Boobiecaps - ☁ (.)(.) ☁ (18+ topic) Cannot be unseen

[Mandolin]

Flexible keycaps that feel organic.

Wanna try?: Orders closed

• Pending final pictures to be uploaded on January 2015
• Flexible polyurethane foam and silicone keycaps.
• Participate privately
• Soft high quality, platinum cure silicone as used in FX industry.
• MX keycap compatibility.

Original discussion: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=65981.0

[Mandolin]

Lvl. 1: 5 people are needed for the bare basic polyurethane materials. All or nothing. Either do this or don't. Complete

Lvl. 2: 7 people will make possible to buy hard shore silicone for casting, a soft silicone and a flexible polyurethane for molding it into a one piece silicone keycap.


DECEMBER 14^th UPDATE:

Ordered (arrived on 12-19-14):
- 2 kg of polyurethane foam.
- 1 kg of polyurethane hard white resin.
- 1 kg of flexible polyurethane (45 shore A).
- Dyes.
- Demolding agent.
- 1 kg of platinum cure silicone of 15-20 shore A hardness (soft like real skin, slightly translucent)

To complete the silicone boobiecaps a hard silicone is needed for the base and stem. Silicone sticks to itself, so it's possible to mix a hard silicone and a soft one, in layers. A hard silicone is fundamental for the switch connection stability. It needs to be addition (platinum) cure silicone, as condensation (tin) cure silicone don't have a long lifetime.

Preorders re-opened to finish buying the rest of materials.


DECEMBER 17^th UPDATE:

Raffle time!

   

Preorder surprise gift:

I'll raffle an extra glow in the dark pink boobiecap with a little tiny trophy marking.


Once the orders are all set, I'll generate a random number on random.org correlative to preorder list.
The preorders are private by nature, so I will inform the winner via email and PM.

[Heliosphere]

It's happening! Are you planning to make it a regular keycap shape or... booby shaped? 

[dante]

Why no penis or testicles keycap?

[HPE1000]

Why no penis or testicles keycap?

been done already bruh

[Mandolin]

It's happening! Are you planning to make it a regular keycap shape or... booby shaped? 

I've many ideas, sculpts are not an issue: I could cut the stem of a cap and sculpt it's body almost entirely over that or use a keycap as base. One boob p/cap, biboobed cap, triboobed blue alien cap, saggy boob cap, implant boob cap, anatomical dissection with glands and nerves exposed cap, maybe I could paint over a little tatoo, and another anatomical features of overall shape, components and accesories (clip on bra via magnet). I don't know how ballistic gell is done, but if I could get my hands over some, it'd supposedly have real skin tear strenght and flexibility.Etc, etc.

The outmost important thing is test if the rigid stem + flexible keycap body is possible, factible (maybe molding makes it impossible), it's usability and durability. And if it doesn't work: MAKE IT WORK


I'll show you the way.

[Buckling]

Why no penis or testicles keycap?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzWMJdORWfo

[GL1TCH3D]

Submitted my order =O

[Mandolin]

cow's udder keycap is also a possibility.

[fohat.digs]

cow's udder keycap is also a possibility.

Having seen your incredible attention to detail, I can imagine that you would find realistic hair for it.

[JinDesu]

cow's udder keycap is also a possibility.

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Why does this image even exist ._.

[Mandolin]

cow's udder keycap is also a possibility.

Having seen your incredible attention to detail, I can imagine that you would find realistic hair for it.

Hair was never a problem 

[Mandolin]

3 more to go.

[Mandolin]

Just 2 more.

[YoungMichael88]

I made a boob cap years ago for fun! Not squishy tho.

[YoungMichael88]

Why no penis or testicles keycap?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzWMJdORWfo

Dong Bros! Mines not as big as his

[BlackWidowMan777]

I made a boob cap years ago for fun! Not squishy tho.

Nice 

I would like Mandolin to produce a nipple cap. One narly, huge, puffy nipple on my escape key!

[Evo_Spec]

I made a boob cap years ago for fun! Not squishy tho.

lol nice!  I personally would prefer if this cap was made perfectly symmetrical though

Like this!
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31CHgI-NOHL._SL500_SS120_.jpg

[YoungMichael88]

I made a boob cap years ago for fun! Not squishy tho.

lol nice!  I personally would prefer if this cap was made perfectly symmetrical though

Like this!
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31CHgI-NOHL._SL500_SS120_.jpg

I went for a more "gravity exists" approach with this design hahah

[GL1TCH3D]

I made a boob cap years ago for fun! Not squishy tho.

lol nice!  I personally would prefer if this cap was made perfectly symmetrical though

Like this!
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31CHgI-NOHL._SL500_SS120_.jpg

I went for a more "gravity exists" approach with this design hahah

Don't let women hear that

[Mandolin]

With 5 people in, we just got FUNDED!!! 

