Anyone painted their flash white?

Well ok not the flash itself, but with the MT 24EX the holder is fairly big and bulky and yet whilst I can position the two flashes in a good arc I often find that the light still ends up not quite filling the underparts of many insects and shots quite as much as I would like. So I've considered adding a white reflector tab to the bottom, but that often gets in the way when shooting (esp when on the ground). So I thought - what if I paint the base of the flash holder itself white to add a kind of built on reflector.


Combine that with some kind of stick on reflector to the base to try and give a bit more volume (since the base section is smaller because of the stand cut) to the reflection surface.

Anyone tried this or something similar?

might have added benefit of being less likely to spook bugs that I suspect are more aware of black than white.

Don't forget to paint a red band around it too.

Thats sounds right to me,,,,,,,,,,,,,can you adjust the unit downward then add the reflector and bounce it on the subject?

dick