MoYu (魔域) HuanYing (幻影) new mechanism 3x3x3 speed cube

Honestly.. two people on the same account can be confusing.. might be worth it to create your own? (contact the admin or a mod about that though, first) :)
 
One thing that is different about it (maybe cause it's a prototype) is that the outer faces look very flat. In all the other cubes I've got, you can see the internal mechanism because of plastic shrinkage. Is this the case? I like my cubes painted and at the moment I'm filing some Zhan Chi 55mms flat, what a pain.

Condolences on your phone.
 
One thing that is different about it (maybe cause it's a prototype) is that the outer faces look very flat. In all the other cubes I've got, you can see the internal mechanism because of plastic shrinkage. Is this the case? I like my cubes painted and at the moment I'm filing some Zhan Chi 55mms flat, what a pain.

The outer faces seem very flat to me. I'm not sure how to identify if the plastic shrinkage makes you able to see the mechanism though. What part of the mechanism are you talking about?
 
The outer faces seem very flat to me. I'm not sure how to identify if the plastic shrinkage makes you able to see the mechanism though. What part of the mechanism are you talking about?

If you're going to paint a cube and want a really nice finish, you have to sand the cube flat first. Here's a photo of some 55mm ZhanChi parts. The 3x3 is flat but my fingernails have scratched it up a little I'll polish it a little before painting it. But if you look at the bottom right corner, I've pointed out the sink-hole left by the internal structure. In the Zhanchi and some other Dayan cubes they have internal plates that mate together to make the corners. Those plates show up on the outside as areas where the cube surface is a little sunken. So to paint the cube the first thing to do is to lower the surface enough to hide those defects:
cubeSink.jpg

Side pieces have sink holes on the sides where they have pins. And the sink holes in the center caps form a square.

I guess I should add that this series of Zhan chis are built with slices taken out of the sides of the corners. I believe this will improve my finger speed for slices (I've got thick fingers).
 
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I had some battery left and recorded some solves until the battery ran out. Gonna upload some of the good ones, you'll have to wait until tomorrow for the review, cause after uploading them I need to get ready for clubbing.
 
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