As a fellow geekhacker said:

god speed sir.

it was a long dark night, but i see the sun starting to rise for keyboard lovers.

i dream of a day when all my fingers can type on boobs

[GenKaan]

Im on thin ice with the wifu since she think she could spend my money much smarter/better than me, so a boob cap would most likely be crushed under her feet. Nice work man, taking cap making to a new level

[Mandolin]

So far, so good. Preorders have 1 day left: ending on DEC 7th 2014 at 23:59 GMT-3

6 guys confirmed. No women )
Orders are private by default.

[ImBZppl]

Would there be more interest if there was an option for just 1 cap? Maybe give it a try?

[Mandolin]

Would there be more interest if there was an option for just 1 cap? Maybe give it a try?

It's fine the way it is, although I'd be happy to receive more preorders. They run for just one week, at that price so that I could work with the most dedication possible on a few orders, in function of quality.

[Mandolin]

I'll lock this topic until I have follow ups.

[kmiller8]

Why no penis or testicles keycap?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzWMJdORWfo

ayy lmao

[Mandolin]

DECEMBER 14th UPDATE:

Ordered:
- 2 kg of polyurethane foam.
- 1 kg of polyurethane hard white resin,
- 1 kg of flexible polyurethane (45 shore),
- dyes,
- demolding agent
- 1 kg of platinum cure silicone of 15-20 shore A hardness (soft like real skin, slightly translucent)

To complete the silicone boobiecaps a hard silicone is needed for the base and stem.

I found the ideal candidate: a 95 shore platinum cure silicone putty, with high initial flowability.

[Joey Quinn]

Ordered, I'm glad that the preorder reopened.

[Touch_It]

Oh my.  I wouldn't even have a keyboard to put these on but I'm very interested to see how these turn out! lol

[Mandolin]

Last 3 preorders left.

People who preordered could inquire me about the detail on expenditures at any time.

[Mandolin]

DECEMBER 17^th UPDATE: raffle time!

Preorder surprise gift


I'll raffle an extra glow in the dark pink boobiecap with a little tiny trophy marking.

Once the orders are set, I'll generate a random number on random.org correlative to preorder list.
The preorders are private by nature, so I will inform the winner via email and PM.

[Joey Quinn]

Damn, I'd love to win but if I don't I'd buy that!

[Sent]

Damn, this is interesting.  I'm really curious how this turns out.

[Mandolin]

Damn, I'd love to win but if I don't I'd buy that!

It's good to know, may become available for sale at some point.

[Mandolin]

I think boobiecaps as a project requires it's own site, as it's is more adult oriented than what I'm doing with ArtKeycaps and the public may not be the same. They could even collide.

It's also easier for me to easily point out customers to a simple web, than dictating the url of this thread.

Future orders, updates, pictures will be posted there, and on this topic (I've still to do a basic site, it's just the preorder form)

www.boobiecaps.com

[Mandolin]

The first part of the materials I ordered arrived (for the polyurethane, and half for the silicone keycaps)

[Mandolin]

DECEMBER 19^th UPDATE:

Thank you all for your support, because this wouldn't have been possible if it weren't for your early backing.

I bought a top quality addition cure silicone used in dentistry, out of my pocket. The preorders have covered up to the polyurethane materials only.

The rest of preorders are still needed for at least covering part of the total cost or maybe buying another set of silicone and casting elements. I'll give it one more week, or I'll work with the people already interested.

Preorders deadline is December 26^th 2014.

[ImBZppl]

Ohh, 3 more till level 2. I hope it gets there.   

[GL1TCH3D]

DECEMBER 17^th UPDATE: raffle time!

Preorder surprise gift

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I'll raffle an extra glow in the dark pink boobiecap with a little tiny trophy marking.

Once the orders are set, I'll generate a random number on random.org correlative to preorder list.
The preorders are private by nature, so I will inform the winner via email and PM.

O.O

[noisyturtle]

The first part of the materials I ordered arrived (for the polyurethane, and half for the silicone keycaps)

[Mandolin]

2 models will be available for the preorders. I may pour an extra mold of a different model.

