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Offline daerid

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« on: Sun, 29 May 2011, 21:16:02 »
So Chobopants' white-on-black PBT Filcos got me to wondering if there's ever been a run of custom keycaps with the Rebel/Imperial Logos:




And if not, THERE SHOULD BE!!! Personally, I'd frickin love an imperial board, black bezel, white keys with black/gray lettering, and the windows and/or escape key being the imperial logo. I'd use that board with a permanent erection.

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« Reply #1 on: Sun, 29 May 2011, 21:38:24 »
death star or a pic of natalie portman plz :D

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« Reply #2 on: Sun, 29 May 2011, 23:07:30 »
x2 for Natalie Portman!
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« Reply #3 on: Mon, 30 May 2011, 00:26:30 »
While I appreciate the Portman <3 (mmmmmm), this is not the point!

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« Reply #4 on: Mon, 30 May 2011, 01:30:18 »
I'm in for at least a couple.
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« Reply #5 on: Mon, 30 May 2011, 02:20:45 »
I'd be all over this.

How about a slave Leia space bar?

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« Reply #6 on: Mon, 30 May 2011, 04:34:46 »
This is really getting out of hand. What's next, the entire cast of Simpsons on each key cap perhaps?

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« Reply #7 on: Mon, 30 May 2011, 04:39:01 »
im just waiting for someone to bring up a double shot boob key and then everyone order 104 of them.
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« Reply #8 on: Mon, 30 May 2011, 05:33:14 »
I'm in for 104 Portman keys and 5 Slave Leia spacebars.

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« Reply #9 on: Mon, 30 May 2011, 05:58:16 »
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im just waiting for someone to bring up a double shot boob key and then everyone order 104 of them.
You, Sir, actually bring a great idea to the table.

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« Reply #10 on: Mon, 30 May 2011, 08:47:29 »
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This is really getting out of hand. What's next, the entire cast of Simpsons on each key cap perhaps?

I'm in for a Homer keycap. =D
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« Reply #11 on: Mon, 30 May 2011, 10:28:28 »
I want a key set in Aurebesh:



The reason why I found this board was that I wanted to mod a keyboard into a Star Wars-themed keyboard.

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« Reply #12 on: Mon, 30 May 2011, 10:57:03 »
I'd be more excited about white on black, but I'm in general interested in Empire 'windows' keys. Or Star Wars themed keys in general.
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« Reply #13 on: Mon, 30 May 2011, 12:26:54 »
yummy
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« Reply #14 on: Mon, 30 May 2011, 14:39:40 »
cinnabun hair style leila please :D

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« Reply #15 on: Mon, 30 May 2011, 19:55:11 »
Empire logo, interest me yes it does!

White on black, white on red would be nice also...

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« Reply #16 on: Mon, 30 May 2011, 20:07:02 »
I think the three colors we'd need are Black on White (for black kb's with white keys), White on Black (for the reverse), and Black on Red (to match the Imperial Guard colors). You can do Red & White too if you want to rock the Rebellion colors, but who wants to do that :-P

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« Reply #17 on: Mon, 30 May 2011, 22:06:16 »
Depends on the red for the keys. There's a chance I'd prefer red on black to black on red. But like I said, depends on the red.

Such imperial stuff would be great for my das (which is in the mail) since people already call it das vader anyway.
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« Reply #18 on: Mon, 30 May 2011, 22:11:36 »
I prefer black on white but I'll definitely take one regardless of the colors you all decide on.
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« Reply #19 on: Tue, 31 May 2011, 07:53:26 »
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I prefer black on white but I'll definitely take one regardless of the colors you all decide on.

PS: same, unless they really look like ass. Can always change out the rest of the keys to match the star wars ones XD. Mainly interested in 1.5 width Windows key replacements though. ESC, not so much.
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« Reply #20 on: Tue, 31 May 2011, 09:14:27 »
Stormtrooper helmet. Do it.
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« Reply #21 on: Tue, 31 May 2011, 12:20:10 »
Well, I've never done any kind of group buy, and don't really have the contacts to pull one off. Maybe imsto or somebody else who's done successful group buys before?

