- [Conceited] One Minute.
It is war!
- Oh!
- Yo, right when you thought they wouldn't move faster,
they're moving faster.
Time waits for no man.
What's popping everybody?
I'm your host, Conceited,
and this is MTV Sneaker Wars.
We're the only show where
two shoe customizers
go head to head
and kick to kick.
But not only for bragging rights,
but for a chance to take home
the Sneaker Wars trophy.
Each sneakerhead must take one classic kick,
one fire theme
and one secret element,
to remix them into a never before seen creation.
One going home and one is the victim.
You know what they say,
it ain't no fun if the homies can't have none.
So I brought my homies with me;
You've seen her on Wild 'n Out.
She's also an NBA host and sneaker influencer,
Brittany Elena
And of course I also brought my guy with me,
the Round Two confounder, Sean Wotherspoon.
Chillin?
- Same thing you know.
- So now let's get ready to meet
these contestants. - Nice
- To my left, I have my man Shane,
AKA, Mr. Hoodbrush.
- Hey, my name is Shane.
I'm an airbrush artist here in Los Angeles.
You know, I'm best known for my color usage,
graceful line, and
just positive attitude.
- Over to my right, we got Wally,
AKA, Wally Champ.
- Wassup man,
How's it going?
I'm Wally,
I'm from San Pedro, Los Angeles.
I am a creator, artist, entrepreneur.
Most of my artwork is on shoes, but
it's not the only canvas that I work on;
I do murals, basketball courts,
it doesn't matter.
I'm across all mediums.
- So now, are y'all ready to see
what shoe y'all customizing today?
- Yeah, let's do it. - [Wally] I can' wait.
- Let's go, bring 'em out!
- Oh, wow... - We go the Air Monarch.
The official "dad shoe".
It's the Nike Air Monarch;
if father's day were a sneaker,
it would be this training shoe.
Its low-key design and extra wide width,
makes it the ultimate "dad shoe".
Matter of fact,
since that's the "dad" shoe,
the theme for today will be,
"The 90's Dad".
- I grew up in the 90's,
there was a huge list of iconic 90's dads:
Tool-time Tim Allen,
we had Full House,
Al Bundy, Homer Simpson.
The list just went on, and on,
and on.
- But there is a hidden element
that you have to put in the shoe,
and that is;
vintage gear.
Jerseys, snapbacks, tube socks,
any retro item you might find
in your dad's closet.
All right, are y'all ready?
Then let's get some time up on the clock,
and let's get it poppin'.
- No doubt, I did not come here to lose.
I did come here to win.
- In all my years painting,
nobody's ever brought me a pair of
Air Monarchs.
I have no experience whatsoever
with this shoe.
- I think this was just a cheap,
price point shoe
that was at like,
every point of sale.
- [Conceited] I mean, it's affordable,
- [Sean] yeah.
- [Conceited] Comfortable, so, you know...
- And I think we call it a "dad shoe" now,
'cause we look back pictures of the 90's,
we're like,
"It's nothing but dads rockin' these."
- [Brittany] It's like a dad hat.
- [Sean] Yeah, we're like, "That's a "dad shoe"".
Middle aged dude with like,
no opinion on fashion,
you're like,
"Give me the cheapest thing on the shelf."
- Sean, you are a dad.
Do you have Monarchs in your closet?
- I do have a pair of Monarchs.
- [Brittany] Yes!
- Wally, Wally,
what we got goin' on?
- I'm alright - I'm excited to be
in your zone, over here.
- Oh, for sure.
- [Wally] Yeah, so first:
prep the shoe,
after prepping, some pencil work,
some stencils if I needed some stencils.
Once I've figured out the layout,
is layering after that.
What am I gonna paint first,
so I'm not constantly going over my artwork
and redoing what I have already done.
I feel I got something up my sleeve that...
- Okay.
Don't feel like you have to say too much.
- Yeah, yeah, I'm not - We're here to watch.
- I wanna give you guys a surprise
- Yeah, nah. Do your thing. We love the surprise.
- What are you trying to accomplish with this shoe?
- I want something that, you know,
lets you know right away
that it's 90's, and it's
still something that you would wanna wear.
I'm throwing some modeling paste in there,
to add some texture and
I'm als using some UV sensitive paint.
I chose blue because
there's a lot of blue trim.
I normally like to start with a dark color first,
and then go to your midtone,
and then finish with a light tone.
And it creates that positive drama
that I want.
- [Conceited] The thing is,
it doesn't get more 90's
than airbrushing - [Sean] Yo, you're so right.
I didn't even consider that with the theme.
- [Conceited] Yeah.
- Murals, graffiti, break dance.
We are in the 90's right now,
in this episode, and I love it.
- [Conceited] We got thirty minutes left.
Oh yeah, they gettin' nervous.
- [Sean] Yo, like...
- They're getting nervous.
- [Sean] Right when you thought
they wouldn't move faster,
they're moving faster.
- Is my heart beating out of my shirt yet?
- Every now and again,
I took a glance over there
and I saw him doing his thing,
but, I was so focused getting my work done
that, although I took a glance,
I said, "Let me get back to me
and what I'm doing."
- [Conceited] I mean, remember
there's the hidden element,
that we've seen people lose from that before.
People that could've had a clear win,
messed up on the element.
Goodbye.
Fifteen minutes.
- [Brittany] Whoa.
The heat is on.
- [Sean] I wasn't nervous 'til he started making laces.
- Disharmony for the laces
might kind of hurt in a little bit.
- [Sean] I've never even seen anyone make a lace,
so I don't even know how long it takes.
- Yeah.
- This could be an hour process.
- [Shane] The laces are really driving me crazy right now.
I'm licking them, I'm tryna get the
little metal piece to stay on.