The sculpted prototypes will be:
- Symmertrical Boobiecap. Base model.
- Gravity Boobiecap. Base model.
- Anatomical skinless dissection model*
- 2 boobs single keycap*
- Triboobed blue alien single keycap*
- Saggy wrinkled*
- Cow's udder*

If I get a surplus over the preorders, some will be gifted, maybe a small sale will open on here and I'll auction the rest.
Preorder will get priority and the best price possible, because they're done at cost, just to cover the materials expenditures (which are still in red numbers).

Expect photos in a few days.

[ImBZppl]

Oh, I think photos will definitely get more people interested.   

[Mandolin]

Prototype pictures will be uploaded in a couple of hours.

[Mandolin]

sneak peak.

Work in progress. Tomorrow I'll have more.

[Evo_Spec]

sneak peak.

Work in progress. Tomorrow I'll have more.

nice.

I was expecting a single symmetrical boob on the cap, figuring that is why you decided to sell in pairs.

[Mandolin]

nice.

I was expecting a single symmetrical boob on the cap, figuring that is why you decided to sell in pairs.

I'll do the full list of sculpts detailed a few posts above, however I'll mold and cast the single symmetrical and gravity models at basis. The rest are proofs of concept. I'll duplicate another one if it looks cool enough.

[Mandolin]

Cow's udder keycap sculpt.

30 mins to close preorders.

[Mandolin]

Preorders closed.

Raffle results ready, the winner is from Germany. Note sent via PM.

[Mandolin]

More pictures of the prototypes (still adjusting volumes, sanding, texturing, detailing, etc).

These are all the ones I'll do. Apparently simpler shapes are not that simple.

Also, reading about industrial grade adhesives, I realized that it'd be possible to adhere a hard base to a flexible top, with some precautions, in case the silicone base end up too fragile.

[Mandolin]

All for today.

[Buckling]

I just don't get it. Why would you want one of these on your keyboard? It will just make you look like a tit.

[Mandolin]

I just don't get it. Why would you want one of these on your keyboard? It will just make you look like a tit.

Innovation: Proof of concept for flexible foamy and skin like keycaps+ideal subject. You'd need to read the original IC thread. The subject is merely utilitary.

Plus, a nipple hasn't hurt anybody. You were probably all over them as a baby 

#NEVERFORGET

[noisyturtle]

The utter one is pretty great )

[Joey Quinn]

I just don't get it. Why would you want one of these on your keyboard? It will just make you look like a tit.

I preordered because I really want to see soft keycaps be made and tested, it's a new material so testing and funding are required.

[Evo_Spec]

All for today.

I like how the symmetrical one is turning out =D

[bowji]

Gotta love the creativity involved here lol
Who would have thought typing on a "cloud of boobs" would take a literal meaning 

[Mandolin]

Symmetrical prototype textured (added pearled pattern). Rest are pending surface detailing and texturing. The bases are also to be evened out and sanded.
For reference , full Boob has a 1.75 cm diameter and the nipple 3 mm.

[Evo_Spec]

Symmetrical prototype textured (added pearled pattern). Rest are pending surface detailing and texturing. The bases are also to be evened out and sanded.

i like it!

[Mandolin]

gravity boob progress

[Mandolin]

Update.

[Joey Quinn]

I'm really liking how the udder turned out!

[madhias]

Update.

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I ... am ... speechless.

[Mandolin]

New years eve special SALE
Ended January 1st 2015 23:59 GMT-3

[ImBZppl]

Will the final product be be that wrinkly?

[Mandolin]

Will the final product be be that wrinkly?

Just trust me with this, wait until you see the final images properly photographed or the hold the final product

At plain sight it's not intrusive at all. The silicone keycap will be slightly translucent so, you'd see it if you look it with magnification or another aid. The different colors of the epoxy putties highlights the contrast, and that wouldn't happen with a more or less plain color.

The photos are taken under a hard light, with a good macro lens, and when resizing the image down it gets additionally sharpened.
In a small scale such as this, it's advisable to compensate a bit the texture, because if it were realistically scaled down, a important portion would get lost in perception without using a magnifier.

[Mandolin]

Boring update:

I've been cleaning little dents in the sculpts with magnification, as I the prototypes were sculpted without loupes, defining edges, beveling some corners, rounding others, and making the bases as thick walled as I can. Testing fitting issues, etc.

Regarding reinforcing the base of the silicone keycaps: I bought several type of fiberglass composites, which haven't had the adhesion to the silicone I was aiming to. However, I do have some solutions on the way as I've been talking to different providers from past week, that are lengthy to explain. It involves getting the fillers to stick only to the base part, to keep the sculpt wobbly, and the stem integrity. Remember silicone only sticks to itself.

