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Offline lightsout714

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« Reply #250 on: Sat, 11 February 2012, 10:37:52 »
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The keys from my RGBY group buy have arrived. :)

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Those look really nice.

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« Reply #251 on: Sun, 12 February 2012, 16:55:57 »
Hay guise,

I'm going to order keys with Colemak legends from WASD but help me chose some accents...

Here's the current look with the goofy blue home keys replaced by black. Plain and no-screwin-around but still a bit alien technology-like:

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I only have a few caps of other colors but imagine the shift keys and both arrow keys are the same color.

First, grey. A bit of variation. Maybe a slightly industrial look (they're darker irl):

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Black and orange? It's an R4 so it sticks out in that location but I'm just testing the color as you know... It would look better with more of it (shift and both arrows). Kinda sci-fi/computer game-ish.

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Yellow is also an option. Maybe a bit too "danger"?

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And finally, the poison frog:

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Just the right amount of "danger".

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Whaddya think?
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« Reply #252 on: Sun, 12 February 2012, 17:57:31 »
I think I like the red best.

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« Reply #253 on: Sun, 12 February 2012, 18:04:57 »
Quote from: erw;512728
Hay guise,

I'm going to order keys with Colemak legends from WASD but help me chose some accents...

Whaddya think?

I like orange. :)

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Later this week I'll make pictures with black engraved letter/number keys, the other keys will be blanks for now. The blanks will be black or dark gray (I think I have enough grays left).

Black, red and grays should look pretty neat as well I think.

It's too bad the WASD dark grays aren't really dark, like the following pic (which I really dig):

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« Reply #254 on: Sun, 12 February 2012, 18:53:59 »
Yeah, I also think black, red and gray go well together.

But there are too many colors in that picture!! My eyes are bleeding X-P
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« Reply #255 on: Mon, 13 February 2012, 02:09:44 »
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Poker with US / RU doubleshot & dyesub, wasd blanks, and China flag...

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« Reply #256 on: Wed, 15 February 2012, 05:08:53 »
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i think aggiejy's blue is way too light.

that one looks closer to the desko blue, if it's the same blue we're talking about.

This is the blue from desko i saw at the airport... looked more like baby blue to me, which is pretty damn close to aggiejy's replica.

 I believe the deeper blue is from the doubleshots version.

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« Reply #257 on: Wed, 15 February 2012, 20:12:03 »
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I'm thinking thats what he meant.

Shuffled my caps around. Really want a red alert set for the cherry red quickfire.


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May I ask where you got those black keycaps from?

Thank you very much my good sir.

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« Reply #258 on: Wed, 15 February 2012, 21:33:13 »
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This is the blue from desko i saw at the airport... looked more like baby blue to me, which is pretty damn close to aggiejy's replica.

 I believe the deeper blue is from the doubleshots version.

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ah yes, i had them confused then.

both are beauties :D
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« Reply #259 on: Wed, 15 February 2012, 21:34:49 »
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May I ask where you got those black keycaps from?

Thank you very much my good sir.

They are just KBC PBT black keys. The letters are actually gold not the silver/white like they look in that pic. You can buy them here.
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?27232-Group-Buy-KBC-PBT-104-37-Keysets-for-Cherry-MX

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« Reply #260 on: Wed, 15 February 2012, 23:42:33 »
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They are just KBC PBT black keys. The letters are actually gold not the silver/white like they look in that pic. You can buy them here.
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?27232-Group-Buy-KBC-PBT-104-37-Keysets-for-Cherry-MX

Darn, I'm not a big fan of the gold on black, I actually thought they were silver which looks so much better imo.

Thank you again, you sir are a gentleman and a scholar.

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« Reply #261 on: Thu, 16 February 2012, 05:42:03 »
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This is the blue from desko i saw at the airport... looked more like baby blue to me, which is pretty damn close to aggiejy's replica.

 I believe the deeper blue is from the doubleshots version.

