DCS Dark SkyGB August 5-19 2022This project is inspired by my all time favorite colorway,
Soware. I had always wondered what a dark version of the original DCS soware would look like, so I decided to make it a reality.
I've been working on putting this together for approximately 8 months now, and I'm so excited to finally be able to post this IC.
The ColorsAlphas: GPA (same as original Soware mods)
Mods: GQM (not used in original Soware)
Legends: BFQ (original Soware uses BBQ and BBJ, I prefer using only one color and this splits the difference)
Red: RDD (original soware uses RR, which has been retired by SP)
Blue: BDH (same as original Soware)
Yellow: YCH (original Soware uses YY, which has been retired by SP)
Green: VCS (original uses VCM, I prefer this green)
Orange: OBH (not used in original Soware)
No color matching needs to be done with SP before this set begins production, as it only uses stock colors. HIBI will be sent pysical color chips for color matching once the sales period concludes.
NK87 by Novelkeys
Vendors and pricingUS: Novelkeys
CA: Desk Hero
UK: Prototypist
EU: Oblotzky
Asia: zFrontier
AU: Daily Clack
SEA: IllumKB
The set will be listed on Novelkeys for $145. Not sure about the other vendors just yet. Lead time will be around a year, so late Q2/early Q3 2023.
HIBIPricing pending
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One base kit. One HIBI.
Open to any kit changes. I wanted to have
physical support for as many layouts as possible, meaning that the vast majority of people will be able to buy this set and have it fit on their keyboard, even if the legends aren't quite right.
My only keyboard regret is not buying the tsangan kit for the DCS Smallfry set and now I can't use it on most of my boards. I don't want that to happen to anyone who buys this set.
More renders:*NOTE: Some renders have been slightly resized due to imgur file size limits.*
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Special thanks:Cruel World, for helping me find the motivation and for helping in the initial phases of this project.
Pwade, for helping with some of the original renders for this project.
Sora, for running the original Soware set in the early 2010s.
j2c, for including colorchips in the photos of his Soware run in 2016.
My friends in the NYC keyboard scene.
Caro, Bowl, Ankit, and Taicho, for sitting in discord with me while I wrote this post.