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Title: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Thu, 21 April 2016, 19:58:09
Hey guys, here is my noobie keycap. There's some problem with it such as lose stem and rough surface, need some sanding. Thanks Booper, nubbinator and all other artisans compiled their WIP posted them on here. Learn alot from them.
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Bambino on Thu, 21 April 2016, 20:06:45
Alert alert alert***

Cool stuff! What process did you use to make it? Is it casted? Is there glue on the interface?


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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Thu, 21 April 2016, 20:48:44
Hi, it's multilayer casting, i forgot to take photo for the whole process :(
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: cozmonort on Fri, 22 April 2016, 09:14:47
Hahah I really like this, really unique cap! Always good to see people taking keycaps in different directions :)
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Mon, 25 April 2016, 20:21:28
Hahah I really like this, really unique cap! Always good to see people taking keycaps in different directions :)
Thanks, good to hear that someone like it. Will try to improve its quality :)
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Mon, 06 June 2016, 12:54:20
It's been awhile since last update. Been busy with day time job. Finally got sometimes to work on this little guy. I call him Grumpy. Let me know what you guys think
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Zorberema on Mon, 06 June 2016, 15:44:18
It's been awhile since last update. Been busy with day time job. Finally got sometimes to work on this little guy. I call him Grumpy. Let me know what you guys think

I like it, looks great for a first real sculpt! Keep up the work, looks really promissing! :)
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: kenmai9 on Mon, 06 June 2016, 15:45:44
hahah its so cute!! look forward to your continued progress :)

keep it up
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Wazazaby on Tue, 07 June 2016, 05:12:43
The keycaps is so cute :O nice work!
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Wed, 08 June 2016, 20:20:44
Thanks guy. Here's a little update for the first few castings. Those parts at the head gave me big trouble at filling resin into them as well as those tooth. So I removed some details and added in some.
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: kenmai9 on Wed, 08 June 2016, 23:00:36
that green one is sick! show us the booty :)
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: dannrawr on Thu, 09 June 2016, 00:14:03
dragon born or what? hoho
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: xtrafrood on Thu, 09 June 2016, 01:08:17
Hi-keeba! Very nice :)
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: suicidal_orange on Thu, 09 June 2016, 03:09:28
Grumpy is a good name, he does not look at all happy :))

Just a word of caution as those spikes look pretty big - do they hit the caps around it?  That's something you should try to avoid.

You've got the hang of multishot and a design that looks great with it - good work!
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Thu, 09 June 2016, 11:07:42
dragon born or what? hoho

It's based on the dragon head, but I try to make it like a monster sort of character


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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Thu, 09 June 2016, 11:10:25
Grumpy is a good name, he does not look at all happy :))

Just a word of caution as those spikes look pretty big - do they hit the caps around it?  That's something you should try to avoid.

You've got the hang of multishot and a design that looks great with it - good work!

Thanks. I tried it on my board before with the master and had to trim down those spikes. They're good on the TKL and 60% board now. I'll upload some photos soon


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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Thu, 09 June 2016, 11:14:40
Here's some more update of today progress after some mods to the master. I got better result at casting with less color bleaching out from the tooth and horns part

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160609/63f7a62de45d167da485f75fa589d0e8.jpg)(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160609/0a391d6d41eeef135c9356c86d21c1b4.jpg)(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160609/4cfceaeab1f99dc141ee4f4a45eb5d4f.jpg)(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160609/7daa3043348018171b77dc8dcbf6c2a6.jpg)


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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: romevi on Thu, 09 June 2016, 14:30:38
Thanks to csmertx, I want this cap.
Title: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Fri, 10 June 2016, 00:58:47
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160610/203216e779a80ebcd7236d5d2d2cf5ba.jpg)(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160610/53241b9971bf3fec4ce0b971e8dd22c8.jpg)

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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Marshal on Wed, 15 June 2016, 16:55:28
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These are crazy cool, did you paint them?
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: xtrafrood on Wed, 15 June 2016, 19:26:18
Thanks to csmertx, I want this cap.

*evil laugh*

But seriously, the multishot dragon has so much detail around the horns
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Fri, 17 June 2016, 12:41:49
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These are crazy cool, did you paint them?


