My first attempt at keycap making

[Kenda]

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.

[Bambino]

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


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[Kenda]

Hi, it's multilayer casting, i forgot to take photo for the whole process

[cozmonort]

Hahah I really like this, really unique cap! Always good to see people taking keycaps in different directions

[Kenda]

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

[Kenda]

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

[Zorberema]

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!

[kenmai9]

hahah its so cute!! look forward to your continued progress

keep it up

[Wazazaby]

The keycaps is so cute :O nice work!

[Kenda]

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.

[kenmai9]

that green one is sick! show us the booty

[dannrawr]

dragon born or what? hoho

[xtrafrood]

Hi-keeba! Very nice

[suicidal_orange]

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!

[Kenda]

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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[Kenda]

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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[Kenda]

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




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[romevi]

Thanks to csmertx, I want this cap.

[Kenda]

Small update tested with different color schemes



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[Marshal]

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These are crazy cool, did you paint them?

[xtrafrood]

Thanks to csmertx, I want this cap.

*evil laugh*

But seriously, the multishot dragon has so much detail around the horns

[Kenda]

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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

[Kenda]

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.

[romevi]

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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!

[romevi]

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!

[Kenda]

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

[romevi]

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?

[xtrafrood]

More great work! I'm really diggin' the Orc/Ork's expression.

[Kenda]

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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[Kenda]

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.

[Epic]

Your owls came out great! Do you use any equipment (vacuum pump or pressure pot) when making these?

[romevi]

For real, those owls are amazing and super clean.

[xtrafrood]

For real, those owls are amazing and super clean.

Yep!

[romevi]

For real, those owls are amazing and super clean.

Yep!

To say it another way, I love those hooters.

[xtrafrood]

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

[ramnes]

Very nice, keep up the good work!

[Epic]

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.

[Kenda]

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

[Kenda]

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.

[Kenda]

Testing different colors

[romevi]

Testing different colors

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

[Kenda]

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.

[slickmamba]

yo these look badass man! Keep it up!

[SBJ]

Testing different colors

Very, very cool.
Your progress is amazing.

[xtrafrood]

One of the few keycaps in which a big size actually suits the sculpt.

[Kenda]

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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[Kenda]

My girlfriend helped me design this awesome logo for me. It's called DC caps

[tinymakesthings]

Nice work man! The logo looks awesome too

[Aran.E99]

really awesome work here, better than what i could ever do, and this is your 'first attempt', damn!

[Kenda]

really awesome work here, better than what i could ever do, and this is your 'first attempt', damn!

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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