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« Reply #22 on: Tue, 31 May 2011, 13:26:26 »
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The Group Buys subforum is littered with great ideas that never saw the light of day.

Amen to that. But I'd be in for 1 of each if you do it. I would say to keep it simple you need the following color combos:

  • black-on-white (imperial)
  • white-on-black (imperial and rebel)
  • red-on-white (rebel)
Personally, I think the red on white would look pimp. And white for the red-on-white should be a really BRIGHT white, like the WCK from here:

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« Reply #23 on: Sun, 05 June 2011, 22:51:01 »
id LOVE to own a couple imperial forces keys
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« Reply #24 on: Sun, 05 June 2011, 23:48:13 »
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« Reply #25 on: Mon, 06 June 2011, 14:44:31 »
I'm in for 4 in gimpsters color choices.

I know escape keys are everyone's favorite group buy item, but what about getting these in control keys (Filco/Rosewill/Leopold) so that I can have two imperial logos or two rebel logos CONTROLLING my keyboard. :)

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« Reply #26 on: Mon, 06 June 2011, 14:58:22 »
hmm how about rebels right cntrl and left cntrl is imperial

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« Reply #27 on: Tue, 07 June 2011, 10:59:01 »
I'd take one of each.

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« Reply #28 on: Tue, 07 June 2011, 11:23:18 »
I'd take probably 3 of each. Think Signature Plastics would be a good way to go on these? I'll see if I can get a quote from them.

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« Reply #30 on: Tue, 07 June 2011, 17:44:07 »
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Is it kosher to use someone else's svg files?

REBEL
http://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/7/71/Redstarbird.svg

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http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080220004325/starwars/images/2/2e/Imperial_Emblem.svg


Dude, those are perfect!

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« Reply #31 on: Tue, 07 June 2011, 17:45:03 »
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I'm in for 4 in gimpsters color choices.

I know escape keys are everyone's favorite group buy item, but what about getting these in control keys (Filco/Rosewill/Leopold) so that I can have two imperial logos or two rebel logos CONTROLLING my keyboard. :)

Personally I was thinking originally of doing a run of 1.25 keys (ctrl/alt/win), as I wanted them to replace my windows/meta key.

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« Reply #32 on: Tue, 07 June 2011, 21:36:52 »
Modifier keys sound cool to me.  :)
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« Reply #33 on: Wed, 08 June 2011, 01:55:50 »
Agreed. Modifiers would kick ass.

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« Reply #34 on: Wed, 08 June 2011, 03:33:07 »
Replacements for the Windows keys would be perfect... as Microsoft has been likened to an Evil Empire ...

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Dude, those are perfect!
The Imperial logo is a little bit off. Most importantly, within the innermost circle, the white and black segments should be the same size.

Here is a close-up photo of an original helmet from the Star Wars movies, taken by a fan during an exhibit. I think that it is from a Death Star gunner's helmet.
Note that the decal has been cut on the right side for better fit on the spherical surface of the helmet.

The proportions are quite easy to see, however.
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« Reply #35 on: Wed, 08 June 2011, 05:27:55 »
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Somebody should just post the Signature Doubleshot ESC key pricing at different volumes.  I only got quotes for the spherical key style.

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50 pcs $2.43 / each
75 pcs $1.75 / each
100 pcs $1.41 / each
250 pcs $0.80 / each


 
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« Reply #36 on: Wed, 08 June 2011, 05:40:40 »
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Is it kosher to use someone else's svg files?

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« Reply #37 on: Wed, 08 June 2011, 06:22:37 »
7bit, could you share some more bits of truth - if I were to order custom SP MX spherical keycaps with SVG graphic, do they have different profiles for the different rows?

