I am mostly looking for a prototype to shoe functionality. Since the shoe I am designing is projected to release in 2024, and a lot of the materials are Nike specific materials (Flyknit, React cushioning etc), I won’t actually be able to get my hands on those materials. I think that the tape up method would work pretty well! I might just use simple but similar materials to get the functioning I want to show. I would love to actually create it, but the more I think about it, the more I realize that I would need access to materials I simply can not get right now.