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[IC] DSA Run (Kits reworked)
« on: Tue, 15 November 2016, 05:28:18 »


DSA Run is a keyset inspired by the NMD OG PK sneakers with its signature black, red, blue colours. I designed this set in DSA as I think the uniform look works well with the profile, and the queue is not as far as I know packed.
Unfortunately I've come to the decision to include the Japanese characters as BoW instead, firstly to better stand in contrast to the existing BoW alphas, but also to streamline the process since reverse dye-sub is still not a process SP can provide.

Colour codes (doubleshot ABS):
white: WA
blue: BE
red: RAC
black: NN

JP Alphas (PBT dye sub):
black: GSF
white: WAN

Updates:

23 August 2017:
Kits will be sent in a few hours to SP for quotes, time to get in some last minute things.

Google form to keep track: https://docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/e/1FAIpQLSfOBlwajYohQYsqJKDHHbISd7FZsnKfIaphPWqLp6s9T0n6YA/viewform?usp=sf_link

14 August 2017:
I have streamlined the set to just 2 kits. As of now, it is highly likely I will have to run the GB instead. I will leave the kits up for a bit for any feedback, and will get back after a new quote is given by SP.

Kits not included will probably be dropped.

DSA Run Base Kit:


DSA Run Addon Kit:


Do leave your comments, cheers.







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As of now I'm looking to run this via Massdrop, and so do sign in and vote in the poll, every vote matters!
Have a suggestion? Do let me know and I'll see what we can do about it.
As of now the NMD novelty is still in the process of being simplified,
but if it's still complex I'm looking to have some NMD stickers done as well, possibly shipped out first :)

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Interest Check:


https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfOBlwajYohQYsqJKDHHbISd7FZsnKfIaphPWqLp6s9T0n6YA/viewform?usp=sf_link


Poll Link: https://www.massdrop.com/vote/DSA-Run?utm_source=linkshare&referer=H2XT3K

UPDATE 04 July 2017:
Quote from SP received, waiting on slots and stuff. Will not be on MD but probably through a community vendor. Stay tuned!

UPDATE 08 March 2017:


Firstly, thanks for all the feedback given, I've taken into account possible MOQ numbers and other considerations before making these changes, so hopefully this update brings about more compatibility options.

As of now there are 5 updates:

40s Kit:
 
I've taken a look at the other 40s kit offered in  various popular keysets and ported/copied the keys over. I have to say I don't have a 40 key keyboard available, nor have I seen one in person so I've tried to make sure I've included enough caps in this kit. If you're a user do let me know if I've missed out on this, rest assured there's only 1 ESC key now. Thanks /u/chief_wrench for the reminder!

JP Alphas Kit:

Unfortunately I've decided to forgo the JIS layout and instead use DSA Otaku's somewhat frankensteined(?) approach to putting those legends on the kit. I hope it still does well, and once again thanks to /u/cadent**** for working out the keys for a layout on KLE. I've used parts of his work here.

OS Keys:

Added 1.25u and 1.5u keys. As of now I'm looking to have them in one set, subject to the pricing tiers SP will come out with. Thanks to /u/KD1011 for spotting my mistake of having 2 rows of 1u keys!

Spacebar Kit:

Added a 3u key to complement the 6.25u and 7u keys

Colevrak Kit!

/u/thesiscamper convinced me to come up with this one. I don't use such layouts and am therefore not too familiar with them, so if any Colevrak users spot some missing keys/errors do let me know so that I can fix em'. Keys are all homing, of course. Thanks to /u/danilo_dk , /u/ricyuyc and /u/_lenty for showing your support for this kit.

NMD Sneaker Novelty/Sticker:

As of now I'm still working on this, work has been crazy since I was working during the weekend as well. I really want to bring the iconic NMD to life through the Novelty Kit, so stay tuned. I'm also interested in doing NMD Sneaker stickers, so if you're interested in that do let me know! Probably gonna have it as a separate Google Form GB at a very low cost. Get it to put the NMD on yo NMD!

MD Poll:

As of now the poll has hit about the halfway mark at about 220ish votes. Do vote as it really helps us all bring this IC to its next stage. Thanks again to those who too the time to vote! And if you've not, do vote now!

