[IC] DCS ''Yellowed''

[Preston Walz]

DCS ''Yellowed''

Consider filling out IC Form, I'm considering WYSE legends. Extra thoughts are welcome as well.

IC Form:https://forms.gle/xhwuGhoLbJrJPCEu7

IG:https://www.instagram.com/prestonwalzdesignstudio

Discord: https://discord.gg/nWTAbK5sY9

Inpiration

DCS ''Yellowed'', is inspired by vintage keyboards that are often found with aged yellowed keycaps. Typically, enthusiast restore their yellowed keycaps to their former glory, but... Why not embrace the yellow?
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I made this set with the goal of retaining that vintage style we all know and love, whilst modernizing it to a point where it would sit comfortably in contemporary desk setups.

Why DCS

DCS profile is slowly making its return to the keyboard scene. I think there are already so many cherry profile keysets (I'm slightly bored of it), DCS offers an entirely different feel and typing experience. The DCS profile has a thinner profile than GMK caps, this means a slightly ''chirpier'' sound, you'll also be able to fully appreciate the finer characteristics of the keyboard and key-feel when typing. This leads to a distinct typing experience some can describe as ''raw'', or ''pure''.
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I'm a fan

Vendors

US TBA
CA TBA
EU TBA
UK TBA
CN TBA
KR TBA
OCE TBA

When

(Estimate)
Q2 2022

Proposed Kits





Accessories

TBA

RENDERS:

TECHNICAL SPECS

• Made in Washington by Signature Plastics LLC
• DCS profile (1-1-2-3-4-4) w Cherry legends
• Compatible with MX Style switches
• ABS plastic

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[Preston Walz]

Changelog:

1/27 - IC Posted
1/27 - Fixed IC question
1/28 - Fixed Discord link

[of_sam]

Why

[kameron]

please consider adding 3/4key and terminal iso support as while as using Wyse legends

[Sandy]

Are the mods triple shot? The text and icon are different colors or is that just an illusion from font weight

[DubbTom]

How about a pre-shined kit as well 

[Fraaaan]

RGB mods are great! +1 for WYSE legends.

[LaserCrafter]

do wyse legends pls and ty

[notquant]

Looking good, love the RGB mods. Wyse support would be appreciated as well!

[nu_types]

Once it eventually yellows you'll have DCS Brown

[Aiwanei]

another +1 for Wyse Legends, fits the vintage DCS concept a lot better imo.

[Moods]

Nice F13  )
Would like to see WYSE also

[stewfayew]

Like a fine aged cheese...

Edit: Consider using WYSE legends and adding mod tilde

[NoPunIn10Did]

You have some goofiness going on with your ISO compatibility alpha-wise.  Right now you're halfway between two common setups.

Currently you have:

R3 '@
R3 #~
R4 <>


I recommend one of these setups:

UK ISO, which requires 6 alphas

R1 `¬ or `¬¦
R1 2"
R1 3£
R3 '@
R3 #~
R4 \|


Terminal Minimal US ISO, which requires 2 alphas

R3 \|
R4 <>


Windows Minimal US ISO, also just 2 alphas, though less recommended outside certain contexts

R3 \|
R4 \|


Apple US International ISO, 3 alphas, very rarely seen in the hobby

R1 §±
R3 \|
R4 `~

[fruitykeeb]

looks good! please consider 3-key in base for 40s compatibility 

[Neely_12]

Unless you plan on offering the numpad kit at a high moq, it would probably be best to include it in base. Kitting needs a good bit of work, and I would like to see the quality of the renders improved a little to better represent what you’re trying to show. Personally think you should go with wyse or gorton legends for this. Finally target pricing would be nice, since it’s relatively easy to get quotes. I’ve listed all the kitting changes are immediately apparent to me below:

Base:
Add the four uk iso keys you are missing (not, mod not, 1, and 2) or just change to terminal
Move R1 end and pg dn to numpad kit or move numpad kit to base
Change the stepped caps to say double line “caps lock” instead of “caps”
Add mod tilde
Change 1.5u backspace and iso enter to text+icon, and would encourage 1.25u to be text only.