Hi, these are multishot casting, maybe I should just paint it to save time :(
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Fri, 17 June 2016, 12:49:13
Have a day off today so spend some time to do some sculpting. The first one is an orc, the idea came up after I watched the warcraft movie. The second one is an owl, I always have it in the back of my head as the only time I can work on keycap is at night time. I'm becoming pne of them now I think lol. Sorry for the poor quality photos. And I'll have some updates soon after finish casting them.
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: romevi on Fri, 17 June 2016, 12:55:05
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These are crazy cool, did you paint them?


Hi, these are multishot casting, maybe I should just paint it to save time :(

No! No paint!
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: romevi on Fri, 17 June 2016, 12:55:35
Have a day off today so spend some time to do some sculpting. The first one is an orc, the idea came up after I watched the warcraft movie. The second one is an owl, I always have it in the back of my head as the only time I can work on keycap is at night time. I'm becoming pne of them now I think lol. Sorry for the poor quality photos. And I'll have some updates soon after finish casting them.

Wow! That ork thing is very well sculpted!
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Fri, 17 June 2016, 13:01:18
Have a day off today so spend some time to do some sculpting. The first one is an orc, the idea came up after I watched the warcraft movie. The second one is an owl, I always have it in the back of my head as the only time I can work on keycap is at night time. I'm becoming pne of them now I think lol. Sorry for the poor quality photos. And I'll have some updates soon after finish casting them.

Wow! That ork thing is very well sculpted!

Thank you. I'm still thinking about the ears part as they'll give me trouble at casting. On the side note, It's a little tall compared to other caps. I don't know why but maybe it's my style of making caps that's so big compared to others :(
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: romevi on Fri, 17 June 2016, 13:03:29
Have a day off today so spend some time to do some sculpting. The first one is an orc, the idea came up after I watched the warcraft movie. The second one is an owl, I always have it in the back of my head as the only time I can work on keycap is at night time. I'm becoming pne of them now I think lol. Sorry for the poor quality photos. And I'll have some updates soon after finish casting them.

Wow! That ork thing is very well sculpted!

Thank you. I'm still thinking about the ears part as they'll give me trouble at casting. On the side note, It's a little tall compared to other caps. I don't know why but maybe it's my style of making caps that's so big compared to others :(

The ears do look problematic. Maybe tuck them in a bit?
Also, have you tried trimming the base so it's not as tall?
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: xtrafrood on Fri, 17 June 2016, 13:15:53
More great work! I'm really diggin' the Orc/Ork's expression.
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Fri, 17 June 2016, 22:27:45
Have a day off today so spend some time to do some sculpting. The first one is an orc, the idea came up after I watched the warcraft movie. The second one is an owl, I always have it in the back of my head as the only time I can work on keycap is at night time. I'm becoming pne of them now I think lol. Sorry for the poor quality photos. And I'll have some updates soon after finish casting them.

Wow! That ork thing is very well sculpted!

Thank you. I'm still thinking about the ears part as they'll give me trouble at casting. On the side note, It's a little tall compared to other caps. I don't know why but maybe it's my style of making caps that's so big compared to others :(

The ears do look problematic. Maybe tuck them in a bit?
Also, have you tried trimming the base so it's not as tall?

The whole head is actually bigger than the keycap base. If i trim it down, it might hit the side of the keyboard case. I'll give it a shot. Worse case I have to remove the ears and trim the head to make it fit to the keycap size


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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Mon, 20 June 2016, 02:45:37
Here is a small update on the owl. I added in somw details on its belly. Tested on mine 60board but seems like its belly is a bit big so have to trim it down a bit.
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Epic on Thu, 23 June 2016, 13:47:13
Your owls came out great! Do you use any equipment (vacuum pump or pressure pot) when making these?
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: romevi on Thu, 23 June 2016, 13:50:19
For real, those owls are amazing and super clean.
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: xtrafrood on Thu, 23 June 2016, 14:18:39
For real, those owls are amazing and super clean.

Yep!
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: romevi on Thu, 23 June 2016, 14:19:41
For real, those owls are amazing and super clean.

Yep!

To say it another way, I love those hooters.
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: xtrafrood on Thu, 23 June 2016, 14:26:54
For real, those owls are amazing and super clean.

Yep!

To say it another way, I love those hooters.

