Trying my hand at custom keycaps

[moonexe]

Well, I decided that I wanted to try making my own keycaps... So I took the escape key off my keyboard and a little piece of sculpey, and here's my progress for the first few minutes of my career.
Tools of the trade: a flat screwdriver, an x-acto knife, and the back of a paint brush.

[fourzeropooh]

I am interested in making my own caps too!

Do update with progress!

[eth0s]

errbody making keycaps now.

[moonexe]

But is errbody making fox keycaps?

[SpAmRaY]

Sad I thought it was an alien.

[moonexe]

Shhh it doesn't have ears yet. That's the hard part.

[dustinhxc]

Raccoon?! I love foxes too though heh

[moonexe]

I suppose it could be a few different animals depending on the color of the key...
It's still fairly rough, but I'm working on it. It's hard to get precise at such a small scale.

[dustinhxc]

I suppose it could be a few different animals depending on the color of the key...
It's still fairly rough, but I'm working on it. It's hard to get precise at such a small scale.

Very cool! You should try making some on SP or Cherry profile so they arent as high.

[moonexe]

This one actually is a cherry profile, it's the esc key off my G80-3000.

[dustinhxc]

This one actually is a cherry profile, it's the esc key off my G80-3000.

Oh good choice

[moonexe]

Minor progress

[RESPRiT]

Do you plan on making a mold and casting it? That would look pretty neat!

[dustinhxc]

Minor progress

That's pretty neat with the tail!