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Very cool. I may have to get some of these at some point. I'd mostly like them for my Model M, though.
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« Reply #262 on: Thu, 16 February 2012, 07:47:02 »
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Very cool. I may have to get some of these at some point. I'd mostly like them for my Model M, though.
Unicomp has it: Dyesub (or blank) PBT
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« Reply #263 on: Thu, 16 February 2012, 08:44:54 »
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Darn, I'm not a big fan of the gold on black, I actually thought they were silver which looks so much better imo.

Thank you again, you sir are a gentleman and a scholar.

Yah I held off buying them as well because I didn't like the sound of gold letters. They actually look really nice though imo. Its not a strong gold.

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« Reply #264 on: Thu, 16 February 2012, 21:00:31 »
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Yah I held off buying them as well because I didn't like the sound of gold letters. They actually look really nice though imo. Its not a strong gold.

You have now tempted me. I'll take a closer look. Do you know any places to get these relatively cheap with shipping?

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« Reply #265 on: Thu, 16 February 2012, 21:30:20 »
Nah man pbt's aren't very cheap. Honestly new you'll be lucky to get them for under $50 shipped. Unless someone has a secret spot to buy them but I doubt it. I've seen a couple white sets go for $40. But those were second hand.

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« Reply #266 on: Fri, 17 February 2012, 01:45:27 »
used white caps, i can only imagine the dirt on those things. I prefer black caps anyway. I dont want spent $$$ on something that could be hit or miss. Sigh, you never get what you want.

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« Reply #267 on: Fri, 17 February 2012, 02:09:20 »


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« Reply #268 on: Fri, 17 February 2012, 02:15:01 »
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Very cute! :D

If you think the space bar is too bright, I would suggest the light gray space bar from WASD. Works pretty good for me.
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« Reply #269 on: Fri, 17 February 2012, 05:26:42 »
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Very nice!  Here's mine.  I was bored so I started rearranging the keycaps. lol =P

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Looks cool, but bubbly Win-Keys? Yuck!

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« Reply #270 on: Fri, 17 February 2012, 07:45:03 »
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Very cute! :D

If you think the space bar is too bright, I would suggest the light gray space bar from WASD. Works pretty good for me.

It's actually not that bright IRL. But I'll give the light grey one a try. Should have one somewhere.
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« Reply #271 on: Fri, 17 February 2012, 08:07:27 »
Sprinkled some white engraved PBT's on top of my blacks.. or is that the other way around.. wait, what?

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« Reply #272 on: Fri, 17 February 2012, 09:16:15 »
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Looks cool, but bubbly Win-Keys? Yuck!

I know.. I hate them too.  Where can I find some flat win/blank Topre keycap to replace those?
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« Reply #273 on: Fri, 17 February 2012, 09:19:20 »
hey reaper, want to sell me the red topre keys you didn't put on that board? We'll be blood brothers. or something.

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« Reply #274 on: Fri, 17 February 2012, 09:28:26 »
^ Heh, sorry I was just bored that day.  I put them all back already...  but if I ever decide to sell them, I'll let you know. =)

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« Reply #275 on: Fri, 17 February 2012, 09:33:47 »
damn that looks good. And no worries, I actually assumed you wouldn't want to break up the set. I plan on buying the light blue set from EK when I get paid again/lose my self respect. I think I may checkerboard them.

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« Reply #276 on: Fri, 17 February 2012, 09:39:43 »
Get all the colors before they run out! =D

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« Reply #277 on: Fri, 17 February 2012, 09:41:32 »
I can not remotely justify spending more on keycaps than I spent on this keyboard, which I also couldn't justify.

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« Reply #278 on: Fri, 17 February 2012, 09:42:32 »
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I can not remotely justify spending more on keycaps than I spent on this keyboard, which I also couldn't justify.

You don't justify it, you just do it.
Remedy problem of spending more on keycaps than on keyboard by buying more keyboards for them. The second one is given because you are a Geekhacker.
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« Reply #279 on: Fri, 17 February 2012, 10:08:18 »
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edit: that orange caps look yummy reaper :D
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« Reply #280 on: Sat, 18 February 2012, 12:58:49 »
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Get all the colors before they run out! =D

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Did you get those from elitekeyboards?
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« Reply #281 on: Sat, 18 February 2012, 13:05:02 »
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Did you get those from elitekeyboards?

