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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #300 on: Mon, 18 July 2016, 10:34:19 »
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So the red and purple ones are the newer slimmer profile. The brown is the original. We've been tossing around the name in the Seattle r/mk meetup slack of Regina.

I actually broke the master when I pulled it out of the mold, so I've been using the red one as the 'new master' and refining that one.

Finally have enough torpe bonks to make new molds. I'll be pouring my first topre mold tonight.

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Hehe, the pink whale is amazing :cool:

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #301 on: Mon, 18 July 2016, 17:32:39 »
The newer mold looks much nicer, imo. Keep it up man!

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #302 on: Mon, 18 July 2016, 21:34:32 »
The newer mold looks much nicer, imo. Keep it up man!
Thanks! Learn something new every time.

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So the red and purple ones are the newer slimmer profile. The brown is the original. We've been tossing around the name in the Seattle r/mk meetup slack of Regina.

I actually broke the master when I pulled it out of the mold, so I've been using the red one as the 'new master' and refining that one.

Finally have enough torpe bonks to make new molds. I'll be pouring my first topre mold tonight.

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Hehe, the pink whale is amazing :cool:
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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #303 on: Tue, 19 July 2016, 11:18:29 »
First Bonks from the new topre molds. Went for red pupils, black eyes & red body. Didn't turn out quite like I was hoping. Tonight I'll do white pupils, black eyes and red body... aka DEADPOOL

Not bad for just trimming the sprus out of the mold

Halfpool & Regina

I swear I didn't murder an animal to make this batch..

And my new favorite method of measuring out oomoo

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #304 on: Tue, 19 July 2016, 12:08:00 »
Ooh! Maybe a killer whale colorway?  :p

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #305 on: Tue, 19 July 2016, 12:13:10 »
Ooh! Maybe a killer whale colorway?  :p

That would be soo killer :cool:

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #308 on: Tue, 19 July 2016, 13:54:40 »
That Deadpool colorway is gonna look sick with the white pupils. What process do you use for multishotting the small details like the eyebrows and teeth?

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #309 on: Tue, 19 July 2016, 14:29:24 »
That Deadpool colorway is gonna look sick with the white pupils. What process do you use for multishotting the small details like the eyebrows and teeth?
Time and toothpicks :|

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #310 on: Tue, 19 July 2016, 14:41:45 »
underwater squad
 

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #311 on: Tue, 19 July 2016, 19:37:49 »
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Looks like a scene from from Dexter =P

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #312 on: Wed, 20 July 2016, 09:56:53 »


More refinements for Regina





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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #313 on: Wed, 20 July 2016, 10:06:51 »
Deadpool looks great!

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #314 on: Wed, 20 July 2016, 10:57:15 »
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More refinements for Regina
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I want a whale.
Is Regina the official name of the cap?

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #315 on: Wed, 20 July 2016, 11:00:36 »
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More refinements for Regina
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I want a whale.
Is Regina the official name of the cap?

#Regina4Eva

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #316 on: Wed, 20 July 2016, 11:12:56 »
Will there be a sale of the Reggies soon?

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #317 on: Wed, 20 July 2016, 11:33:17 »
#Regina4Eva
:thumb:

Will there be a sale of the Reggies soon?
Working on Topre & Alps bonks right now. But yeah, soon-ish

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #318 on: Wed, 20 July 2016, 11:37:02 »
#Regina4Eva
:thumb:

Will there be a sale of the Reggies soon?
Working on Topre & Alps bonks right now. But yeah, soon-ish

What's that white opaque Bonk to the far left in your avatar?

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #319 on: Wed, 20 July 2016, 11:50:43 »
#Regina4Eva
:thumb:

Will there be a sale of the Reggies soon?
Working on Topre & Alps bonks right now. But yeah, soon-ish

What's that white opaque Bonk to the far left in your avatar?
Marshmallow
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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #320 on: Fri, 22 July 2016, 10:27:58 »




^ Topre w/matching esc

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #321 on: Fri, 22 July 2016, 10:36:00 »
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^ Topre w/matching esc

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #322 on: Fri, 22 July 2016, 10:39:58 »
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^ Topre w/matching esc

pls

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #323 on: Fri, 22 July 2016, 17:56:05 »
I NEED a Topre Goomb....Bonk. I hope I'm lucky in the next raffle.