Numpad:
If you keep it separate of base: add equals
Remove second enter
Would encourage adding arrows and Nav subs
Change “num” to double line “num lock”
Add 1u + and -

Other:
Please add a spacebars kit
Please list what stock colors you are using

[MIGHTY CHICKEN]

Another +1 for wise legends

[ZavaZ86]

Fix the 1.25u shifts, it's supposed to be icon+text and not icon only. It is also sitting higher than the other icons. Also don't just include UK-ISO because of a very loud minority.

[herbologist]

I'm a fan of the theme, but there definitely needs to be some changes.

numpad should really be in the base, you're missing a spacebar kit currently. Please use wyse on dcs, especially because it's a vintage themed set. not everything needs to use cherry legends.

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[PixelPlays__]

Why is there no render for F13?

[carlfink]

+1 for wyse 

[paulgali]

Here's a funny thing

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Jokes aside, you have 10u, but no other spacebar kits, and very strange compat on ISO - consider NoPunIn10Did's comment. Also f13 box? huh
I understand its targeting that old school layout but add compat for modern layouts. People might like it and there's no need to alienate people because of that.

If that base kit is over 80USD I would be shocked

[Preston Walz]

You have some goofiness going on with your ISO compatibility alpha-wise.  Right now you're halfway between two common setups.

Currently you have:

R3 '@
R3 #~
R4 <>


I recommend one of these setups:

UK ISO, which requires 6 alphas

R1 `¬ or `¬¦
R1 2"
R1 3£
R3 '@
R3 #~
R4 \|


Terminal Minimal US ISO, which requires 2 alphas

R3 \|
R4 <>


Windows Minimal US ISO, also just 2 alphas, though less recommended outside certain contexts

R3 \|
R4 \|


Apple US International ISO, 3 alphas, very rarely seen in the hobby

R1 §±
R3 \|
R4 `~

Thank you for the suggestions, I will be taking a closer look and make changes accordingly.

[Preston Walz]

Here's a funny thing

More

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Jokes aside, you have 10u, but no other spacebar kits, and very strange compat on ISO - consider NoPunIn10Did's comment. Also f13 box? huh
I understand its targeting that old school layout but add compat for modern layouts. People might like it and there's no need to alienate people because of that.

If that base kit is over 80USD I would be shocked

Thank you for the joke, you just made my day. Jokes aside (heh), similar description of DCS.. yes. Do I genuinely feel this way about DCS... also yes. The F13 box, sorry haha. Likely, I'm going to render again with the kitting changes suggested and F13 as an actual key, with mod and alpha colors.

I will also consider spacebar kitting for the set. Thank you for the valuable input.

[Preston Walz]

Why is there no render for F13?

I will be fixing soon, alongside adding mod colored F13 and other kitting additions. Thank you for the input.

[Preston Walz]

please consider adding 3/4key and terminal iso support as while as using Wyse legends

I will take a look. For WYSE legends, I am still in consideration. Though, yours and others feedback is heard. Thank you for the input.

[Tyson]

If that base kit is over 80USD I would be shocked

As much as I would love to also see the base kit price be $80, I could be wrong but even if this uses stock SP colors there's potential for it to be $90+ due to the price of resin being extremely high right now. After getting multiple quotes for DCS Rectifier no matter how small I tried making the base kit I was unable to consider any price point under $100 due to the prices SP quoted me. But then again I could be wrong, SP prices could be very different set to set. I'm down for this if you are able to price it at $80!

[paulgali]

please consider adding 3/4key and terminal iso support as while as using Wyse legends

I will take a look. For WYSE legends, I am still in consideration. Though, yours and others feedback is heard. Thank you for the input.

Send me the colors and ill run you a WYSE render in under a minute in private. At least you could have an idea of how it looks.

[Preston Walz]

Are the mods triple shot? The text and icon are different colors or is that just an illusion from font weight

No, nothing is triple shot. It's likely the weight of the fonts causing a slight illusion as you mentioned. I apologize

[Juan.]

