Author Topic: Resin Keycaps With RoastPotatoes (Read 20380 times)

RoastPotatoes · « **on:** Thu, 04 June 2015, 17:49:45 »

I have been experimeting with making keycaps. I followed KatzenKinder's guide to get started. I have only done blanks as I don't have any pbt caps to spare.

My table has suffered greatly in the process.

I only have blue pigment at the moment, which is why it is such a prominent colour. A little bit of red ink was used, however this made them turn out like wafers.

I haven't encountered many problems. But some caps have turned out mostly bubble.

rm-rf · « **Reply #1 on:** Thu, 04 June 2015, 17:52:56 »

nice work! i love that light one with the dark blue swirl.

joey · « **Reply #2 on:** Thu, 04 June 2015, 18:02:06 »

Looks like a good start!

How is the fit on a board?

KatzenKinder · « **Reply #3 on:** Thu, 04 June 2015, 22:58:31 »

Ahh, found you! Glad to see the beginnings

RoastPotatoes · « **Reply #4 on:** Fri, 05 June 2015, 08:59:45 »

Quote from: joey on Thu, 04 June 2015, 18:02:06

Looks like a good start!

How is the fit on a board?

Everything fits quite well. I will take photos when I can.

Quote from: KatzenKinder on Thu, 04 June 2015, 22:58:31

Ahh, found you! Glad to see the beginnings

Thanks for your help

VoteForDavid · « **Reply #5 on:** Sat, 06 June 2015, 13:48:55 »

Congratulations on early success! It would be an interesting look, if you could get a whole board worth of color-swirled caps. If you could manage to align the swirls, that would be a nice trick. If you could get brown and dark brown swirls to line up and look like wood grain, that would be a *very* nice trick.

RoastPotatoes · « **Reply #6 on:** Sun, 07 June 2015, 13:36:18 »

Quote from: VoteForDavid on Sat, 06 June 2015, 13:48:55

Congratulations on early success! It would be an interesting look, if you could get a whole board worth of color-swirled caps. If you could manage to align the swirls, that would be a nice trick. If you could get brown and dark brown swirls to line up and look like wood grain, that would be a *very* nice trick.

That would be incredibly nice but very hard.

RoastPotatoes · « **Reply #7 on:** Sun, 07 June 2015, 13:41:33 »

Fn in use:

This is a broken one I was just using to demonstrate that they are working.
Fn Collection:

My favourite of these are the white with red flecks on top. I will get some better photos of these.

MX:

Quite a few bubbles and imperfections. Only a couple are really perfect.

Please tell me what you think.

RoastPotatoes · « **Reply #8 on:** Thu, 11 June 2015, 13:55:57 »

rm-rf · « **Reply #9 on:** Thu, 11 June 2015, 13:58:55 »

more!

Sn0_Man · « **Reply #10 on:** Thu, 11 June 2015, 14:16:26 »

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These two look fantastic!

rm-rf · « **Reply #11 on:** Thu, 11 June 2015, 14:18:35 »

are those glow in the dark?

RoastPotatoes · « **Reply #12 on:** Thu, 11 June 2015, 14:24:18 »

Quote from: rm-rf on Thu, 11 June 2015, 14:18:35

are those glow in the dark?

No, it's just colour. They do look very nice though.

suicidal_orange · « **Reply #13 on:** Thu, 11 June 2015, 16:59:09 »

These are looking great, the one on the left is my favourite, if it were in red it would look like a blood splat which would be better still!

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I like how you've progressed to an actual design too rather than sticking to blanks, keep it up :thumb:

RoastPotatoes · « **Reply #14 on:** Sat, 13 June 2015, 08:28:49 »

Latest batch:

Quote from: suicidal_orange on Thu, 11 June 2015, 16:59:09

These are looking great, the one on the left is my favourite, if it were in red it would look like a blood splat which would be better still!

I like how you've progressed to an actual design too rather than sticking to blanks, keep it up

These are my two current designs:

My initial intention was to get producing some nice creative designs as soon as possible. But I am still having trouble creating perfect casts.

Yellow test:

The cast was not that great, but the colour worked well.

Additional Fn's:

E3E · « **Reply #15 on:** Sat, 13 June 2015, 15:41:18 »

Looking good man, keep up the good work! Don't stop! I bet you'll be hammering out some awesome casts in no time.