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #325 on: Fri, 22 July 2016, 23:48:02 »
At a certain angle, Regina kinda looks like Yoshi..

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #327 on: Mon, 25 July 2016, 00:03:52 »
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Is that the process of how they've come? The final version is fantastic.

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #328 on: Mon, 25 July 2016, 09:41:41 »
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Is that the process of how they've come? The final version is fantastic.

Yup, the original sclupt broke off the cap on my first mold so I had to use a cast as the master.

And thanks! She's almost there.

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #329 on: Thu, 28 July 2016, 10:10:22 »
I had some fun with multi shots last night. Finally starting to get it a little smoother.





You can tell the difference between the two versions of Regina here, slightly smaller head and the tail are the main features to pick out.

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #330 on: Thu, 28 July 2016, 10:12:53 »
Is it "Reh-jee-nah" or "Reh-jye-nah"?

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #331 on: Thu, 28 July 2016, 10:28:33 »
I call it "Reh-jee-nah" - but its up to you how you pronounce it yourself. Quake calls them Gina for short.

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #332 on: Fri, 29 July 2016, 11:49:18 »
Derp derp -

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #333 on: Fri, 29 July 2016, 20:14:17 »
When is the next sale? I need more of this in my life...

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #334 on: Sun, 31 July 2016, 19:35:46 »
Are those DSA multi-shot blanks?  :eek:

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #335 on: Sun, 31 July 2016, 20:10:07 »
Pro Bonk Wrestlers?!

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #336 on: Sun, 31 July 2016, 20:45:35 »
Are those DSA multi-shot blanks?  :eek:
Yes!
Pro Bonk Wrestlers?!
They do look eerily like strong bad...

When is the next sale? I need more of this in my life...
Ummmm, next week? I've got all the topre bonks done that I feel like making and I just need to finish them now.

As far as alps, I think I'll just setup a form and ask people to fill it out and make them that way.

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #338 on: Sun, 31 July 2016, 21:16:55 »
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Please do not emancipate him from his ridiculously stri-ped pants.

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« Reply #339 on: Mon, 01 August 2016, 23:41:36 »

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #340 on: Sat, 06 August 2016, 02:26:06 »
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Get a halfshell, roll it through those bonks, get 1-UPs.

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« Reply #341 on: Sat, 06 August 2016, 07:40:02 »
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Get a halfshell, roll it through those bonks, get 1-UPs.

Then put the lime in the coconut.

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #342 on: Mon, 08 August 2016, 10:01:00 »

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #344 on: Mon, 08 August 2016, 10:04:24 »







Made some purple mods for myself



Jude is already a fan of Topre


Had a mold making party last night

Regina + dsa & oem blanks.
SA numrow & 2 BS caps
Reinforced HHKB mods :D

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #345 on: Mon, 08 August 2016, 10:20:50 »
Oh, snap! Matching blanks!  :eek:

Wonder if Bonks will also come in matching colors with Regina...  :rolleyes:

My kid is getting into kiibods, too.  :thumb:

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #346 on: Mon, 08 August 2016, 10:32:44 »
Oh, snap! Matching blanks!  :eek:

Wonder if Bonks will also come in matching colors with Regina...  :rolleyes:

My kid is getting into kiibods, too.  :thumb:

I think I'll do a small sale before the bigger MX sale. Double shot Regina + matching blank, say $33 bucks + s/h.

If you really want a matching Bonk + Regina + blank I'm sure we could work something out.

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #347 on: Tue, 09 August 2016, 09:59:52 »
Had some good casts last night, and some just okay ones as well.




FINALLY have my first casts of thick mods.




And of course, Regina + matching blank. Did you want that is DSA or OEM? :)

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #348 on: Tue, 09 August 2016, 10:09:54 »
The green mod as some color bleeding in. Is that on purpose?

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Re: Starting keycap crafting
« Reply #349 on: Tue, 09 August 2016, 10:20:42 »
Oh the enter key? Yeah no, that was like the 1st or 2nd cast on standard mods. This is why I won't ever sell them. Good enough for me on my DailyDriver, but no way they are going out 'in the wild'...