cavx
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I painted them grey - the silver was very bright. Would have preferred to get rid of the texture as well but that was too much effort.The triangle is just a cover I put on the shoes, because the left shoe has a heel cup from a right shoe, and the led bubble thing is then on the inside of the shoe. So I just put triangles on both sides where the led bubble thing is to cover that it was wrong.
Yeah if I can get my hands on a pair to mod, I would replace the crap elastic with good stuff, cut the toe along the seam and push the top part into the mid-sole, then coat the entire shoe (including the the sewn lace holes) with tinted, flexible polyurethane. This would cover the seams and lose that swirl effect. I have the US8 uppers, but cut too much off the toe and don't think it could be rebuilt to be wearable.
I'd definitely put Glow on the sides of the soles too.
I got to see a pair of the SPORTS MAGs on the weekend. These are better looking that the HC MAGs as they are much closer in shape to the V2. I didn't even really notice the mis-match fabric. The cuff is actually nicer than the V2 cuff because it slimmer and sits flatter.
Anyway, here is where I am up to on the new molds.
The new small ankle buckle is now half sealed. This has cured, so tomorrow, I will flip it over, slice out the bottom of the butter box and dig out all clay. Then I spray the silicone with mold release and fill it up with more silicone. The way I designed this is so that the butter box acts as a "jacket" to hold the two halves together. This will be filled from the ends of the part so that the rubber runs down and fills the mold as the level rises.
And the new hell cup bubbles. These are more curved than the bubbles in my shoes and don't stick out as far. The finish is also frosted and there is 3 slots for LEDs in the back of each. I worked out that I need to side fill these to not trap air. I have another larger mold with 4 parts. I will see if I can mod that mold to fill the same way.