DCS Estate: GB APRIL 18th - MAY 20th
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TLDR; Beige ABS DCS set with centered legends, colorful front printing, and a focus on 40s support, to pay homage to a vintage keyboard found in someone's basement.
Source/Inspiration
I came across a vintage keyboard replacement at an estate sale. To my despair, the keycaps on this board were not MX compatible. So I decided to make this set to be able to get something as close to the source as possible. That's it - no story, just cool old tech.
ABS DCS was chosen to minimize lead-time, while also leveraging the superb quality keycaps that Signature Plastics puts out. This keyset is designed to be as close as possible to the original source. To do so, this set is intended to be run with centered legends. Additionally, SP will use pad printing for the colored front legends/symbols. Considering current DCS lead times, we are estimating a late Q1/early Q2 delivery range.
This set uses all stock colors:
o Legends - GTA
o Caps - TGG
o Alphas front legends & FCTN front circles - BED
o ALPHA LOCK front circles - RDA
o SYS front circles - VV
o ENTER front circles - YCH
PRICING
With the purchase of a Base Kit, any other kit you purchase will be discounted at 15%. This promotion will only be running for the first 72 hours, on ThocKeys, so make sure you get your purchase in quickly!
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Kits
Don't want to look at the renders and try to figure out keycap sizes? Here's a KLE (http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/#/gists/83dd16d5fd64638bcf224e5e9c9b3ccc).
Base - 150 MoQ
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Numpad - 50 MoQ
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40s&Ortho - 50 MoQ
Minibars - 50 MoQ
Big Bar - 25 MoQ
(https://i.imgur.com/bYJZ8l5.jpg)
Extended Alpha Kit - 50 MoQ
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Renders
MB44 by MelonBred
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Bear65 by jacky
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KBD19x
(https://i.imgur.com/K6hHRgB.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/zvYNmGG.jpg)
Fjell by Mekanisk
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Garbage Truck by Trashman
(https://i.imgur.com/dRuu9iD.jpg)
40rmie by KuroTheCrazy
(https://i.imgur.com/p75MVsJ.jpg)
Mech27 TKL
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Vendors
o US: ThocKeys
o UK: proto[Typist]
o EU: MyKeyboard.eu
o OC: DailyClack
o Asia: ZFrontier
Collabs
Milled Knobs
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I am collaborating with P3D Store (https://p3dstore.com/) to offer milled knobs! There will be four solid color knobs (in various sizes) available: Blue, Green, Purple, and Yellow. Additionally, there will be a mixed color knob available in the Wild Flower colorway.
IMGUR Album (https://imgur.com/a/9eva7TA) of the knobs that will be offered.
Artisan Minibars
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One of the biggest challenges with running DCS (and DSS) is the lack of convex minibars in the profile. Because of this, I am partnering with Pseudoku over at Asymplex (https://www.asymplex.xyz/) to offer some artisan minibars!
Resin Artisans
o Winkeys (https://www.instagram.com/win_keys/?hl=en)
o PSYCHOKeycaps (https://www.psychokeycaps.com/)
o Alpha Keycaps (https://alphakeycaps.com/)
o Mastonon Kaps (https://www.instagram.com/mastonon.kaps/?hl=en)
Links
Imgur Render Album (https://imgur.com/a/JovO0vY)
Imgur Source Images Album (https://imgur.com/a/o5Crlxh)
Thanks
Thanks to anyone and everyone that has given feedback - but thanks in particular to ferda, alas, matthewdias, dededecline, and nopun for kitting advice and manzel for the renders.