The basic alternatives were to buy fillers pretreated with an special adhesive (tried that with bad results), treating them myself (I'm in the middle of getting the adhesive), or lastly, as I came across with a self priming silicone (gonna try that this week), so it'd adhere to substrates of certain type without extra effort and could be tinted in the same coloring than the body.

I wanna sort out the problem of having one solid silicone keycap and go as further as I can with it.

[Mandolin]

Boring update 2:

So, It's set. I couldn't find any commercially available option for silicones that resist wear in a day to day basis for the stem, and I'd be making it myself.

My own formula of silicone composite material for the base of the keycap will have a matrix structure set by a low viscosity polyvinyl siloxane, abrasive and tear strength proportioned by a mix of nanometric amorphous and micrometric inorganic fillers, a coupling agent and maybe a metallic oxide to disperse light evenly.

I'll be assuming the costs involved, that have surpassed what I managed to gather with the preorders, but that would mean the best possible, long lasting, flexible keycaps ever made. For the boobiecaps and future projects.

[Nuum]

These updates aren't boring to me, I love to see how you approach making these keycaps. Keep it up!

[Evo_Spec]

wait, so this isn't happeneing?

[Mandolin]

wait, so this isn't happeneing?

Who said it isn't? 

It's super happening, and in a best shape than before, but my initial timing estimates are compromised. They could still be shipping from late january onwards, and regular orders will open only after I test everything thoroughly.

After doing some tests, I wasn't confident on the abrasive and tear strength of the best and hardest silicone I bought, so I decided to make my own reinforced syloxane composite, that'll be more like a regular plastic in hardness.

Then I tested fillers that didn't work, had to see why they failed and correct that.

Afterwards, I had to order more materials and talk to local chemical providers in order to check what's feasible (that took me most of this week). And before going further, I've got to revise my safety equipment.

The polyurethane foam are easier to do. The rigid keycaps are easy piece. Full addition cure silicone pieces are the complication, but what will look the best, and have the highest durability in time.

[Evo_Spec]

wait, so this isn't happeneing?

Who said it isn't? 

More

It's super happening, and in a best shape than before, but my initial timing estimates are compromised. They could still be shipping from late january onwards, and regular orders will open only after I test everything thoroughly.

After doing some tests, I wasn't confident on the abrasive and tear strength of the best and hardest silicone I could find commercially available, so I decided to make my own reinforced composite silicone rubber, that'll be more like a regular plastic in hardness.

I tested some fillers that didn't work the way I thought this week, had to see why they failed and correct that.

I had to order more materials and was talking with local chemical providers this whole week and part of the past one, to see what's feasible. They should arrive next week, but before even working with them, I've got to revise the safety equipment I have and buy some respirator filters and other things in those lines.

The polyurethane foam are easier to do. The rigid keycaps are easy piece. Full addition cure silicone pieces are the complication, but what will look the best, and have the highest durability in time.

If anybody wants to preorder, PM me, as I'm in deep red numbers because of all the expenditures, and some extra orders would come handy.

i misread the, "boring update 2" somehow and thought it didn't work out so you were just eating the cost or something. now that i read it again i'm not sure how i got that perception.

[Mandolin]

Boobiecaps are provoking 


Drops jaws 




and causes giggles

[Joey Quinn]

Yeah that post was rough, I'm excited to see the first caps.

[Mandolin]

Yeah that post was rough, I'm excited to see the first caps.

I don't mind causing a strong emotional reaction
and overall the support has been positive.

I'm working on it to have them as soon as possible 

[ImBZppl]

If it turns out like one of them oppai stress balls that would be awesome.   
Not sure how they do it though.

[Mandolin]

If it turns out like one of them oppai stress balls that would be awesome.   
Not sure how they do it though.

Those are a stretch fabric (polyamide or polyproilene) over a gel or foam, like some mousepad cushions. Some are just poluyrethane foam stress balls or even silicone.

I believe they'd be similar

[noisyturtle]

Loving the consistent updates!

Also, udder looks amazeballs so far.

[Mandolin]

- Did a prototype mold with silicone putty to test Polyurethane foam adhesion to polyurethane resin. They adhere strongly, however I kept testing the PU foam I'm not convinced of the final result as the foam collapses partially compressing it and the definition of detail is not optimal (maybe it's something related to improper mixing, and waiting time before demolding and not inherent to the PU foam itself).

- final silicone materials arrived. I'll begin doing the silicone keycaps next week. Gotta prepare the molds and receive some appropriate respirator filters yet.

- Most likely I'll do all the preorders in silicone, and not PU foam, until I find one that I like (self skinning maybe).