geekhack

geekhack Marketplace => Interest Checks => Topic started by: Kokaloo on Wed, 13 March 2024, 11:00:25

Title: [IC] PBTFans Golden Age | Sparkly Metallic Gold 2Shot ABS
Post by: Kokaloo on Wed, 13 March 2024, 11:00:25

(https://i.imgur.com/h0FRfJS.jpeg)

WELCOME TO THE GOLDEN AGE!

PBTFans golden age is a keyset inspired by a true life story about warriors overcoming all odds and entering into a golden age. This ABS Doubleshot keyset will be using metallic gold resin alongside sparkly specks to really make your keyboard SHIMMER!

The goal of this interest check is to, well, check interest and to hopefully get PBTFans attention and make it a reality. I'm not so sure myself if metallic resin sparkly keycaps exist, but this is a project to make it a reality! If you're at all interested or have feedback for this project, please fill out an IC form by clicking here! (https://forms.gle/szdPTWKmWSiSqedu6)


KITTING

(https://i.imgur.com/NlIQroc.jpeg)

The base kit will offer your standard fare of 40s support, alice, etc while splitting numpad and extended bars into their own kits. I'm not sure if KBDFans forces kitting, but if they do things will change. Otherwise this is what I believe to be an optimal base kit regarding price to coverage!

(https://i.imgur.com/xozgShp.jpeg)

The accent kit comes with grey, red, and white keycaps to offer a little bit of color to accent the gold! These will be standard resin keycaps using the gold for legends.

(https://i.imgur.com/6ZVMgs0.png)

It's a numpad!

(https://i.imgur.com/BaOJVD9.jpeg)
Bars! If PBTFans is able to accommodate for 2x1.75u bars I will be happy to add them to this kit, I'm just personally unsure at the moment.


RENDERS

(https://i.imgur.com/sYbui5w.jpeg)
Bully by Zhol

(https://i.imgur.com/ANl0KzP.jpeg)
m0lly by TKC

(https://i.imgur.com/d7b1B7T.jpeg)
CBTFans NTR40

(https://i.imgur.com/FQJlXIl.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/0iKX9QM.jpeg)
F1 8x by Geon


VENDORS

Definitely undecided for now! Want to make sure this is possible and if PBTFans is interested. If you're interested in running this set please contact me


THANKS

cute for these renders, you seriously rock
bobatype for answering all my questions to get this off the runway
zhol, dom, sl, wish for supporting me so much as i spammed the set around
the silly golden hockey team you love to hate

(https://i.imgur.com/eCHTUtJ.jpeg)
Title: Re: [IC] PBTFans Golden Age!
Post by: Faraday on Wed, 13 March 2024, 11:12:01
I want the bling, I need the bling, I gotta have the bling!!!!!
Title: Re: [IC] PBTFans Golden Age!
Post by: Ella on Wed, 13 March 2024, 11:45:12
people who want glittery keycaps don't want them to look like this
Title: Re: [IC] PBTFans Golden Age!
Post by: Kokaloo on Wed, 13 March 2024, 11:47:05
Quote from: Ella on Wed, 13 March 2024, 11:45:12
people who want glittery keycaps don't want them to look like this
im a people and i want this :'(
Title: Re: [IC] PBTFans Golden Age!
Post by: Laur on Wed, 13 March 2024, 11:47:58
looks like something chat and team would've loved. easy pass gl with the group buy.
Title: Re: [IC] PBTFans Golden Age!
Post by: Zahul on Wed, 13 March 2024, 11:53:37
So many good keycaps coming out. This one looks nice GLWIC!
Title: Re: [IC] PBTFans Golden Age!
Post by: Kokaloo on Wed, 13 March 2024, 12:03:11
Quote from: Laur on Wed, 13 March 2024, 11:47:58
looks like something chat and team would've loved. easy pass gl with the group buy.
Genuinely think chat and team bought one of my other Keysets lol he's a huge fan and I love all my fans especially the one I run at night as white noise.
Title: Re: [IC] PBTFans Golden Age!
Post by: WholesomeDucky on Wed, 13 March 2024, 12:06:50
Looks sick, would be interested to know pricing if it becomes a reality.
Not an idea I would have expected to see but now that I've seen it, I'm invested in the outcome lol

