These things are terrible and were terrible to make but are actually quite comfy to wear!
I started off with some yellow toe socks, and some cheap insoles. The black ones were used as a draft, before I cut out a white pair and painted them yellow. Then I sewed the insoles into position, trying to stick to areas that would later be covered by the actual show sole so they wouldn't be noticed. There was no way to do with without wearing the socks, which turned out to be the case with several stops of this process.
Next was cutting and shaping the show soles! These were from $4 slip on flats, since I wanted a sturdy sole without being too thick. To get the rough size and shape of my feet on the sole I did paint my foot and just stick it on there, before realising I'd made a mistake and having to hop one legged through my house to wash my foot off in the laundry sink. But! It did give me a good base to work off, so I was able to cut out the right shape and then bevel the edges for a more natural look.
I should have bought white shoes. Or done more research about how paints react to whatever rubber mix these shoe soles are made of. Because painting these yellow was so incredibly painful because they kept getting slightly sticky even if the coats dried properly. It was also quite difficult to get them to stick to the material of the socks since hot glue doesn't like a lot of rubber/plastics if it's sticking to something else, and contact adhesive doesn't like most materials. So I had to use epoxy resin to try and connect these two together since it was the strongest thing I had, and boy was it painful trying to figure out the right amount so it wouldn't all squeeze out the sides and ruin the whole shoesock. Overall terrible experience, -1/10, but they ended up on the feet and painted yellow which was the goal.
Then I got to paint my legs orange along with the socks in order to get that on-fire look. it wasn't the most even gradient due to some of the angles I had to work at while wearing them, but thankfully not too noticeable.
And with that, they were done, and ready to horrify everyone I come across! The greaves have worn some of the orange paint off the socks after my first con, but thankfully that's not noticeable if I place the socks and greaves in the same position each time I wear the outfit.
I did not just stumble a rare Gaz edit on tiktok and most of the fucking comments were requesting an edit about someone else. One even commented that they want his 'dad'. Can't this man have anything?!
which tragic character from ancient greek literature are you ?
⸻ antigone
you are antigone , from the theban plays by sophocles. you are bold , unwavering in your morals and your passion , an unstoppable force of nature. but when you go head — to — head with an immovable object , your ideals can lead you to self — destruction. you are stubbornly resilient and fearless to a fault , and aren't afraid to stand alone in the face of death. antigone , in your quest for justice , don't forget : you are allowed to step back , to love life a little , to be young once more before soldiering on to the very very end. be selfish in your fierceness , just once.
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My biggest minor gripe with DoL is that, afaik, we don't have outerwear like coats or hoodies that can be worn over a normal top. I wanna wear a cardigan or blazer with the school uniform... I wanna have an oversized coat over the retro top and retro shorts outfit I usually have my PCs wear...
These are pretty old, but it still stands. It's just a game but playing solo chips away at my soul ;;w;; Unfortunately some matches just send me in a rage (completely a me problem and only in Hunter, I just suck), but I love playing with chill players!
I got sad when playing rank with a friend spooked them (thanks a lot "spectate the pros" message) and am sad it might have made them not wanna play with me anymore.