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Offline Internetlad

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[IC] XCom Keycap/Keyset
« on: Tue, 16 October 2012, 18:22:12 »
So, just a little thought I had today. XCom is eating my entire life, hours at a time.

And I was thinking, damn, that logo looks cool. Then I was thinking. Hey keyboards are cool too.

Mind explosion, right?

Anyways, I don't have the first clue about doing a group buy, but I'd be willing to try or hand this fantastic idea off to somebody with more experience, (or learning how to myself) if it takes off, but how about doing an MX board keycap with the new XCom logo on it?

For those of you who don't know what this glorious icon looks like here it is



Badass, right? I actually really like this logo design. Thinking maybe a row 1 (that's escape, F1-F12 etc, right?) or something of the nature.

I've read that dyesubs don't do fine details very well, so we might need to pursue doubleshots or something else for the Vigilo Confido motto.

Nope, that's backwards, apparently the logo is a job for  DYESUB.
Anyways i'm going to let this gel while I go play more XCom. Thanks for reading!

EDIT: Might also work well as a replacement for the winkey etc. (Row 6?)

EDIT 2: did a quick email to Techkeys about the possibility of doing this key as an ABS double shot. Just preliminary stuff, really. we can play with that.
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Re: IC: XCom Keycap/Keyset
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 16 October 2012, 18:24:58 »
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Re: IC: XCom Keycap/Keyset
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 16 October 2012, 18:33:29 »
Looks good.  In for a couple.  :)
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Re: IC: XCom Keycap/Keyset
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 16 October 2012, 18:34:44 »
When aren't you Reaper? ;) Looks nice but my wallet does not. GOOD LUCK!
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Re: IC: XCom Keycap/Keyset
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 16 October 2012, 19:52:53 »
Quote from: reaper on Tue, 16 October 2012, 18:33:29
Looks good.  In for a couple.  :)

When are you not in for a couple :p :D ;D
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Re: IC: XCom Keycap/Keyset
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 16 October 2012, 19:57:27 »
Oh, there were a few group buys here that I didn't join (lack of fund, didn't like the color, etc).   :)
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Re: IC: XCom Keycap/Keyset
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 16 October 2012, 20:12:27 »
Just had a second thought when I opened up XCom and saw the way they wrote it.



One letter per key, X C O M Would work well for F1-F4 if ESC was the logo.

What do you guys think?
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Re: IC: XCom Keycap/Keyset
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 16 October 2012, 20:58:47 »
You've got it backwards in the OP -- dyesubs are capable of finer detail than doubleshots.  Fitting that entire logo on a single key is definitely a dyesub kind of job.  You could conceivably simplify it to the point that it could be done with doubleshots, but I don't think you could get the "Vigilo Confido" text.

The "XCOM" stylized letters could be done either way.
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Re: IC: XCom Keycap/Keyset
« Reply #8 on: Tue, 16 October 2012, 21:03:52 »
Quote from: hashbaz on Tue, 16 October 2012, 20:58:47
You've got it backwards in the OP -- dyesubs are capable of finer detail than doubleshots.  Fitting that entire logo on a single key is definitely a dyesub kind of job.  You could conceivably simplify it to the point that it could be done with doubleshots, but I don't think you could get the "Vigilo Confido" text.

The "XCOM" stylized letters could be done either way.

Huh, thought for sure it was the other way around.

In either case, I think that the inside plastic being not unlike the "ice" (ie meth) caps from the other GB going on would look great for the XCOM writing and logo, but any ghostly blue would work just as well.

Doing ghostly blue dyesub on black might be a challenge, though.
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Re: IC: XCom Keycap/Keyset
« Reply #9 on: Wed, 17 October 2012, 20:35:51 »
interested as well
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