Thanks for the input (not that I really care what someone who buys shoes just to wear in an avatar pic for a sneaker website and then resell has to say), but I never said they'd be perfect. I figured I would share my experiences of my FIRST TRY at something like this in order to help out others who might be considering it but don't want to tear into 2 pairs of shoes without knowing exactly what they're getting into. Nowhere did I say that my results were perfect or that I did everything right, but I am happy with them for a first attempt. The toes and forefoot are the hardest areas to line up in my opinion, especially due to the fact that the upper shrinks relatively unpredictably and that the two footbeds of the individual shoes are incredibly different (hence using a size 11 upper and 10.5 sole).
I never asked anyone to pay me for swaps or said that I knew exactly what I was doing because I figured it out as I went. I intend on wearing these shoes, so it doesn't matter to me as much if they don't look 100% from the start. I always knew that was a risk and never intended on making them JUST to be put as a profile pic in a pathetic attempt to be liked or respected on the interwebs.