I've had some time to think, play with renders and gain some confidence.
I'm changing to PBT flat profile dyesub. XDA or DSA. (or maybe SP SA PBT R3.)
This has the following implications / reasoning:
1) The spooky words will be way easier / cheaper to make. I think this will add some fun, and stand out among keysets.
2) This let's me try something else interesting and novel... "soon".
3) I can finally make progress on kits. Kits can be way more flexible (easier to design as well).
4) This lets me likely have lower / cheaper moqs. (I feel it's unrealistic to hit 250 moq with how quiet this thread as been. 100 is where I'm thinking.)
5) White on gray is likely out (unless I get keyreative dsa). Gray on white or gray on paper lighter gray is likely in. (Renders will come soon enough.)
6) I felt the gray was too warm and too dark. And the ABS colors didn't have enough flexibility to fix this.
I wish I made this decision before ordering samples, but oh well. Lesson for other folks: renders first, then samples.
Let me know what you think!
Things I need to settle:
Actual colors. White, light gray. Plus red. (If not red, what?)
Kits (but this should come soon).
Which profile. (I need to get in contact with some China folks.)
Proxies. (I'm the US / CA vendor, likely mykeyboard.eu for EU, and likely kbdfans? for Asia).