KAP Aubergine
A tasteful homage to Eggplants
• GALLERY •
(https://i.imgur.com/K3fJ9ej.jpg)
Dalco 959 by Hand Engineering
(https://i.imgur.com/JPwO7dc.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/9dOwIsf.jpg)
Rotor by PopSmoke
(https://i.imgur.com/U1qoO0y.jpg)
Paragon by Artemis
(https://i.imgur.com/sGLeLoO.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/hvJzK7b.jpg)
M60-A by RAMA
(https://i.imgur.com/SzM7h87.jpg)
Phoenix by Cable Car Design
(https://i.imgur.com/7KFDJUk.jpg)
Maja by Vulcan
(https://i.imgur.com/ztdvuBo.jpg)
Haus by Lewis
(https://i.imgur.com/0FfQS7q.jpg)
Nemui by Bachoo
Old Renders
More
(https://i.imgur.com/aCbc6tT.jpg)
Phoenix by Cable Car Design
(https://i.imgur.com/AQAEVQX.jpg)
Petrichor by AlchemistKeyboard
(https://i.imgur.com/0BqMn7m.jpg)
Rotor by PopSmoke
(https://i.imgur.com/LsRd4VE.jpg)
Maja by Vulcan
(https://i.imgur.com/7hChzua.jpg)
Dalco 959 by Hand Engineering
Disclaimer: Note some deskmats depicted are stock images. I did not pay for their licenses, as evidenced by their watermarks. They’re just for fun renders.
• KITTING •
- TBC -
Big Base Energy Kit(https://i.imgur.com/pb03NpH.jpg)
[One big kit that covers 60%, 65%, 75%, TKL, with terminal ISO, F13, Tsangan support, and minimal compatibility for some 40s, Alice, split space and HHKB layouts. Spacebars and novelties are baked in.]
ORSimple Base Kit(https://i.imgur.com/YfYFLPS.jpg)
Comments
The Big Base Energy kit is just a proposal and might not be viable financially; being highly dependent on manufacturer quotes and what vendors believe is viable. I may just end up splitting the spacebars and novelties into individual kits like most typical keycap sets.
Personally I prefer an all-in-one base kit with additional spacebars and novelties included for the pure simplicity one SKU, and wide coverage, but that is not wallet-friendly with some manufacturers (i.e. GMK) in regards to their base kit pricing.
Thus, I'm still open to trialling alternative manufacturers, with new ones on the block; such as Wuque Studios (WSPBT) or Keykobo (KKB) or PBTFans that would lead to potentially faster production and a cheaper base kit too. Whether or not they can do 1 big base kit I don't know either, and I would perhaps have to cull accent white spacebars, white arrow keys, and/or bottom row novelties.
I'm agnostic towards PBT or ABS, and if I do go doubleshot legend, it would mean the green legends will likely by UV-printed.
I won't rule out dyesub, as the technology is getting better, and is a lot more affordable when it comes to kitting flexibility, however I'm leaning towards doubleshot ABS.
Other potential kits to consider include:
> a Text+Icon modifier add-on kit, which has the text being white, and the icon being green (i.e. ⇧Shift, instead of ⇧)
See example in the following older render:
More
(https://i.imgur.com/aCbc6tT.jpg)
> an alpha kit with hiragana sublegends. See example in the following older render:
More
(https://i.imgur.com/LsRd4VE.jpg)
Maja by Vulcan
First version of Base Kit (old/troll)
More
(https://i.imgur.com/GLxb3rq.jpg)
• DISCLAIMERS •
The images shown are used for illustrative purposes only. There may be differences between expectations and reality, because of cold temperatures, lighting, angle of view, and screen calibration. Shrinkage happens from time to time.
I'm currently planning to make a giant eggplant shaped deskmat.
• INSPIRATION •
In my pants, tall and proud,
Is an eggplant, not too loud.
Its skin is dark, its shape is long,
To say it’s my fav emoji, would not be wrong
My eggplant is truly a sight to see,
Firm with taut skin, so smooth and clean.
Its shape is unique, long and lean,
Bulbous purple head, so aubergine.
So here's to you, dear eggplant friend,
A fruit to the very end.
You're long and lovely, dark and sweet,
A treat that's hard to beat.
• FAQ •
Why?Because I thought it'd be an amusing idea for April Fool's
Also I like this colour. Eggplants are tasty too.
A person in my discord (Judgeseb) was looking for a keycap set in this colourway, and so I wanted to see what it would look like rendered out, with novelties.
I also really wanted to design a giant eggplant shaped deskmat (similar to MVKB’s giant banana deskmat), but didn’t get enough time to flesh it out.
Anyways I ended up liking the colour a lot more than I thought.
• FEEDBACK •
Please fill in the IC form if you are interested. Much appreciated
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• SOCIALS •
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DISCORD (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpiB2wMc49g)
Thanks for all the lovely comments about my eggplant.
Following further contemplation about this concept, I ultimately felt that the nicest thing about it is the lovely shade of eggplant purple, so I've decided to reduce the amount of green, and focused on white as accents for an overall cleaner look. Please see all the new renders in the first post, for a visualisation.
The green was divisive, and I wanted it to be less distracting, so I changed the base kit modifiers legends to be white only as well.
Although I did think the two coloured legends for Icon+text mods was nice, it meant it was either pad-printed, or I had to commit to a reverse dyesub manufacturer. The keycaps thus now look a bit less unique, but the caps are a bit more flexible in matching with keyboards, with a bit broader appeal.
The 3 colour modifers may return as a potential add-on option, but no guarantee on that.
I kept one green Esc novelty for a bit of fun.
I removed the sliced eggplant 1u novelties for navkeys.
I'm currently debating a typical base kit, with novelties and spacebars as separate kits, or just one big base kit: i.e.
Big Base Energy Kit(https://i.imgur.com/pb03NpH.jpg)
[One big kit that covers 60%, 65%, 75%, TKL, with terminal ISO, F13, Tsangan support, and minimal compatibility for some 40s, Alice, split space and HHKB layouts. Spacebars and novelties are baked in.]
ORSimple Base Kit(https://i.imgur.com/YfYFLPS.jpg)
Comments
The Big Base Energy kit is just a proposal and might not be viable financially; being highly dependent on manufacturer quotes and what vendors believe is viable. I may just end up splitting the spacebars and novelties into individual kits like most typical keycap sets.
Personally I prefer an all-in-one base kit with additional spacebars and novelties included for the pure simplicity one SKU, and wide coverage, but that is not wallet-friendly with some manufacturers (i.e. GMK) in regards to their base kit pricing.
Thus, I'm still open to trialling alternative manufacturers, with new ones on the block; such as Wuque Studios or Keykobo or PBTFans that would lead to potentially faster production and a cheaper base kit too. Whether or not they can do 1 big base kit I don't know either, and I would perhaps have to cull accent white spacebars, white arrow keys, and/or bottom row novelties.
I'm agnostic towards PBT or ABS, and if I do go doubleshot legend, it would mean the green legends will likely by UV-printed.
I won't rule out dyesub, as the technology is getting better, and is a lot more affordable when it comes to kitting flexibility.