Hey, I see what you did there.. They are nice though
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: ramnes on Thu, 23 June 2016, 14:38:31
Very nice, keep up the good work!
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Epic on Thu, 23 June 2016, 22:11:43
When you cast these keycaps, do you make a lot at once? I would imagine it being expensive if you had to make a batch of a specific color and only use it for one small piece of the entire cap  (i.e. eyeballs) and discarding the rest.
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Fri, 24 June 2016, 11:44:00
When you cast these keycaps, do you make a lot at once? I would imagine it being expensive if you had to make a batch of a specific color and only use it for one small piece of the entire cap  (i.e. eyeballs) and discarding the rest.

Hey, for casting I do use a vacuum chamber to get rid most of the bubbles. Unfortunately I can't use a pressure pot because I only work on it at night, so the bottm of my keycaps still have imperfections. And for the ones I casted up to now, I still in the testing process so wasting resin is unavoidable. I see other artisans made lots of molds to cast to save resin. I'll do that once I finish testing all my designs
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Fri, 24 June 2016, 11:54:39
Thanks for your support guys. Back again to have a small update for the Orc. Finally got it done. It's huge but I had no choice to make it this way. And the color of it is a bit off due to my crappy phone. Let me lnow what you guys think about it.
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Sun, 26 June 2016, 22:47:19
Testing different colors
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: romevi on Sun, 26 June 2016, 23:05:59
Testing different colors

Love the colors! They remind me of the initial batch of the Yoda cap by WoB.
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Sun, 26 June 2016, 23:28:40
Testing different colors

Love the colors! They remind me of the initial batch of the Yoda cap by WoB.

Yeah I think you're right, it looks similar to WoB colorway. Need to fix the red orc, it's more orange red not the darker red like this one.
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: slickmamba on Mon, 27 June 2016, 01:44:20
yo these look badass man! Keep it up!
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: SBJ on Tue, 28 June 2016, 06:10:46
Testing different colors
Very, very cool.
Your progress is amazing.
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: xtrafrood on Tue, 28 June 2016, 07:20:56
One of the few keycaps in which a big size actually suits the sculpt. :)
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Tue, 28 June 2016, 11:14:56
Just wondering is the orc keycap too big? Is its expression good enough? My friends told me it's not mean enough as an orc.


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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Sat, 02 July 2016, 12:36:17
My girlfriend helped me design this awesome logo for me. It's called DC caps :)
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: tinymakesthings on Sat, 02 July 2016, 16:00:16
Nice work man! The logo looks awesome too :)
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Aran.E99 on Sat, 02 July 2016, 16:41:07
really awesome work here, better than what i could ever do, and this is your 'first attempt', damn! :p
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Mon, 18 July 2016, 10:36:33
really awesome work here, better than what i could ever do, and this is your 'first attempt', damn! :p
Haha actually it's my million attempt in making caps. My failures box is filled and need to get a bigger one. It's fun to sculpt and cast. Still enjoying it everyday :)


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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Mon, 18 July 2016, 10:41:56
Hi guys, back with another cap today. It's actually one of my first sculpt, but kept on failing in making the mold so i dropped it. Till last week i decided to work on it again. The old one i sculpted the base but looked so bad. Asked my friend to help me with a 3d printed base to mount it on and now it came out ok. Just a little more work on the stem and it'll be good. (http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160718/c2de882502380d5eae7617460151def7.jpg)


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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Mon, 18 July 2016, 13:22:02
Rush to finish another cast for the skull tonight. Sorry for crappy pics.
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: xtrafrood on Mon, 18 July 2016, 14:15:40
Rush to finish another cast for the skull tonight. Sorry for crappy pics.

Is that gray one made of clay? or is that a casted piece? :eek:
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Mon, 18 July 2016, 15:02:28
Rush to finish another cast for the skull tonight. Sorry for crappy pics.

Is that gray one made of clay? or is that a casted piece? :eek:
Hi that grey one is the master, made of clay :)


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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: xtrafrood on Mon, 18 July 2016, 15:07:56
Rush to finish another cast for the skull tonight. Sorry for crappy pics.

Is that gray one made of clay? or is that a casted piece? :eek:
Hi that grey one is the master, made of clay :)


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Bone dry! Nice!
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Raenbo on Tue, 19 July 2016, 02:33:15
Just wondering is the orc keycap too big? Is its expression good enough? My friends told me it's not mean enough as an orc.


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I think your Orc looks great. It's got a mean mug, kinda like a bulldog :D

Are you planning on selling your caps soon?
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Tue, 19 July 2016, 12:26:35
Just wondering is the orc keycap too big? Is its expression good enough? My friends told me it's not mean enough as an orc.