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« Reply #38 on: Wed, 08 June 2011, 07:47:23 »
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7bit, could you share some more bits of truth - if I were to order custom SP MX spherical keycaps with SVG graphic, do they have different profiles for the different rows?

Mark one beer for each SP-related question you've answered me so far. Expect to receive them in Berlin someday.

 
There exist spericals (DSA-family) which a low profile which is the same accross rows.

The high profile (SA-family) differs accross rows, except that there exist only row 3 keys larger than 1 unit (ie stagering is only for 1 unit keys).

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« Reply #39 on: Wed, 08 June 2011, 08:34:28 »
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There exist spericals (DSA-family) which a low profile which is the same accross rows.

The high profile (SA-family) differs accross rows, except that there exist only row 3 keys larger than 1 unit (ie stagering is only for 1 unit keys).

Ugh, what a mess. Does that mean that DSA has the proper (like DCS) modifier sizes?

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« Reply #40 on: Wed, 08 June 2011, 09:00:05 »
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Ugh, what a mess. Does that mean that DSA has the proper (like DCS) modifier sizes?


DSA is all rows are the same, like IBM, which is great for Dvorakians and Colemakiens, etc.
There exist all modifier sizes. Could be a problem with specific space bars.

SA all rows are different, but keys larger than 1 unit exist only in Row 3. I hopefully get test samples for the whole keyboard soon, so I can test if it is OK to have the modifiers all from row 3, or not.

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« Reply #41 on: Wed, 08 June 2011, 09:34:33 »
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What made you think I wanted to drink the wine?

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Should I be ashamed that as a Star Wars Geek I recognized the Rebel symbol but not the Imperial one?

 
Did not recognize either of them. Must be from the newer films ...
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« Reply #42 on: Wed, 08 June 2011, 10:05:41 »
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Nah, the Rebel one has been around a LOOOOOnnnnnggggg time.
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« Reply #43 on: Wed, 08 June 2011, 14:10:15 »
Okay, as Findecanor pointed out, all of the Imperial svg files I found were a little off--so I made one.

Now someone has to really start this group buy.

http://researchbuff.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/ImperialWhiteonBlack.svg

http://researchbuff.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/ImperialBlackonWhite.svg

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« Reply #44 on: Wed, 08 June 2011, 20:49:55 »
Yay, I got some actual interest! If we can get this off the ground, I'd be willing to cover the setup fees personally to keep costs down for e'rybody else

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« Reply #45 on: Wed, 08 June 2011, 21:35:00 »
we wouldn't ask that of you. No need to lose money to please.

very honorable sacrifice though.
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« Reply #46 on: Wed, 08 June 2011, 21:39:30 »
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we wouldn't ask that of you. No need to lose money to please.

very honorable sacrifice though.

Agreed. I would rather you just sacrifice your time to sort key caps than money to pay for setup fees. ;)
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« Reply #47 on: Thu, 09 June 2011, 04:17:39 »
Quote from: 7bit;357285
DSA is all rows are the same, like IBM, which is great for Dvorakians and Colemakiens, etc.
There exist all modifier sizes. Could be a problem with specific space bars.
What about MX stem positions? I target the Filco.

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I hopefully get test samples for the whole keyboard soon
Is it possible to get DSA samples, too? The problem is, if DSA can't populate all Filco modifiers and spacebar, the difference in height will be most likely pretty disgusting and annoying.

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« Reply #48 on: Thu, 09 June 2011, 11:23:47 »
You got me interested.  Just let me know the size you decide (hopefully rosewill bottom row modifier replacements), and I'll let you know how many I'm in for.

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« Reply #49 on: Thu, 09 June 2011, 11:55:36 »
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Okay, as Findecanor pointed out, all of the Imperial svg files I found were a little off--so I made one.

Now someone has to really start this group buy.

http://researchbuff.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/ImperialWhiteonBlack.svg

http://researchbuff.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/ImperialBlackonWhite.svg

 
We need only one of these 2.

If you take ImperialWhiteonBlack.svg, please remove all the black areas.
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