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Title: [IC] the Night Walker collection
Post by: Ulliam on Tue, 29 September 2020, 04:28:52
Get updates on discord: https://discord.gg/dXJmt67


Designed by Ulliam & Protozoa Studios to perfectly compliment KAT Cyberspace & every other reason to have have more glow in the dark, come and relive more of the 90's with me,
I'd like to indroduce you all the the Night Walker collection a complimenting pair of switches and stabilizer set made by Durock & enhanced by Glow in the Dark

(https://ulli.am/content/images/2020/09/Solaris--1--1.png)
(https://ulli.am/content/images/2020/09/Nightcall--1-.png)
(https://ulli.am/content/images/2020/09/Stabalizers.png)

The Details:

Solaris:MX
Pantone Black 6c POM T1 Tactile Stem
GiD Nylon Upper & Lower Housing
66g Fast Stainless Steel Springs

Nightcall:MX
GiD POM Silent Linear Stem
Smokey Black Tranlucent Nylon Housing
66g Fast Stainless Steel Springs

Lumen:ST
Screw in stabilizers with GID Housing
Black Stainless Steel bars
Pack of: 4x 2u, 1x 6.25 + 1x 7u bar

Vendors and Pricing to be announced but you can expect them to be priced around the same as other Durock recolours, I'd love to know what you guys think


Links & Thanks

Thanks to Dave & Cam of KIIIN for your daily support! Thank you to Chris & Alex from Protozoa for being amazing humans* to work with It's such a blessing to collaborate with amazing like minded creatives with as much passion as you guys!, and Specifically thanks to Alex for his Amazing renders, I struggled for 4 months trying to work out glow in the dark plastic and didnt come anywhere near as close haha.

Ulliam & Fam Discord: https://discord.gg/dXJmt67
Protozoa Studios Discord: https://discord.gg/YJRjWxP
Protozoa Studios IG : https://www.instagram.com/protozoa.studio/


Title: Re: [IC] the Night Walker collection
Post by: ectoplasmatic on Tue, 29 September 2020, 04:33:00
let's go let's go!
Title: Re: [IC] the Night Walker collection
Post by: Bregoli on Tue, 29 September 2020, 04:39:27
Seems very interesting
Title: Re: [IC] the Night Walker collection
Post by: VagueOrigin on Tue, 29 September 2020, 04:45:47
Gimme... gimme neowwwwww

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Title: Re: [IC] the Night Walker collection
Post by: Oddstag on Tue, 29 September 2020, 05:54:17
Ugh, Christ. Yes---obviously yes, I'm in.
Title: Re: [IC] the Night Walker collection
Post by: pupper125 on Tue, 29 September 2020, 06:42:09
yes
Title: Re: [IC] the Night Walker collection
Post by: Nonnegaard on Tue, 29 September 2020, 06:59:49
yes. why. where would they get light from and when would you even see it.
Title: Re: [IC] the Night Walker collection
Post by: Agilr on Tue, 29 September 2020, 08:08:51
Quote from: Nonnegaard on Tue, 29 September 2020, 06:59:49
yes. why. where would they get light from and when would you even see it.
+1

Glow-in-the-dark works by taking in UV light energising the phosphur, but if it's covered from light by your keycaps, you won't see the effect even if you take the caps off and it's dark.
Title: Re: [IC] the Night Walker collection
Post by: Magnificent Bureaucrat on Tue, 29 September 2020, 08:12:42
Are they a novelty that you won't even be able to see once they're hidden by keycaps - Yes.
Will I be buying both sets of switches and the stabs - Also yes ;D
Title: Re: [IC] the Night Walker collection
Post by: Ulliam on Tue, 29 September 2020, 08:31:05
Quote from: Agilr on Tue, 29 September 2020, 08:08:51
Quote from: Nonnegaard on Tue, 29 September 2020, 06:59:49
yes. why. where would they get light from and when would you even see it.
+1

Glow-in-the-dark works by taking in UV light energising the phosphur, but if it's covered from light by your keycaps, you won't see the effect even if you take the caps off and it's dark.
On board LEDS would charge them, and Strontium Aluminate produces a strong enough glow it should be visible as backlighting
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/96JpfTukStLtCqCxefBVTZBff11po9hybGnG4Hk9oXpS_4bkRR-1C6cV5S-QQ1PZvZCzlsRz6Ko20WacsY1GkWzc8QLnbfrkx7Lj5NHzUNfqpx52LVYcUQ)
Title: Re: [IC] the Night Walker collection
Post by: Shiro on Tue, 29 September 2020, 09:02:07
the forbidden candy's
Title: Re: [IC] the Night Walker collection
Post by: Prelim on Tue, 29 September 2020, 09:42:48
this is by far the dumbest idea I've ever seen... do you expect people take all the caps out the keyboard and put a lamp over it for a few minutes, just to see it glowing a bit? Cause if you have leds, why the hell do you ever need these switches?
Title: Re: [IC] the Night Walker collection
Post by: Prelim on Tue, 29 September 2020, 09:44:33
double post
Title: Re: [IC] the Night Walker collection
Post by: emerrin on Tue, 29 September 2020, 09:46:08
GLOW IN THE DARK CIA -- switches
Title: Re: [IC] the Night Walker collection
Post by: Ulliam on Tue, 29 September 2020, 09:54:09
Quote from: Prelim on Tue, 29 September 2020, 09:42:48
this is by far the dumbest idea I've ever seen... do you expect people take all the caps out the keyboard and put a lamp over it for a few minutes, just to see it glowing a bit? Cause if you have leds, why the hell do you ever need these switches?