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I think your Orc looks great. It's got a mean mug, kinda like a bulldog :D

Are you planning on selling your caps soon?

I planned to sell them sometime in August as I'll be away at the end of the month. Hopefully you guys will support this sale
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Thu, 21 July 2016, 12:19:28
Boring day and a random sculpt of a zombie bunny. Definitely lots of trouble at the ears
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160721/33f383a7654e5a68ee41ddf78759d53b.jpg)


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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: romevi on Thu, 21 July 2016, 12:21:47
Boring day and a random sculpt of a zombie bunny. Definitely lots of trouble at the ears
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Dude, that's amazing.
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Thu, 21 July 2016, 12:25:19
Boring day and a random sculpt of a zombie bunny. Definitely lots of trouble at the ears
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Dude, that's amazing.

Thank you. I'll give it a try to see if the ears work out.


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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: xtrafrood on Thu, 21 July 2016, 12:27:42
Boring day and a random sculpt of a zombie bunny. Definitely lots of trouble at the ears
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Dude, that's amazing.

Thank you. I'll give it a try to see if the ears work out.


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I agree, that's an awesome sculpt :)
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: ntw on Thu, 21 July 2016, 15:15:29
the Ork looks detailed!! can't wait for actual release
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: SBJ on Fri, 22 July 2016, 03:53:31
Boring day and a random sculpt of a zombie bunny. Definitely lots of trouble at the ears
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Awesome.
If it could look a little more like the bunny from Donnie Darko that would be insta-buy for me lol
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Epic on Thu, 11 August 2016, 15:20:22
The bunny sculpting is sick. Show us the castings when you get them done!
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Sat, 24 September 2016, 06:37:45
Hi guys, it's been awhile. Was too busy with life stuff. Today I'm back with the modified design of that bunny as those ears were tough to cast. Also I managed to get a chance to test it on the $ynth. An awesome tool for new artisan makers. So here it is, still don't have a name for it yet. Let me know what you guys think about this design. Enjoy

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160924/27e8fc1b8098115cb6b60c7af70b8f2f.jpg)

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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: xtrafrood on Sat, 24 September 2016, 12:52:10
Whoa :eek:
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: ntw on Sat, 24 September 2016, 16:43:45
is that a chip-punk?
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Tue, 27 September 2016, 17:21:56
is that a chip-punk?
Lol looks a lot like chip munk and chip-punk is a pretty good name for it :)


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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Wed, 28 September 2016, 21:36:07
So the feedback for chipmunk is not that good. I made some modification for it and here it is

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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: noobas4urus on Wed, 28 September 2016, 22:11:56
He's got 'tude, that's for sure.  I was hoping you'd run with Chip-punk, do some punk hair, piercings, etc.
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Wed, 28 September 2016, 22:39:55
He's got 'tude, that's for sure.  I was hoping you'd run with Chip-punk, do some punk hair, piercings, etc.
I'll try. Just afraid too much details it'll be hard to cast


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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: ntw on Wed, 28 September 2016, 23:15:05
hipsterpunk is already taken... hipstermunk would be a good name  :p
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Thu, 29 September 2016, 03:23:26
hipsterpunk is already taken... hipstermunk would be a good name  :p
Hipstermunk is a pretty good name. Waiting for the new mold to dry and test it tonight


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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: xtrafrood on Thu, 29 September 2016, 03:36:25
Love the top hat thing it's got going on
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Thu, 29 September 2016, 03:36:37
The idea of making this cap hit me one night when I tried to sculpt a new design. It's a classic Volkswagen van, a cool colorful vehicle that pretty famous in the 70's. We can hardly see these around on the street and now we can see it everyday on our boards
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160929/142fbc24b7fa249bc6a7ded7dd27943c.jpg)
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160929/d9a09730d3346cd24e20c00607f44be9.jpg)


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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: ntw on Thu, 29 September 2016, 04:00:27
But will it be hard to pull out from the mold? Maybe a smaller top hat?
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Thu, 29 September 2016, 04:31:24
But will it be hard to pull out from the mold? Maybe a smaller top hat?
I don't know yet have to try it tonight. Mold is ready tonight :)


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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: romevi on Thu, 29 September 2016, 09:55:30
The idea of making this cap hit me one night when I tried to sculpt a new design. It's a classic Volkswagen van, a cool colorful vehicle that pretty famous in the 70's. We can hardly see these around on the street and now we can see it everyday on our boards
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That's pretty cute.
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Thu, 29 September 2016, 14:01:59
Little update on the chipmunk design. Rushed home after work to work on it.