Thanks again all, and do let me know what ya think. The KLE renders (2D) are the updated kits, the rest are from the last update 4 days ago. Special thanks to /u/jchan94 , /u/thesiscamper and /u/kingrama !







TKL Kit:


Alphas Kit:


JP Alphas Kit:


Compatibility Kit:



ISO Kit:



40s Kit:



Egodox Kit:



Numpad Kit:



Novelties:



OS Kit:


Spacebars Kit:



Sticker (TBC):

The stickers will probably be done as a separate mini GB if the NMD design doesn't go through, since the current design is a tad too detailed for a keycap. If I do end up doing this as a sticker there will be an updated version with transparent background and/or white. Here's the current look:





To-do:
- Update status of NMD novelty

Special thanks to jchan for his help, and thesiscamper for the renders and advice along the way, and to those who have given me suggestions either through PMs/GH/Reddit, appreciate the love!

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Hey guys,

After a month of hiatus, back with a more refined (hopefully!) version of a NMD inspired keyset. Decided to go with DSA as the current SA queue is pretty much swamped, and the profile seems to blend well with the set and what I aim to achieve. I chose these colours as I thought they would provide a nice accent and let one experience a subtle experience  :p

Base Kit:



Alternate Alpha Kit (JP Black)



Numpad



Novelties



Colour codes



I'll be adding the following in the next few days:
  • ISO Kit
  • Compatibility Kits
  • Additional Novelties (about 3 more)
  • Renders
Lemme know what you guys think, I'm more than happy to hear suggestions  :thumb:






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Hey guys,

A keyset inspired by the ever popular NMD OG

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I bring you: OG (profile tbd)

Some 2D renders so far:

1) OG Dark Alphas
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2) OG Dark Alphas Alternate
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3) OG White Alphas
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4) OG White Alphas Alternate
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I'll be looking at rendering these in 3D in the following days and of course add some novelties. What are some keyboard profiles you guys would like? Let me know in the comments :)

Enter the poll!
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15.11.16 Changed name from OG to Hypebeast
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Re: [IC] OG (SA/DSA)
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 15 November 2016, 05:31:49 »
The term "OG" already has a very established meaning. You will have a hard time establishing a brand/scheme with that same name. When people hear "OG" they will be instantly thinking "Cherry ABS doubleshots in classic beige"

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Re: [IC] OG (SA/DSA)
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 15 November 2016, 06:01:03 »
The term "OG" already has a very established meaning. You will have a hard time establishing a brand/scheme with that same name. When people hear "OG" they will be instantly thinking "Cherry ABS doubleshots in classic beige"

maybe "Hypebeast"  :p
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Re: [IC] OG (SA/DSA)
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 15 November 2016, 06:06:26 »
I like the dark alphas. I have never been a fan of light colored caps (gotta clean them to often)

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Re: [IC] OG (SA/DSA)
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 15 November 2016, 07:03:20 »
The term "OG" already has a very established meaning. You will have a hard time establishing a brand/scheme with that same name. When people hear "OG" they will be instantly thinking "Cherry ABS doubleshots in classic beige"

maybe "Hypebeast"  :p

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Re: [IC] OG (SA/DSA)
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 15 November 2016, 07:10:35 »
The term "OG" already has a very established meaning. You will have a hard time establishing a brand/scheme with that same name. When people hear "OG" they will be instantly thinking "Cherry ABS doubleshots in classic beige"

Strange, every time I hear OG I think about this dude:

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Re: [IC] Hypebeast (SA/DSA)
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 15 November 2016, 07:18:48 »
The term "OG" already has a very established meaning. You will have a hard time establishing a brand/scheme with that same name. When people hear "OG" they will be instantly thinking "Cherry ABS doubleshots in classic beige"

Thanks! Changed the name up :)

I like the dark alphas. I have never been a fan of light colored caps (gotta clean them to often)
Yeap, looking for something darker this time around  :D
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Re: [IC] OG (SA/DSA)
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 15 November 2016, 09:06:08 »
The term "OG" already has a very established meaning. You will have a hard time establishing a brand/scheme with that same name. When people hear "OG" they will be instantly thinking "Cherry ABS doubleshots in classic beige"

maybe "Hypebeast"  :p

Using this now! Thanks for the suggestion heh

Careful about copyright tho !
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Re: [IC] OG (SA/DSA)
« Reply #8 on: Tue, 15 November 2016, 09:31:02 »
The term "OG" already has a very established meaning. You will have a hard time establishing a brand/scheme with that same name. When people hear "OG" they will be instantly thinking "Cherry ABS doubleshots in classic beige"

maybe "Hypebeast"  :p

Using this now! Thanks for the suggestion heh

Careful about copyright tho !

