject;
 
 namespace Artemis.Core.Services
@@ -64,6 +67,22 @@ namespace Artemis.Core.Services
             return await Task.Run(() => pluginInfo.GetModuleViewModel(_kernel));
         }
 
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public ILayerType GetLayerTypeByGuid(Guid layerTypeGuid)
+        {
+            var pluginInfo = _plugins.FirstOrDefault(p => p.Guid == layerTypeGuid);
+            if (pluginInfo == null)
+                return null;
+
+            // Layer types are instantiated per layer so lets compile and return a new instance
+            if (!(pluginInfo.Plugin is ILayerType))
+            {
+                throw new ArtemisPluginException(pluginInfo, "Plugin is expected to implement ILayerType");
+            }
+
+            return (ILayerType) pluginInfo.Plugin;
+        }
+
         public void Dispose()
         {
             // Empty the list of plugins

src/Artemis.Core/Services/StorageService.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Artemis.Core.Plugins.Models;
+using Artemis.Core.ProfileElements;
+using Artemis.Core.Services.Interfaces;
+using Artemis.Storage;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+
+namespace Artemis.Core.Services
+{
+    public class StorageService : IStorageService
+    {
+        private readonly StorageContext _dbContext;
+        private readonly IPluginService _pluginService;
+
+        public StorageService(StorageContext dbContext, IPluginService pluginService)
+        {
+            _dbContext = dbContext;
+            _pluginService = pluginService;
+        }
+
+        public async Task<ICollection<Profile>> GetModuleProfiles(PluginInfo pluginInfo)
+        {
+            var profileEntities = await _dbContext.Profiles.Where(p => p.PluginGuid == pluginInfo.Guid).ToListAsync();
+            var profiles = new List<Profile>();
+            foreach (var profileEntity in profileEntities)
+                profiles.Add(Profile.FromProfileEntity(pluginInfo, profileEntity, _pluginService));
+
+            return profiles;
+        }
+
+        public async Task SaveProfile(Profile profile)
+        {
+            // Find a matching profile entity to update
+
+            // If not found, create a new one
+
+            await _dbContext.SaveChangesAsync();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public interface IStorageService
+    {
+        Task<ICollection<Profile>> GetModuleProfiles(PluginInfo pluginInfo);
+    }
+}