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160929/7ce72fbd65b81c127162c781b79b8a3d.jpg)
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160929/30558a3c5347415f046748a824d86e57.jpg)


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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: romevi on Thu, 29 September 2016, 14:08:19
Little update on the chipmunk design. Rushed home after work to work on it.

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Does it cast easily?
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Thu, 29 September 2016, 14:10:30
Little update on the chipmunk design. Rushed home after work to work on it.

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Does it cast easily?
Not that easy, especially around the hat part :(


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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: DreaMagine on Thu, 29 September 2016, 14:26:02
Very nice designs! My favourites so far is the owl and the ork. Keep working on them!
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: romevi on Thu, 29 September 2016, 14:36:23
Little update on the chipmunk design. Rushed home after work to work on it.

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Does it cast easily?
Not that easy, especially around the hat part :(


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Yeah, I'd imagine the hat part would be pretty difficult. Looks great, though!
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: tinymakesthings on Thu, 29 September 2016, 15:05:44
The idea of making this cap hit me one night when I tried to sculpt a new design. It's a classic Volkswagen van, a cool colorful vehicle that pretty famous in the 70's. We can hardly see these around on the street and now we can see it everyday on our boards
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Wow, I really like this one a lot! Reminds me of Cars :3 Looks like it's like. quintuple/sextuple shot?? :o
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: polentA on Thu, 29 September 2016, 20:14:55
Really love the expression on this little dude. Great work!

He's got 'tude, that's for sure.  I was hoping you'd run with Chip-punk, do some punk hair, piercings, etc.

Holy ****, make it happen Kenda! Ear piercing, small spiked mohawk instead of the top hat :cool:
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Sat, 01 October 2016, 00:36:19
The idea of making this cap hit me one night when I tried to sculpt a new design. It's a classic Volkswagen van, a cool colorful vehicle that pretty famous in the 70's. We can hardly see these around on the street and now we can see it everyday on our boards
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Wow, I really like this one a lot! Reminds me of Cars :3 Looks like it's like. quintuple/sextuple shot?? :o

Thank you. The initial idea was from cars. I really love caps with colors so I try my best at making one that is not too hard to cast but have all the details


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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Sat, 01 October 2016, 00:38:38
Really love the expression on this little dude. Great work!

He's got 'tude, that's for sure.  I was hoping you'd run with Chip-punk, do some punk hair, piercings, etc.

Holy ****, make it happen Kenda! Ear piercing, small spiked mohawk instead of the top hat :cool:
Haha i will try not sure if it works. Great idea though


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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Mon, 24 October 2016, 23:08:15
Hi guys, it's been awhile. Here's another keycap I made recently. Still need more refining. Also I'm trying to make some eyes variation to see how it turn out. Sorry for potato pics

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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: xtrafrood on Tue, 25 October 2016, 07:56:35
Zoidy!
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Moistgun on Tue, 25 October 2016, 08:03:41
Jellyfishing! Jellyfishing!
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: catweewee on Wed, 26 October 2016, 04:10:22
Kenda, like I said in reddit, you're a really talented sculpter.

Do you use a pressure pot?
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: alveeno on Wed, 26 October 2016, 12:42:31
I wish I could sculpt as well as you
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: coozney on Wed, 26 October 2016, 17:52:36
Those look great! I really like the owl and Grumpy.
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Sat, 05 November 2016, 02:22:57

Kenda, like I said in reddit, you're a really talented sculpter.

Do you use a pressure pot?


Thank you, I don't have access to a pressure pot, but I managed to make them with minimal bubbles. Just have to do it slowly and carefully.

I wish I could sculpt as well as you

You just have to be patient, do it slowly :)

Those look great! I really like the owl and Grumpy.