Placeholder for now, gonna work on the name. But thanks for the heads up!
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Re: [IC] DSA Run
« Reply #9 on: Sun, 08 January 2017, 08:34:19 »
Updated! 08.01.2017  :D
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Re: [IC] DSA Run
« Reply #10 on: Sun, 08 January 2017, 08:56:10 »
I like the NMD's. I like the keys. I'm definitely interested in these.

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Re: [IC] DSA Run
« Reply #11 on: Sun, 08 January 2017, 08:57:41 »
I prefer the black keys with white legends shown in the JP set.

Edit: I just saw the legends. Please no.
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Re: [IC] DSA Run
« Reply #12 on: Sun, 08 January 2017, 09:39:42 »
I prefer the black keys with white legends shown in the JP set.

+1 for this


Would like to see what different font choices might look like, are we locked in to existing SP fonts?
                   
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Re: [IC] DSA Run
« Reply #13 on: Sun, 08 January 2017, 15:14:33 »
I really don't get the choice to have supreme on the winkey legend as it has nothing to do with adidas or the OG colourway, if you were going for a more hypebeast themed keyset it would make sense but just as-is with the theme its out of place imo, a custom 3 stripe legend or something ( not sure if this is against copyright or something) would be better suited.

also +1 for black alphas.

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Re: [IC] DSA Run
« Reply #14 on: Sun, 08 January 2017, 15:20:55 »
I really don't get the choice to have supreme on the winkey legend as it has nothing to do with adidas or the OG colourway, if you were going for a more hypebeast themed keyset it would make sense but just as-is with the theme its out of place imo, a custom 3 stripe legend or something ( not sure if this is against copyright or something) would be better suited.

also +1 for black alphas.

I'm kinda with you on this one, I think that the winkey legend should have the text that is on the heeltab of the NMDs.

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Re: [IC] DSA Run
« Reply #15 on: Sun, 08 January 2017, 15:31:44 »
I really don't get the choice to have supreme on the winkey legend as it has nothing to do with adidas or the OG colourway, if you were going for a more hypebeast themed keyset it would make sense but just as-is with the theme its out of place imo, a custom 3 stripe legend or something ( not sure if this is against copyright or something) would be better suited.

also +1 for black alphas.

I'm kinda with you on this one, I think that the winkey legend should have the text that is on the heeltab of the NMDs.
Well the pull tables text is random in which language is prevalent, and I think its the saying "the brand with three stripes" repeated like it says on the sole so having this as a single key legend would be hard as well. if you wanted the Japanese aesthetics "three" in Japanese is three lines I think, but also its sort of funny that the set is so japanese-centric since Adidas is a German brand, but I understand the choice to choose to focus on Japanese text and stuff because hype stuff always has the Japanese aesthetics.

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Re: [IC] DSA Run
« Reply #16 on: Sun, 08 January 2017, 16:49:44 »
I prefer the black keys with white legends shown in the JP set.

Edit: I just saw the legends. Please no.

I prefer the black keys with white legends shown in the JP set.

+1 for this


Would like to see what different font choices might look like, are we locked in to existing SP fonts?

I really don't get the choice to have supreme on the winkey legend as it has nothing to do with adidas or the OG colourway, if you were going for a more hypebeast themed keyset it would make sense but just as-is with the theme its out of place imo, a custom 3 stripe legend or something ( not sure if this is against copyright or something) would be better suited.

also +1 for black alphas.

Hey guys, just gonna do a consolidated reply!

