[IC]The Toxic set [OP updated 12/08]

[danielucf]

the thing is I'm not thinking about taking the complete set, I'm just interested in the modifier set

Well check out the SP modifier set and I think you will be covered.

Also I updated the original post for clarity of how everything will be bundled together, and removed my mock up because it was terrible and confusing.

[wiredPANDA]

Interested.  Especially with the timeline you mentioned.  Gives me enough time to hoard funds on the side for this.

[JSaintS]

ok so I'm in for a mod set and the number row!

it's gonna be awesome!

[danielucf]

ok so I'm in for a mod set and the number row!

it's gonna be awesome!

The number row may only be part of the base set, but if there is enough interest I can probably have it as an a-la-cart option too.

[Acetrak]

I don't think I saw it, but maybe I just suck at reading. I'm assuming both a stepped caps lock and full touch caps lock will be available?

[boost]

I like the darker/softer green setup, put me down for 1 set + tsangan kit

[Batmann]

I did some possible modifiers on my spare time today,
it would "sign" the set and add a bit of  toxicity!


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Daniel is checking what can be done respecting double shot constraints.

[longweight]

Can the green not be more toxic? Looks pretty soft at the moment.

[JSaintS]

I did some possible modifiers on my spare time today,
it would "sign" the set and add a bit of  toxicity!

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Daniel is checking what can be done respecting double shot constraints.

those symbols look cool :D

[boost]

I did some possible modifiers on my spare time today,
it would "sign" the set and add a bit of  toxicity!

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Daniel is checking what can be done respecting double shot constraints.

Those are sick..Coming in 1.5mods?

[kravlin]

I'm interested as well.

[sherryton]

I did some possible modifiers on my spare time today,
it would "sign" the set and add a bit of  toxicity!

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Daniel is checking what can be done respecting double shot constraints.

www.keyboardscience.org

I guess this does not work anymore, but there was a controversy a few years ago against some of the admins of GeekHack and GeekHack.  Those admins broke off to make a new web-site of their own called www.keyboardscience.org.  Some geekhackers signed up another account to that forum, but not many people moved.  It didn't turn out so well, so I believe deskthority bought the domain name, and if you went on keyboardscience, then it would direct you to deskthority.  Those logos were similar to keyboardscience's logo lol.

Just some fun history!

[pasph]

Interested only in GX on VAT modifier set

[rowdy]

Can the green not be more toxic? Looks pretty soft at the moment.

I asked too, but this is the most toxic standard green.  Anything more toxic would be a custom order (and thus probably more expensive).

[longweight]

How much more expensive though? An extra 10 USD would be well worth it!

[rowdy]

How much more expensive though? An extra 10 USD would be well worth it!

I would like something a bit more toxic too - cost??

[MarkPharaoh]

These caps sound awesome, I'm interested.

[danielucf]

I'll ask Melissa how much they can tweak colors to get a slightly more neon shade of green. I kind of thought they had what was available, because they really don't have purple at all, only a lavender light purple. Then again they were able to mix colors to create the meth caps so I'll try and find out.

[i3oilermaker]

The result of mixing colors can be inconsistent colors (also seen with the meth keys)

[rowdy]

Was meth different because they were translucent?

I imagine a slight variation in thickness of a key cap would be more obvious with translucent caps than solid colours.

[i3oilermaker]

Was meth different because they were translucent?


I imagine a slight variation in thickness of a key cap would be more obvious with translucent caps than solid colours.

Most likely

[danielucf]

Tweaking colors here in house becomes problematic as it is difficult to get repeatability. The breaking bad color was relatively simple as we took an existing color and 'diluted it' so to speak as it was intended to be translucent. Creating a new shade is not something we really like to mess with in house. We do work with a variety of material suppliers that can create custom color matches for free - the kicker is we need to buy a minimum amount of material ($600). To do a match, they either need a physical sample of the color or a pantone number.
The detail on 2 of those keys may be a bit problematic, but in order to be sure I would need to see the SVG file for each.
Hope this helps!

This is somewhat promising. I asked if our group buy would possibly be enough to reach that $600 of material, if so we can try and get either a physical sample, or a pantone number together. If people really like the brighter color of those topre caps posted earlier maybe someone has an extra key to spare or I can buy an enter key off of EK.

I will also work with Batmann to get the SVG to Melissa so we can have those be part of the set. Maybe one shaped container can be one windows key, with the other as the opposite side windows key, and the bubbles as the menu/function key.

[rowdy]

Sounds good

I have nothing Topre, and Topre seems to have all the good colours (including the yellow sigh).

[esoomenona]

I personally don't think the green of the Topre caps is the right green to aim for. Is it just me?

[danielucf]

Sounds good

I have nothing Topre, and Topre seems to have all the good colours (including the yellow sigh).

Well it looks like with large enough orders we may be able to get our own custom colors made so in the future possibly a nicer yellow, the lime green, and maybe even a real purple.