Thank you. I love Grumpy too but it's a bit big and tight fit on a board. I haven't had time to fix it as I'm working on the Night Owl right now.
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Mon, 07 November 2016, 19:19:42
While waiting for resin to dry. I made a new sculpt. It's based on Jack Cusumano's design. Here is the cute little guy

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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: DreaMagine on Mon, 07 November 2016, 23:45:34
While waiting for resin to dry. I made a new sculpt. It's based on Jack Cusumano's design. Here is the cute little guy

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It's like a cute little reaper
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: romevi on Tue, 08 November 2016, 00:29:39
While waiting for resin to dry. I made a new sculpt. It's based on Jack Cusumano's design. Here is the cute little guy

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It's like a cute little reaper

You're right! It's a super cute take on the common reaper we all know and love.
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: RESPRiT on Tue, 08 November 2016, 11:12:31
While waiting for resin to dry. I made a new sculpt. It's based on Jack Cusumano's design. Here is the cute little guy

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That sculpt looks great! I love cute caps :)
Title: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Damonskv on Tue, 08 November 2016, 11:31:06
While waiting for resin to dry. I made a new sculpt. It's based on Jack Cusumano's design. Here is the cute little guy

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That sculpt looks great! I love cute caps :)
Riper Tim Burton edition))))
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Thu, 10 November 2016, 19:35:08
Made my first Cute Reaper cast today. Turns out pretty good. Let me know what you guys think :)

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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: pinkizhip on Thu, 10 November 2016, 20:02:24
Made my first Cute Reaper cast today. Turns out pretty good. Let me know what you guys think :)

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I'm diggin' it! While I do really enjoy this color, I'm excited to see more hood colors. Keep up the good work  :D
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: ntw on Thu, 10 November 2016, 22:18:50
Made my first Cute Reaper cast today. Turns out pretty good. Let me know what you guys think :)

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the only response I can come out with - "GIB ME NOWW!!"
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Thu, 10 November 2016, 23:26:11
Made my first Cute Reaper cast today. Turns out pretty good. Let me know what you guys think :)

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I'm diggin' it! While I do really enjoy this color, I'm excited to see more hood colors. Keep up the good work  :D

Just finished another one with different color way.

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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: quanghuy1200 on Thu, 10 November 2016, 23:26:56
Made my first Cute Reaper cast today. Turns out pretty good. Let me know what you guys think :)

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I'm diggin' it! While I do really enjoy this color, I'm excited to see more hood colors. Keep up the good work  :D

Just finished another one with different color way.

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The one in the left is mine i think :)

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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: xtrafrood on Thu, 10 November 2016, 23:31:49
Made my first Cute Reaper cast today. Turns out pretty good. Let me know what you guys think :)

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I'm diggin' it! While I do really enjoy this color, I'm excited to see more hood colors. Keep up the good work  :D

Just finished another one with different color way.

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The one in the left is mine i think :)

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Super slick! I love the cute reaper design :)
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: RESPRiT on Sat, 12 November 2016, 17:39:46
Made my first Cute Reaper cast today. Turns out pretty good. Let me know what you guys think :)

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I'm diggin' it! While I do really enjoy this color, I'm excited to see more hood colors. Keep up the good work  :D

Just finished another one with different color way.

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So adorable! I love the hood colors :D
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: cocie3 on Wed, 16 November 2016, 19:42:45
While waiting for resin to dry. I made a new sculpt. It's based on Jack Cusumano's design. Here is the cute little guy

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The Cute Reaper looks very nice! You really have some sculpting talent!  :thumb:

P.s. Can i ask what type of clay you use to make the sculpts? Super Sculpey Firm? Super Sculpey Medium Blend? Another type of clay?
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Thu, 17 November 2016, 00:47:27
While waiting for resin to dry. I made a new sculpt. It's based on Jack Cusumano's design. Here is the cute little guy

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The Cute Reaper looks very nice! You really have some sculpting talent!  :thumb:

P.s. Can i ask what type of clay you use to make the sculpts? Super Sculpey Firm? Super Sculpey Medium Blend? Another type of clay?

Hi I use CX5, which is a wax clay. So you need to heat it up to soften it before you can use
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Fri, 09 December 2016, 10:14:49
Here's some of my recent works. Introducing Hippooo and Ripper Jr.

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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: lovechan on Sun, 11 December 2016, 19:31:01
Here's some of my recent works. Introducing Hippooo and Ripper Jr.

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they're so cute,I want it. :))
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Meika on Thu, 29 December 2016, 15:29:09
You've come such a long way.. I'm so envious. Hopefully I become as good too :<
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: sinkingstepz on Mon, 20 February 2017, 13:36:47
will there be a sale for the reaper anytime soon?  ;D
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Wed, 08 March 2017, 05:54:58
It's been a while. Here's are some of the new designs i worked on

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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: DreaMagine on Wed, 08 March 2017, 16:36:46
 :D

The whole gang of barnyard animals are here!
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: romevi on Wed, 08 March 2017, 17:07:00
:D

The whole gang of barnyard animals are here!