1. Fonts:
As of now I'm sticking to SP fonts due to extra fees for molds, but I can explore this further.

2. Regarding the legends/win key:
To be honest it was a tongue in cheek last minute change ( I changed it from the usual SUPER key ) just 10 minutes before I uploaded it to gauge the reactions. I'm quite happy that most people don't like that, didn't want to end up with a rather awkward SUPREME key that didn't fit :P As kiwi mentioned the pull tabs are literally 'the company with three stripes' in Japanese, so I'd probably either revert to something usual like SUPER, or the Japanese term for the word 'Run'. I did consider having a 3 strike legend but as of now I don't wanna tempt the copy right gods. Instead I'm looking to include a vector side view of the NMDs but no promises as I'm still working on that in illustrator :p

3. Alphas:

So far the consensus on the colour of the alphas would be black keys with white legends, even for the base kit. That was the original design so I'm looking to revert back to it, it's just that I'm a sucker for BoW  :p

Keep the comments coming! It helps me narrow down the options and refine the set  :thumb:

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Re: [IC] DSA Run
« Reply #17 on: Sun, 08 January 2017, 20:08:42 »
I prefer the black keys with white legends shown in the JP set.

Edit: I just saw the legends. Please no.

I prefer the black keys with white legends shown in the JP set.

+1 for this


Would like to see what different font choices might look like, are we locked in to existing SP fonts?

I really don't get the choice to have supreme on the winkey legend as it has nothing to do with adidas or the OG colourway, if you were going for a more hypebeast themed keyset it would make sense but just as-is with the theme its out of place imo, a custom 3 stripe legend or something ( not sure if this is against copyright or something) would be better suited.

also +1 for black alphas.

Hey guys, just gonna do a consolidated reply!

1. Fonts:
As of now I'm sticking to SP fonts due to extra fees for molds, but I can explore this further.

2. Regarding the legends/win key:
To be honest it was a tongue in cheek last minute change ( I changed it from the usual SUPER key ) just 10 minutes before I uploaded it to gauge the reactions. I'm quite happy that most people don't like that, didn't want to end up with a rather awkward SUPREME key that didn't fit :P As kiwi mentioned the pull tabs are literally 'the company with three stripes' in Japanese, so I'd probably either revert to something usual like SUPER, or the Japanese term for the word 'Run'. I did consider having a 3 strike legend but as of now I don't wanna tempt the copy right gods. Instead I'm looking to include a vector side view of the NMDs but no promises as I'm still working on that in illustrator :p

3. Alphas:

So far the consensus on the colour of the alphas would be black keys with white legends, even for the base kit. That was the original design so I'm looking to revert back to it, it's just that I'm a sucker for BoW  :p

Keep the comments coming! It helps me narrow down the options and refine the set  :thumb:
SP has the molds for those Japanese characters? I did not know that.

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Re: [IC] DSA Run
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SP has the molds for those Japanese characters? I did not know that.

I'm basing it on the fact that they've done DSA Otaku, but that might be dye-sub. I'll be looking into whether it is feasible to have them doubleshot, or tweaking my legends so that they're not WA but something else that can be dye-subbed.
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Re: [IC] DSA Run
« Reply #19 on: Sun, 08 January 2017, 21:00:03 »
SP has the molds for those Japanese characters? I did not know that.

I'm basing it on the fact that they've done DSA Otaku, but that might be dye-sub. I'll be looking into whether it is feasible to have them doubleshot, or tweaking my legends so that they're not WA but something else that can be dye-subbed.
No color of dye can remain visible after being sublimated into black plastic. You will have to pay for new molds if you want characters of any color on black keycaps.

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Re: [IC] DSA Run
« Reply #20 on: Sun, 08 January 2017, 21:02:20 »
SP has the molds for those Japanese characters? I did not know that.

I'm basing it on the fact that they've done DSA Otaku, but that might be dye-sub. I'll be looking into whether it is feasible to have them doubleshot, or tweaking my legends so that they're not WA but something else that can be dye-subbed.
No color of dye can remain visible after being sublimated into black plastic. You will have to pay for new molds if you want white characters on black keycaps.