The color combinations already look pretty good!

sleepimonster · « **Reply #16 on:** Sun, 14 June 2015, 10:37:39 »

How do you get the Heart model for molding? I mean did you use 3d printed sample or just use your hand work.

RoastPotatoes · « **Reply #17 on:** Sun, 14 June 2015, 10:52:13 »

Quote from: sleepimonster on Sun, 14 June 2015, 10:37:39

How do you get the Heart model for molding? I mean did you use 3d printed sample or just use your hand work.

I made it out of super sculpey

RoastPotatoes · « **Reply #18 on:** Wed, 17 June 2015, 14:20:46 »

I am getting a little better

suicidal_orange · « **Reply #19 on:** Wed, 17 June 2015, 17:54:18 »

Looking good, and is that a new design or two I see? (the pinky coloured faces

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RoastPotatoes · « **Reply #20 on:** Wed, 17 June 2015, 18:26:24 »

Quote from: suicidal_orange on Wed, 17 June 2015, 17:54:18

Looking good, and is that a new design or two I see? (the pinky coloured faces )

It is

Spending a bit of time on this one to try to make it a better sculpt.

rm-rf · « **Reply #21 on:** Wed, 17 June 2015, 18:49:57 »

looks like there are some new faces hiding in the background there!

heedpantsnow · « **Reply #22 on:** Wed, 17 June 2015, 22:20:43 »

Coming along nicely! Keep it up!

RoastPotatoes · « **Reply #23 on:** Mon, 22 June 2015, 11:37:01 »

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kennardsmith · « **Reply #24 on:** Mon, 22 June 2015, 11:41:26 »

@RoastPotatoes these posts are amazing and make me wish I was doing this too. Thanks for all the posts and photos!

RoastPotatoes · « **Reply #25 on:** Mon, 22 June 2015, 11:56:55 »

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@RoastPotatoes these posts are amazing and make me wish I was doing this too. Thanks for all the posts and photos!

Thank you. I hope it will give you enough motivation to have a go. With all the pictures I am getting I am hoping to create a guide to help beginners like myself.

nmur · « **Reply #26 on:** Mon, 22 June 2015, 11:59:00 »

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Some of those caps are perfect man, nice work!

btctopre · « **Reply #27 on:** Mon, 22 June 2015, 12:03:24 »

awesome caps, glad to see you come along so far so quickly. keep it up man!

(and dibs on R4C8 huehuehue)

Blackhawk · « **Reply #28 on:** Mon, 22 June 2015, 12:55:37 »

Very clean, nice work

suicidal_orange · « **Reply #29 on:** Mon, 22 June 2015, 16:00:05 »

Quote from: RoastPotatoes on Mon, 22 June 2015, 11:56:55

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I hope it will give you enough motivation to have a go. With all the pictures I am getting I am hoping to create a guide to help beginners like myself.

I keep thinking about making caps, but I get to the warnings about exploding pressure chambers then go looking for a good one, find nothing but paint sprayers and realise it's late and I should go to bed. In the morning I realise I'm not creative enough to come up with a good design anyway and forget about the idea.

I go through this cycle everytime I see a new person getting good and now you've mastered doubleshot arms you've joined the list - bedtime is still hours away so maybe tonight's the night

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RoastPotatoes · « **Reply #30 on:** Mon, 22 June 2015, 16:05:26 »

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Quote from: RoastPotatoes on Mon, 22 June 2015, 11:56:55
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I hope it will give you enough motivation to have a go. With all the pictures I am getting I am hoping to create a guide to help beginners like myself.

I keep thinking about making caps, but I get to the warnings about exploding pressure chambers then go looking for a good one, find nothing but paint sprayers and realise it's late and I should go to bed. In the morning I realise I'm not creative enough to come up with a good design anyway and forget about the idea.

I go through this cycle everytime I see a new person getting good and now you've mastered doubleshot arms you've joined the list - bedtime is still hours away so maybe tonight's the night )

I believe in you. Just have a go! If you have any questions I might be able to help but KatzenKinder has also been very helpful with answering my questions.

retrochick · « **Reply #31 on:** Mon, 22 June 2015, 16:33:14 »

This is awesome work RP! Keep it up

. Any chance for some pink topre fn giveaway?