I might need a vacation after this.
- You can take that vacay now, if you want.
- Nah, nah, nah.
- You sure?
- Anybody got a breath mint
for my boy, Wally?
I can smell his breath from over here.
- Let the trash talkin' start.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news;
five minutes.
- Oh!
- Five minutes left.
It is war!
It's death.
- You all right over there?
- Oh yeah, I'm just chillin'.
- [Wally] Solve it.
- There goes Wally, stirring up the pot again,
- Take your time, man. We good.
- You too, man.
- [Wally] Yeah.
- [Sean] Fun and games.
- [Sean] I'm hating the last sixty seconds over here.
It's pressing me out.
- [Brittany] Anxiety times sixty.
- Ten, nine, eight, seven, six,
five, four, three, two, one.
- [Conceited] War is over, sneakers down.
- Drop it!
- Wow. Wow. Wow.
- [Conceited] All right, times up.
Mr.Hoodbrush,
- Yes sir.
- What you got over there?
[Shane] I got the
Hoodbrush Nike Moonarch.
Color scheme is inspired by
the New York Knicks,
they kinda let you know where I
originally come from.
I got each different music element in here:
the back spikes are kind of punk rock,
black light kind of effects are
rave, EDM style.
And then, the eye on the front is
my boy, Tupac.
For "All Eyez on Me".
- [Brittany] Let's go! - [Sean And Conceited] Nice.
- Then I got, you know,
a little bit of texture here.
It has kind of a roughness.
Anyone who's a dad knows,
being a dad is a little rough sometimes.
- You're right. - Of course.
- [Shane] I used the Jersey to make some laces.
- Fire.
- And I laced these up, yeah.
Hope you guys liked it.
- Yeah, You did amazing. - Definitely. Killed it.
- Thank you. Thanks so much.
- [Conceited] Wally Champ.
What you got? - [Wally] What's up?
Growing up in the 90's,
I thought, why not go
with the ultimate dad that embodies everything.
The man, the myth, the legend;
Al Bundy.
As the centerpiece,
the classic image of him
sitting no a couch.
I wanted to incorporate everything and
all that represented him.
- And is that a football field on the back?
- [Wally] That's a football field on that back!
Four touchdowns in one game!
- That's for four touchdowns in one game.
Polk High.
- [Wally] The hidden element was,
as you guys can see,
his tie that he's rockin' in here.
It's what I decided to incorporate
onto his tongue.
- All right.
- [Brittany] Okay.
- Bring your kicks up.
- Yes!
- Leave, leave, leave.
Y'all get kicked out!
So, we're ready to deliberate?
- Yeah, thank you guys.
- [Brittany] Bye. - We're gonna let you know.
- [Conceited] We keep getting faced with these challenges
with excellent shoes - [Brittany] I know.
- But obviously, somebody has to go.
Look at that detail.
- [Brittany] Look at the detail in the couch.
- The couch is insane!
- This is a 90's, father dad.
- This is like, literally a 90's dad.
- His face is...
The details of his facial expression,
'cause he's always like...
- [Conceited] Yeah, yeah.
- [Conceited] What a shame.
- [Sean] He gave us a different like,
look at the silhouette.
And I think that that's gonna be a
major part of like,
my decision.
Not only that it's like a "dad shoe",
but it looks completely different than that Monarch.
I've never seen anyone
cut the Monarch lines like this,
and paint them like that,
to give it such a new look,
and I loved it. - I agree.
- [Conceited] And he explained,
this is rough, being a father.
- [Sean] Yeah, yeah - Rough.
All Eyez on Me. Fire.
He used the element
to make laces.
- [Sean] Are we judging this based on,
what's literally a 90's dad,
like on the shoe,
or are we basing it on, like,
what a dad in the 90's was gonna
walk into a store and purchase?
- We gotta pick.
I'm going with one.
- I'm going with this.
So, what's up?
- I don't know.
- Let's bring 'em in!
- Oh!
- [Conceited] Now, this was
one of the hardest decisions
we had to make, by far,
So now,
we're gonna start off with some points
for you, Wally.
- [Wally] Yes sir.
- Brittany?
- Your attention to detail
when it comes to the couch, is
amazing.
From the football field to,
even the facial expressions
that he has,
like, on the shoe;
for you to find that tie,
put it on him,
and put it on the shoe,
it's dope.
I would say, I wish you did
little bit more
on the other side of the shoe.
I feel like you just went on one side,
but I think you did a really good job.
- I mean, I'm obsessed with the couch.
I was over there like,
watching you do the
tan of the couch,
and then after seeing it with like,
the floral applied,
like, this is really nuts.
Like, that layer of paint is crazy.
I love that so much.
I wasn't expecting it, you know?
Just like you said,
you like, kept us in the dark
and kind of came heavy.
- [Conceited] Shane, Brittany.
- So, first and foremost,
your explanation of the shoe,
you being a dad,
I love the passion that you actually have
in the shoe,
That's what, like,
won my heart over with it.
I do wish that you maybe used
something else with the hidden element.
Overall, like,
I think you did a really good job with that.
- His shoe speaks to me for real.
How you broke up the sole,
and made that thick sole on the monarch
look so much thinner on the front
and really gave it
such a more approachable stance.
I feel like the Monarchs would sell better for Nike,
with, you know know, that
color blocking done on the sole.
Like, I mean, I love it.
It's a wearable shoe.
- [Conceited] Well, with that being said,
the one that embodied the 90's dad,
goes to...
Wally.
- I always know that I could do more,
but, I came here to win,
I won, so,
I'm excited.
- [Shane] Oh, I'm a real fierce competitor.
To lose today was rough for me.
- So, thank y'all.
This was MTV's Sneaker Wars,
and we'll see you next time,
when you kick it.
Peace!