Yeap thesiscamper just told me that, I'm sending SP an email and see how the quote goes, if not I'll be tweaking colours again.
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Re: [IC] DSA Run
« Reply #21 on: Sun, 08 January 2017, 21:15:53 »
It's $50-70 per mold last i saw

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Re: [IC] DSA Run
« Reply #22 on: Sun, 08 January 2017, 21:17:50 »


I'm not that great at stuff but if you need help its pretty easy to do simple vector stuff like this only took a few minutes in cs6

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Re: [IC] DSA Run
« Reply #23 on: Mon, 09 January 2017, 01:52:01 »
It's $50-70 per mold last i saw

That is correct AFAIK, and in the worst case scenario the JP kit will be BoW or something to that effect in order to save costs
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Re: [IC] DSA Run
« Reply #24 on: Mon, 09 January 2017, 01:52:51 »
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I'm not that great at stuff but if you need help its pretty easy to do simple vector stuff like this only took a few minutes in cs6
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Yeap it's quite straightforward, the only thing is time as this week is particularly crazy for me! Definitely gonna have something similar Kiwi  :thumb:
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Re: [IC] DSA Run
« Reply #25 on: Tue, 10 January 2017, 14:50:17 »
Definitely interested in the kana set!

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Re: [IC] DSA Run
« Reply #26 on: Tue, 10 January 2017, 15:11:01 »
SP has the molds for those Japanese characters? I did not know that.

I'm basing it on the fact that they've done DSA Otaku, but that might be dye-sub. I'll be looking into whether it is feasible to have them doubleshot, or tweaking my legends so that they're not WA but something else that can be dye-subbed.
No color of dye can remain visible after being sublimated into black plastic. You will have to pay for new molds if you want characters of any color on black keycaps.

Can't they take a White keycap and dyesub everything but the letter?

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Re: [IC] DSA Run
« Reply #27 on: Tue, 10 January 2017, 17:09:27 »
SP has the molds for those Japanese characters? I did not know that.

I'm basing it on the fact that they've done DSA Otaku, but that might be dye-sub. I'll be looking into whether it is feasible to have them doubleshot, or tweaking my legends so that they're not WA but something else that can be dye-subbed.
No color of dye can remain visible after being sublimated into black plastic. You will have to pay for new molds if you want characters of any color on black keycaps.

Can't they take a White keycap and dyesub everything but the letter?

That's probably reverse dye sub and AFAIK it's still a process that's very much in the works.
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Re: [IC] DSA Run
« Reply #28 on: Tue, 10 January 2017, 19:10:09 »
SP has the molds for those Japanese characters? I did not know that.

I'm basing it on the fact that they've done DSA Otaku, but that might be dye-sub. I'll be looking into whether it is feasible to have them doubleshot, or tweaking my legends so that they're not WA but something else that can be dye-subbed.
No color of dye can remain visible after being sublimated into black plastic. You will have to pay for new molds if you want characters of any color on black keycaps.

Can't they take a White keycap and dyesub everything but the letter?

That's probably reverse dye sub and AFAIK it's still a process that's very much in the works.

Yup, there was a planned group buy for some but the samples that arrived appeared to still need some work.  Last I recall it was on hold pending quality improvements in the process.

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« Reply #29 on: Wed, 11 January 2017, 09:46:53 »
Looks great!  :thumb:

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« Reply #30 on: Wed, 11 January 2017, 13:18:25 »
GMK presto mids when?

Haha, in all serious this seems like a great idea, but I'm curious. Does SP already have the japanese molds?

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« Reply #31 on: Thu, 12 January 2017, 03:22:57 »
SP has the molds for those Japanese characters? I did not know that.

I'm basing it on the fact that they've done DSA Otaku, but that might be dye-sub. I'll be looking into whether it is feasible to have them doubleshot, or tweaking my legends so that they're not WA but something else that can be dye-subbed.
No color of dye can remain visible after being sublimated into black plastic. You will have to pay for new molds if you want characters of any color on black keycaps.

Can't they take a White keycap and dyesub everything but the letter?

That's probably reverse dye sub and AFAIK it's still a process that's very much in the works.

Yup, there was a planned group buy for some but the samples that arrived appeared to still need some work.  Last I recall it was on hold pending quality improvements in the process.
Can you provide a link to the source?

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« Reply #32 on: Thu, 12 January 2017, 16:39:22 »
SP has the molds for those Japanese characters? I did not know that.

