DCS Delftware
Based on porcelain art
Delftware is a set based on old porcelain artwork, painted by hand, the font and sublegends have all been chosen in order to make a set that looks refined but a little bit imperfect. I picked the theme a) because porcelain stuff is really cool if you think about the effort that goes into making it, and b) because blue and white are super awesome colours which look great together (see every other blue and white keycap set ever made). The sublegends and novelties were all designed being heavily based on actual porcelain artwork, in order to fit the theme better.
This set will run in dye-sublimated PBT in DCS profile by Signature Plastics (SP) to allow for many unique sublegends without increased tooling cost. As the set will be run by SP the typeface has been updated from what was proposed in the previous renders to Gorton - see images of the samples below. All renders will have been updated with a similar (but not identical) font to reflect this.
Dedicated discord channels to discuss the set here, courtesy of NZ streamer Epsilon Keyboards.
Keycap samples and coloursMore
The base kit and dye-sub PBT are using SP's default PBT colour WAN. The dye-sub legends in the sample above closely match Pantone 2726C. Based on responses from the IC form this will be the final blue.
Kits:Disclaimer: Renders + fonts used are a representation of the final product but are not 100% accurate due to limitations. Renders are done with Cherry profile caps, with a similar but not identical font. Font during production will be Gorton as used for DCS Red Alert and DCS Yuri.
Base kit | $140USD | 250 MOQ Some slight adjustments to this kit were made but it should still support almost all TKL, 75%, 65%, 60% and alice boards, with some 40% and ortho boards. UK-ISO was added. 2-Mar unpdate: Minivan support was added, some ortho keys removed to allow for this. Split spacebars are not convex.
Numpad kit | $34USD | 100 MOQ Removed the accent coloured modifiers with only accent Return key kept.
Novelties kit | $39USD | 100 MOQ Deskmats - $17USD eachWe have three deskmat designs for Delftware:
PatternInverse PatternPlace SettingRAMA cap | $56USD | 100 MOQ PVD Brass keycap in DCS R1 profile
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Bean - Kingk22Silver En Dash - FinderworksPC Tengu - FinderworksNavy Constellation - AEboards What's left to do?Big thank you to all that have helped,
Kingk22 (again) for renders and emotional support,
Agilr for feedback on the design and colour matching,
Would for advice on typography and fonts,
Gok for advice on designing a dyesub keycap set and general design tips,
Epsilon for general support and letting me piggyback off your discord channel,
Peaches for emotional support, and the
Finder Works and
NZ discord groups and
IC form fillers for general feedback. Couldn't have done it without you guys <3
Discord here