Okay everyone, announcement time, I'm introducing Keybuto III!
This project revisits and refines the original Keybuto design while simultaneously adding new interchangeable armor ornaments. Every Keybuto equips a modular, resin-cast mask (
mempo) and crest (
maedate). The armor ornaments can be modularly paired with other Keybuto helmet bases.
The vision is to give you the ability to use your Keybuto even if you're like me and frequently change out your keycaps and jump between different keyboards. You aren't locked into a single colorway, look, sculpt, stem type, or height/profile because all of these features are customizable. It's also fun to match a Keybuto with your other artisans. Your options increase exponentially (literally) as you add additional Keybutos, masks, and crests to your collection. Two keybuto sets = 8 possible combinations. Three = 27 options. Four = 64; 5 = 125... You can use a blue mask, orange mask, gold crest, white crest, red mask, skull mask, winged crest, beast mask...
More info is on the way! I will have some late-model prototypes to check out at the upcoming Utah keyboard community meetup (June 30th), so I look forward to hearing your feedback if you'll be there. For everyone else, I am slaving away to get you in on the action very soon. Let me know what you think.