I'm basing it on the fact that they've done DSA Otaku, but that might be dye-sub. I'll be looking into whether it is feasible to have them doubleshot, or tweaking my legends so that they're not WA but something else that can be dye-subbed.
No color of dye can remain visible after being sublimated into black plastic. You will have to pay for new molds if you want characters of any color on black keycaps.

Can't they take a White keycap and dyesub everything but the letter?

That's probably reverse dye sub and AFAIK it's still a process that's very much in the works.

Yup, there was a planned group buy for some but the samples that arrived appeared to still need some work.  Last I recall it was on hold pending quality improvements in the process.
Can you provide a link to the source?

As a matter of fact, yes.  Should be PBT Magenta, if I'm not mistaken.

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Decided to go with DSA as the current SA queue is pretty much swamped...

Double-shot DSA will be stuck in the same swamp as double-shot SA. The mistake everyone seems to make is in thinking that the backlog is strictly due to the use of SA molds, when the primary bottleneck at SP is the use of the two-shot process.

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Decided to go with DSA as the current SA queue is pretty much swamped...

Double-shot DSA will be stuck in the same swamp as double-shot SA. The mistake everyone seems to make is in thinking that the backlog is strictly due to the use of SA molds, when the primary bottleneck at SP is the use of the two-shot process.

That's a good point but with the colours in the set atm doubleshot is pretty much my best shot (heh) at getting it to turn out like the KLE version.
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« Reply #35 on: Thu, 12 January 2017, 19:51:00 »
I completely agree.

I just don't want you to be disappointed when you discover the place you get in SP's manufacturing queue.

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« Reply #36 on: Thu, 12 January 2017, 20:19:06 »
Lead times per the PMK site.  Looks like DSA might be okay for now.  I think the problem may be that a lot of buys switch over to DSA and load it up as well.

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« Reply #37 on: Thu, 12 January 2017, 22:47:11 »
I completely agree.

I just don't want you to be disappointed when you discover the place you get in SP's manufacturing queue.

Yeap thanks for the heads-up  :thumb:
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Something's brewing  :thumb:
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« Reply #39 on: Tue, 28 February 2017, 19:32:57 »
Honestly, this might be the only DSA set I'm ever interested in personally.

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« Reply #40 on: Sat, 04 March 2017, 07:52:23 »
Honestly, this might be the only DSA set I'm ever interested in personally.

Will most likely join  :thumb:

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Kits and Renders updated!
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« Reply #42 on: Sat, 04 March 2017, 08:37:26 »
Kits and Renders updated!

If I only wanted TKL and JP kits, I'd be missing the Esc key. My suggestion is to remove the Esc from the Alphas kit and just include it in the TKL kit.

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If I only wanted TKL and JP kits, I'd be missing the Esc key. My suggestion is to remove the Esc from the Alphas kit and just include it in the TKL kit.

Thanks for the heads-up, updated!
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« Reply #44 on: Sat, 04 March 2017, 11:46:05 »
Kits and Renders updated!

If I only wanted TKL and JP kits, I'd be missing the Esc key. My suggestion is to remove the Esc from the Alphas kit and just include it in the TKL kit.

Or it'd be easier to include the esc key in the JP kit, so that other people don't need to buy a TKL kit.

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« Reply #45 on: Sat, 04 March 2017, 20:34:49 »
Absolutely 100% need this. Especially for the M65! Make it happen man !! :)

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« Reply #46 on: Sat, 04 March 2017, 21:35:37 »
Kits and Renders updated!

If I only wanted TKL and JP kits, I'd be missing the Esc key. My suggestion is to remove the Esc from the Alphas kit and just include it in the TKL kit.

Or it'd be easier to include the esc key in the JP kit, so that other people don't need to buy a TKL kit.

The JP set is undergoing revisions as well, but I'll still keep the ESC with TKL
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« Reply #47 on: Sat, 04 March 2017, 21:36:08 »
Absolutely 100% need this. Especially for the M65! Make it happen man !! :)

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« Reply #48 on: Sat, 04 March 2017, 22:48:06 »
Absolutely 100% need this. Especially for the M65! Make it happen man !! :)

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« Reply #49 on: Sat, 04 March 2017, 23:12:43 »


Yeaaaaaaaaa... gonna be needing one of these. Or ten.