[AKIMbO]

I can give you a spare of the green topre keycap to help with color matching if you want.

[danielucf]

I can give you a spare of the green topre keycap to help with color matching if you want.

As long as you are alright with never seeing it again, because I have a feeling you may not be able to get it back. I will see if we need to send it to Melissa, or directly to the material supplier.

[AKIMbO]

I can give you a spare of the green topre keycap to help with color matching if you want.

As long as you are alright with never seeing it again, because I have a feeling you may not be able to get it back. I will see if we need to send it to Melissa, or directly to the material supplier.

Yeah, I'm fine with that.  I have a few spare modifiers of the lime green caps...so it doesn't matter to me if i never get the caps back.

[OrangeJewce]

Sounds good

I have nothing Topre, and Topre seems to have all the good colours (including the yellow sigh).

Well it looks like with large enough orders we may be able to get our own custom colors made so in the future possibly a nicer yellow, the lime green, and maybe even a real purple.

omg TMNT keycaps... /dreams

Cheers,

[The_Beast]

We NEED a better purple, simply because SP doesn't have one

[danielucf]

We NEED a better purple, simple because SP doesn't have one

Pay $600 for materials and you get your wish

[AKIMbO]

We NEED a better purple Donatello, simple because SP doesn't have one

^There fixed that for the TMNT set.

[Guillairmo]

<- interest

[boost]

Not I really want the set...

[hashbaz]

+1 for a good purple Donatello

[OrangeJewce]

Damn, now I really do want a TMNT set! Haha. Let's make a Donatello happen!

Cheers,

[hashbaz]

[OrangeJewce]

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Nothing short of pure win.

Cheers,

[jeroplane]

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Those would look great on F5-F8!

[esoomenona]

Start a GB for those already... they won't work here. Wrong green, but awesome nonetheless and do want

[hashbaz]

I doubt $600 worth of purple will be needed to make these, unfortunately.

[esoomenona]

Make a green and purple GB! I would be in on that for sure.

[TheSoulhunter]

If we get the Topre green Id even get 3 keysets!

[Batmann]

I personally don't think the green of the Topre caps is the right green to aim for. Is it just me?

I also have doubts, I find it too electric,
I tend to get bored quicker with flashy things but maybe it's just me,
An in between would be great imho

[KeyPop]

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Extremely good idea! Superb job! ^^

[TDub]

Back on topic: I asked sleabo (qwerkeys) on his subforum and it seams like they will get a color called lime green, which might be more what was originally intended as the color for this set. However the problem is they have a MOQ of 100 on modifiers, which makes groupbuys for whole sets more complicated. They will probably also be more expensive then SP.

Personally I would really like to get a Qwerkeys set at some point and Lime Green on Black would definitly be awesome, so just keep it in mind as an option.

[nullstring]

color me interested.
I'd also like to see other colors on charcoal like this.
Amber, Blue, and Green.

EDIT: I am not really feeling that toxic color...
Any thoughts on Amber or Blue? It seems like we have plenty of good options with those colors.

After this toxic set I think a light blue color like signature plastics BBQ might also look good on dark or light charcoal. I personally like darker sets now, they seem more functional long term because you can not really notice as much when they get dirty. Also amber is pretty close to orange, and the OCKC set will be orange on light charcoal supposedly. Been waiting weeks for the group buy to get started *shrug*

I like BBJ, but BBQ would also work.
Amber looks tougher... YBP is too yellow.. the rest are too orange. Oh well.

Looking forward to a BBJ and Charcoal set.

[SwissFTW]

Mark me interested for a set!

[Ragnorock]

I doubt $600 worth of purple will be needed to make these, unfortunately.

It wouldn't be a direct match but you could dyesub purple onto it since its darker than lime green. Not sure how the color would need to be adjusted since its being printed on lime vs white though. Just a possibility, I agree it sucks we don't have any purples to work with.

[danielucf]

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I think to save a $45 legend fee we should pick one of these two flasks or create a new one. On the 1.25 set the flask we choose will be the two windows keys, and the bubbles will be the menu key. I guess we can add a regular menu key to the extra keys section which will already contain two regular windows keys.

How should we handle the Winkeyless 1.5x piece of the set? Does everyone want keys that say "Control" and "Alt" or would everyone be happy with two flasks and two bubbles? If people DO want the text keys, should we do one flask and bubbles or two flasks and two bubbles? I want the legends to be large and look good on the 1.25 and 1.5x size keys and don't really want to pay more $45 legend fees to make small versions just for the 1x size keys in the winkeyless set so those will probably just be diamonds.

Also I'm curious is this the kind of toxic green that people would like to see? Because I think the topre "lime" is pretty close, but we could always just figure out an appropriate pantone number.


Man this image is making me think I want a Lambda and Black Mesa logo keys...