RoastPotatoes · « **Reply #32 on:** Tue, 23 June 2015, 18:30:16 »

I am quite happy with this one

Quote from: retrochick on Mon, 22 June 2015, 16:33:14

This is awesome work RP! Keep it up . Any chance for some pink topre fn giveaway?

Once I reach the point where I have a completed sale. I will do one.

retrochick · « **Reply #33 on:** Tue, 23 June 2015, 18:50:45 »

Quote from: RoastPotatoes on Tue, 23 June 2015, 18:30:16

Quote from: retrochick on Mon, 22 June 2015, 16:33:14
This is awesome work RP! Keep it up . Any chance for some pink topre fn giveaway?

Once I reach the point where I have a completed sale. I will do one.

Love it. Carry on good sir.
ps. love the teal color of that latest heart cap.

VoteForDavid · « **Reply #34 on:** Tue, 23 June 2015, 22:44:39 »

Congratulations, these are looking better and better! The faded-corners ones in the top row make me think again of wood grain switches. I don't have an idea of how you are applying the colors, but it occurred to me that a paintbrush for surface lines and injecting the rest, might be a way to get some kind of stripes. It's just an idea, not a suggestion.

RoastPotatoes · « **Reply #35 on:** Wed, 24 June 2015, 07:38:06 »

Quote from: VoteForDavid on Tue, 23 June 2015, 22:44:39

Congratulations, these are looking better and better! The faded-corners ones in the top row make me think again of wood grain switches. I don't have an idea of how you are applying the colors, but it occurred to me that a paintbrush for surface lines and injecting the rest, might be a way to get some kind of stripes. It's just an idea, not a suggestion.

Whilst that sounds like a good idea I think that will kill the brushes. I am currently using ink pens that have variable width. They somewhat allow you to use the resin like ink for a short period before it starts to gel. I do have a very strong tub of chemicals somewhere that gets fibreglass resin off paint brushes so that might work on brushes. I will have to look into it.

RoastPotatoes · « **Reply #36 on:** Thu, 02 July 2015, 11:56:05 »

This should be my final sale stock. Including my new design.

KatzenKinder · « **Reply #37 on:** Thu, 02 July 2015, 11:56:50 »

WEOW I want a spookyman

nmur · « **Reply #38 on:** Thu, 02 July 2015, 11:57:50 »

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This should be my final sale stock. Including my new design.

ooh baby those pastel blanks

kennardsmith · « **Reply #39 on:** Thu, 02 July 2015, 11:58:03 »

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This should be my final sale stock. Including my new design.

Wow these are amazing!! What a great post to get notified by for the return of GH

skycrimes · « **Reply #40 on:** Thu, 02 July 2015, 13:41:58 »

soooo clean

suicidal_orange · « **Reply #41 on:** Thu, 02 July 2015, 13:57:54 »

Wow, someone made good use of their GHless weekend! When's the sale?

RoastPotatoes · « **Reply #42 on:** Thu, 02 July 2015, 18:07:24 »

Quote from: suicidal_orange on Thu, 02 July 2015, 13:57:54

Wow, someone made good use of their GHless weekend! When's the sale?

Tomorrow or the weekend

retrochick · « **Reply #43 on:** Thu, 02 July 2015, 22:43:20 »

totally in for some pastel fns! I may be busy with a H4H tomorrow but will keep my eyes peeled.

heedpantsnow · « **Reply #44 on:** Fri, 03 July 2015, 08:44:42 »

Wow, looks awesome!

rm-rf · « **Reply #45 on:** Fri, 03 July 2015, 13:30:24 »

these just keep getting better!
WTB please.

RoastPotatoes · « **Reply #46 on:** Fri, 03 July 2015, 15:49:52 »

I ordered 100 A5 bubble mailers for preparation and they turned out to be quite large. I might have to cut them in half. Thanks for all of the nice words

cmadrid · « **Reply #47 on:** Fri, 03 July 2015, 17:34:07 »

Awesome

ccarlitos2 · « **Reply #48 on:** Sat, 04 July 2015, 11:21:14 »

I'm pretty sure I said this on reddit, but these are looking fantastic! I can't wait for the sale

ShardZer0 · « **Reply #49 on:** Sat, 04 July 2015, 11:43:02 »

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This should be my final sale stock. Including my new design.

those caps are damn nice! really like that blue and white FN.


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