Hi Timmse,
If i may vouch for the Products Gallery element with link to the product page.
It is being used as showcase for products on the homepage; I have built it with a normal query loop as well showing the main image (linking to product) + gallery below but the downside here is that the swatches are not working this way.
Could also be another way that somehow we can enable the swatches in this element structure with featured image/ Image Gallery.
Jasper