yeah..... orrrrrrrrrrr use in switch and on board leds to charge them.
Title: Re: [IC] the Night Walker collection
Post by: iaman on Tue, 29 September 2020, 09:57:07
So these are marketed as having "fast springs", thought I'd ask for a clarification there: is "fast" being used here to describe the opposite effect we'd ascribe to "slow" springs? e.g. the 68g fast spring would have a lighter initial force than a 68g spring might "normally" have (so the linear progression of the force is "faster" than a "normal" spring)

If not: any clarification you could provide about these springs would be very kind and helpful for me.
Title: Re: [IC] the Night Walker collection
Post by: mytommy on Tue, 29 September 2020, 09:59:10
lets gooo
Title: Re: [IC] the Night Walker collection
Post by: CaptainVinceO2 on Tue, 29 September 2020, 10:15:23
Looks cool! Interested to see how they come out!
Title: Re: [IC] the Night Walker collection
Post by: Prelim on Tue, 29 September 2020, 10:59:09
"do you use leds on your keyboard?"

"-yes I do"

"do you like led backlight keyboards?"

"-no I don't"

"then why the hell do you use leds?"

"-just to charge my GID tops, and repeat this process over and over again"
Title: Re: [IC] the Night Walker collection
Post by: Ashardalon on Tue, 29 September 2020, 23:51:16
Definitely going in on these. I was blown away by the presentation! You guys have such a unique aesthetic, super refreshing to see that level of creativity brought to the community.
Title: Re: [IC] the Night Walker collection
Post by: Pyk_ on Wed, 30 September 2020, 09:58:26
I was planning on putting some uv LEDs in a build for Cyberspace anyway so I’d definitely be interested in trying these. I wonder how much light they would receive from an upward facing 3mm LED? Looks like they would benefit from SMD LEDs... more reason for me to design a PCB I guess!
Title: Re: [IC] the Night Walker collection
Post by: CastleKeyboards on Wed, 30 September 2020, 11:07:20
Beautiful aesthetic! Also I'm totally down to re-live the 90s with the glow in the dark stuff! Love it!
Title: Re: [IC] the Night Walker collection
Post by: Sundowning on Sat, 03 October 2020, 00:25:50
gonna need 100 of both of those bad boys..
Title: Re: [IC] the Night Walker collection
Post by: WHAT!? on Sat, 03 October 2020, 10:03:01
I can put everything on this website firmly under the category of "no I don't need that".

I'm gonna buy a set of the tactile switches though. I'd probably go for at least 70 of 'em.
Title: Re: [IC] the Night Walker collection
Post by: lubekpl on Sat, 03 October 2020, 13:37:21
Can we get to the GB stage already?

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Title: Re: [IC] the Night Walker collection
Post by: BirgusLatro on Fri, 09 October 2020, 12:34:56
Yeah I'm in.
Title: Re: [IC] the Night Walker collection
Post by: Baka Bot on Fri, 09 October 2020, 13:03:31
This is really interesting to see this on an all black build. I really like these
Title: Re: [IC] the Night Walker collection
Post by: opaxxity on Wed, 11 November 2020, 18:22:08
im in.

to the poster questioning their genius.

same could be said for every single KEYCAP gb: why buy a keycap group buy, when there are plenty others ready made (but not custom color)?

answer: its custom, and it fits an aesthetic the consumer is going for.

but to be more specific, im actually in the middle of a see thru case build where im integrating uv led's.  so this is right up  my ally.
Title: Re: [IC] the Night Walker collection
Post by: gak1234 on Sun, 29 December 2024, 01:37:09
Probably no chance of these coming back is there?
Title: Re: [IC] the Night Walker collection
Post by: An Angry Swan on Sun, 29 December 2024, 04:40:18
Quote from: gak1234 on Sun, 29 December 2024, 01:37:09
Probably no chance of these coming back is there?

Best bet would be to ask in the Protozoa discord. Ulliam ghosted the hobby, leaving people out of pocket, ages ago.

I'd be very surprised if there is ever an R2. (From personal experience R1's weren't great)
Title: Re: [IC] the Night Walker collection
Post by: gak1234 on Mon, 30 December 2024, 01:57:28
I heard they were mediocre at best. I just want 'em for a display build, UV LEDs and the like.
Title: Re: [IC] the Night Walker collection
Post by: boku on Mon, 30 December 2024, 19:13:44
Quote from: gak1234 on Mon, 30 December 2024, 01:57:28
I heard they were mediocre at best. I just want 'em for a display build, UV LEDs and the like.

There have been tons of better GID switch options since these came out. If you want these specific ones there are still some in stock on Kono