The hell kinda barnyard animals you seeing?
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: xtrafrood on Wed, 08 March 2017, 17:19:46
:D

The whole gang of barnyard animals are here!

The hell kinda barnyard animals you seeing?

Grim reaper? *check* Dragon? *check* We have confirmation. All the barnyard animals ^-^
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: zurikade on Wed, 08 March 2017, 19:32:01
Hey I'm new here and haven't posted much but you're really fantastic. Looking forward to seeing your work and catalogue grow!
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: DreaMagine on Thu, 09 March 2017, 22:54:49
:D

The whole gang of barnyard animals are here!

The hell kinda barnyard animals you seeing?

Grim reaper? *check* Dragon? *check* We have confirmation. All the barnyard animals ^-^

Yeah of course. romevi is weird to think otherwise.
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: romevi on Thu, 09 March 2017, 23:26:05
:D

The whole gang of barnyard animals are here!

The hell kinda barnyard animals you seeing?

Grim reaper? *check* Dragon? *check* We have confirmation. All the barnyard animals ^-^

Yeah of course. romevi is weird to think otherwise.

'm srry
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: DreaMagine on Fri, 10 March 2017, 09:16:49
'm srry

its ok bby
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: SJHL on Tue, 28 March 2017, 22:55:03
I'm looking forward to both the Hippooo and Ripper Jr.
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Tue, 08 August 2017, 11:25:29
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170808/80654af66aa0fcdc683848b1f015cabb.jpg)

Bello!!! My name is Stuart
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Corgi Butts on Tue, 08 August 2017, 11:26:53
I will trade you 5 bananas and one bapple for that cap!
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: DaBubbs on Tue, 08 August 2017, 11:59:59
There is a lot of awesomeness going on in this thread. Great work Kenda, they look great! As others have said, you really are a great sculptor.  :thumb:
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: klaushouse on Wed, 09 August 2017, 00:25:31
Amazing curve work, incredibly clean designs! Any tips on how you keep your work so smooth??
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: KeLorean on Fri, 11 August 2017, 15:37:42
i like ur minon cap kenda. is it painted or just multiple shots?


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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: CompileWithStyle on Mon, 14 August 2017, 20:41:11
I really think the cartoony looking skulls are fantastic.  Splendid work and design.  Quite nice!
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Mon, 14 August 2017, 22:38:54
Amazing curve work, incredibly clean designs! Any tips on how you keep your work so smooth??


Thank you everyone.

You just have to do a lot sanding to make it smooth. Be patient will help heaps too


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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Mon, 14 August 2017, 22:42:06
i like ur minon cap kenda. is it painted or just multiple shots?


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Thank you. It's multiple shots


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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: KeLorean on Tue, 15 August 2017, 07:08:12
i like ur minon cap kenda. is it painted or just multiple shots?


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Thank you. It's multiple shots


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great technique


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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Tue, 29 August 2017, 19:40:25
Update some sculpts I've been making lately

A CatCap perhaps
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MinionCap
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Cutethulu
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Clueless Pig
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170830/3c866af436ee810c2774c33cb717f649.jpg)

MoooCap
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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Tue, 05 September 2017, 12:17:00
Update my progress with the 2 new sculpts

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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: AuthenticDanger on Tue, 05 September 2017, 12:18:17
Update my progress with the 2 new sculpts

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Absolutely adorable!
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: KeLorean on Wed, 06 September 2017, 10:03:06
very cute


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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Miotch92 on Sat, 09 September 2017, 02:38:08
Wish I could get one of your caps in the future! I was working on a VW Bus sculpt and was about done when someone told me about yours. Rip. Haha

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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Kenda on Sat, 02 February 2019, 23:58:59
Wiping dust of this thread. Been awhile since the last time I posted something on here
Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: rachel on Tue, 05 February 2019, 19:33:48
Wiping dust of this thread. Been awhile since the last time I posted something on here

Adorable :)


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Title: Re: My first attempt at keycap making
Post by: Wood_Cables on Wed, 06 February 2019, 09:12:50
I gotta say that road cone is awesome. I need some more artisans in my life, well at least one of them.