I think that was the Leopold group buy.

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« Reply #282 on: Sat, 18 February 2012, 13:12:15 »
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You don't justify it, you just do it.
Remedy problem of spending more on keycaps than on keyboard by buying more keyboards for them. The second one is given because you are a Geekhacker.

Can I haz moar keyboards, pleeze?
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« Reply #283 on: Sat, 18 February 2012, 16:01:18 »
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I think that was the Leopold group buy.


Well I saw it on elitekeyboards and Leopold doesn't have a website :p
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« Reply #284 on: Sat, 18 February 2012, 16:07:36 »
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Well I saw it on elitekeyboards and Leopold doesn't have a website :p

Sure, they do...  just not in English. :biggrin1:
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« Reply #285 on: Tue, 21 February 2012, 22:32:50 »
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Sure, they do...  just not in English. :biggrin1:
Well that's wonderful...I don't know Korean. Dx
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« Reply #286 on: Tue, 21 February 2012, 23:34:13 »
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Well that's wonderful...I don't know Korean. Dx

But Google Translate does.

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« Reply #287 on: Wed, 22 February 2012, 10:37:13 »
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edit: that orange caps look yummy reaper :D


Thank you for that Hyperbole and a Half meme. We ought to make themed keycaps..

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« Reply #288 on: Wed, 22 February 2012, 15:10:08 »
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But Google Translate does.

But it doesn't translate the pictures and titles. Only text and descriprions.
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« Reply #289 on: Wed, 22 February 2012, 15:10:41 »
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Thank you for that Hyperbole and a Half meme. We ought to make themed keycaps..

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« Reply #290 on: Wed, 22 February 2012, 15:23:22 »
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But it doesn't translate the pictures and titles. Only text and descriprions.

So you just have to click on all the pictures. Easy!

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« Reply #291 on: Wed, 22 February 2012, 17:32:53 »
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So you just have to click on all the pictures. Easy!

Why do you have to be so practical and smart? xP
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« Reply #292 on: Wed, 22 February 2012, 17:33:22 »
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YESS! I WANT HER RETARDED DOG :D
I like that alot. Since it's so detailed, we might have to make alot of keycaps to truly show it.

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« Reply #293 on: Wed, 22 February 2012, 18:56:34 »
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I like that alot. Since it's so detailed, we might have to make alot of keycaps to truly show it.

Yeah, that's true. Maybe that could be put on the num pad? I don't know, it's an idea.
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« Reply #294 on: Thu, 23 February 2012, 07:20:37 »
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I know.. I hate them too.  Where can I find some flat win/blank Topre keycap to replace those?


My Filco Ninja 2 had them packed already. Looks much better now. Not sure for Topre tho. Go and search or make a GB for it! Can't be the only one wanting to replace them!

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« Reply #295 on: Sat, 25 February 2012, 03:11:50 »
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The custom print option at WASD Keyboards is very slick.  Unless I'm mistaken, there is a $5.00 charge for a custom image (like a set up fee), but then you can get any number of keys printed with that image by paying just the base price of the key; but I might be wrong so don't quote me on that.  I probably should have gotten the entire function row with the troll face guy, but wasn't smart enough at the time of ordering.

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« Reply #296 on: Sat, 25 February 2012, 17:57:25 »
Finally one of the keyboards I ordered from overseas arrived! This one  is for the gf. Been a while since there's been photos to liven up this  thread so here are 'some' albeit low quality ones!











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« Reply #297 on: Sat, 25 February 2012, 18:06:48 »
That looks nice. My daughter would love it!

Heres mine. New DS's from KL and an RGB kit from DanGWanG

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« Reply #298 on: Sat, 25 February 2012, 18:28:29 »
Sweet doubleshots! ;)

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« Reply #299 on: Sat, 25 February 2012, 19:17:41 »
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All Cherry (except stock space) and esc. Cherry centered caps, ctrl, alt doubleshots.

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My 'Coffee and Cream' colorway Cherry doubleshots, with a few black on grey from my Commodore, and some mixed doubleshot and lasered black Cherry, wasd orange space...
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