Response:
[TBA]

[treeleaf64]

It look like 9009   Are   you making a   copy cat

[Preston Walz]

It look like 9009   Are   you making a   copy cat

No treeleaf. It's ''yellowed''. 

[Mikhail]

RGB mods is good idea. Maybe add yellow sys/code caps like in GMK RGBYK?
And, if SP have cherry style font for DCS, can they made cherry style Russian subletters?))

[Preston Walz]

RGB mods is good idea. Maybe add yellow sys/code caps like in GMK RGBYK?
And, if SP have cherry style font for DCS, can they made cherry style Russian subletters?))

I will consider adding yellow, but I want to keep the cost low. Personally, I don't like how the yellow ends up looking when applied, I much prefer the RGB modifier WKL builds.

[kameron]

It look like 9009   Are   you making a   copy cat

Big Fan Mr Treeleaf69-5 this is clearly yellow and draws no inspiration from pauls set smh my head

[TheNeonKnight]

Will the 10u bar be 7u stabbed?

[Preston Walz]

Will the 10u bar be 7u stabbed?

Yes. The 10u spacebar will require 7u stabilizers.

[Mechboards]

This looks great!

[Poesjuh]

+1 for WYSE legends, also to make it stand out more compared to 9009.

On that same note, I wonder if this is “yellowed enough” or still too close to the classic beige combo. Perhaps have a side by side render?


And your discord link is broken

[Preston Walz]

+1 for WYSE legends, also to make it stand out more compared to 9009.

On that same note, I wonder if this is “yellowed enough” or still too close to the classic beige combo. Perhaps have a side by side render?


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I'm currently developing a render with different beige sets next to DCS ''Yellowed'' to compare. Thank you for the suggestion.

[Poesjuh]

+1 for WYSE legends, also to make it stand out more compared to 9009.

On that same note, I wonder if this is “yellowed enough” or still too close to the classic beige combo. Perhaps have a side by side render?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'm currently developing a render with different beige sets next to DCS ''Yellowed'' to compare. Thank you for the suggestion.

Nice

It’s probably very visible irl. I have some og doubleshots that in a vacuum don’t look that Yellow. But hold it next to a new set and it looks like the og’s have mustard all over it


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[Preston Walz]

+1 for WYSE legends, also to make it stand out more compared to 9009.

On that same note, I wonder if this is “yellowed enough” or still too close to the classic beige combo. Perhaps have a side by side render?


And your discord link is broken

Good catch. Fixed discord link.

[treeleaf64]

It look like 9009   Are   you making a   copy cat

No treeleaf. It's ''yellowed''. 

v helpful "yellow"   what are the colors

[Kokaloo]

It look like 9009   Are   you making a   copy cat

No treeleaf. It's ''yellowed''. 

v helpful "yellow"   what are the colors

yellow

[HappyB0T]

Treeleaf
yellow + blue = green
you will be fine.
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Missed opportunity not to render this on a vintage board.
Most of render color choices don't seem to pair with the board / keyset well.
Consider A beige board > A soft green > A deep green > a yellow board.

This set reminds me of yellow teeth. Get the theme but not really into it.
If the spirit of the ic was "make your old boards look old again with something new" I probably would not feel so confused right now. +1 Wyse Legends

[treeleaf64]

what is SP color you are using so i can be at peace  that it is not copy  cat

[Preston Walz]

what is SP color you are using so i can be at peace  that it is not copy  cat

Modifier color: SP stock color GAW
Alpha color: PANTONE 11-0617 TCX

I'll be adding these colors to the IC thread soon.

[mcmcmc]

+2 for wyse
i like your inspiration.

P.S. i know that you are using krk, if you are thinking of changing to wyse there’s Fooblitzky’s model you can use. it’s much better than krk.

[zyyg]

HI ,When will start groupbuy

[Preston Walz]

HI ,When will start groupbuy

Feel free to join my Discord Server, or follow my Instagram page. I'll be posting updates/news regarding this project on both platforms.

edit* links:

Discord Server: https://discord.gg/nWTAbK5sY9
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