glwic you legend
Title: Re: [IC] PBTFans Golden Age!
Post by: Laur on Wed, 13 March 2024, 12:22:33
Quote from: Kokaloo on Wed, 13 March 2024, 12:03:11
Genuinely think chat and team bought one of my other Keysets lol he's a huge fan and I love all my fans especially the one I run at night as white noise.

yeahhhh that definitely says something. the gold on white accent looks a little low contrast, might just be the lighting but definitely get samples for that. also the AI art is certainly contentious, i'd steer clear. finally, the theme is rather loose; should commission some novelties to tie it together tbh.
Title: Re: [IC] PBTFans Golden Age!
Post by: Sleepdealr on Wed, 13 March 2024, 12:24:41
obvious bait is obvious
Title: Re: [IC] PBTFans Golden Age!
Post by: Kokaloo on Wed, 13 March 2024, 12:49:00
Quote from: Laur on Wed, 13 March 2024, 12:22:33
Quote from: Kokaloo on Wed, 13 March 2024, 12:03:11
Genuinely think chat and team bought one of my other Keysets lol he's a huge fan and I love all my fans especially the one I run at night as white noise.

yeahhhh that definitely says something. the gold on white accent looks a little low contrast, might just be the lighting but definitely get samples for that. also the AI art is certainly contentious, i'd steer clear. finally, the theme is rather loose; should commission some novelties to tie it together tbh.

Okay hold on I'm not baiting anything at all. The ai art was something I thought was fun and cool just for the interest check. If this gets approved by pbtfans then I would absolutely commission an artist to take care of those assets. I'll remove the art to not give people ideas that I would use AI art going forward for final designs. I think you're reading into this a bit much. It's an idea I've had kicking around for a while and my interest in brand keycaps are potentially able to make this a reality and wanted to check the waters. I would love to get samples and see where this goes, hopefully when things get moving it'll be the right process. This is simply an interest check!
Title: Re: [IC] PBTFans Golden Age!
Post by: Gondolindrim on Wed, 13 March 2024, 16:01:19
Honestly I couldn't care less about AI art and novelties, all I want is a metallic-golden keyset with good kitting, decent price and reasonable timeline
Title: Re: [IC] PBTFans Golden Age!
Post by: binb0y on Wed, 13 March 2024, 20:06:44
this is the first time i stop lurking to say something so it must be good

 glwic kok
Title: Re: [IC] PBTFans Golden Age!
Post by: MateKeys on Wed, 13 March 2024, 22:11:20
Oh, gold? Who doesn't love gold? :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
Title: Re: [IC] PBTFans Golden Age!
Post by: tactilesbad on Thu, 14 March 2024, 04:17:19
would you consider offering inverted alphas (gold legend, white base)? that would look insanely good
Title: Re: [IC] PBTFans Golden Age!
Post by: -_- on Thu, 14 March 2024, 06:26:57
i love poop
Title: Re: [IC] PBTFans Golden Age!
Post by: Gondolindrim on Thu, 14 March 2024, 11:15:24
Quote from: -_- on Thu, 14 March 2024, 06:26:57
i love poop

Have you ever heard of 40% keyboards?
Title: Re: [IC] PBTFans Golden Age!
Post by: Kokaloo on Thu, 14 March 2024, 11:53:20
Quote from: Gondolindrim on Thu, 14 March 2024, 11:15:24
Quote from: -_- on Thu, 14 March 2024, 06:26:57
i love poop

Have you ever heard of 40% keyboards?

It's worse now they invented 30% keyboards  :-X

Quote from: tactilesbad on Thu, 14 March 2024, 04:17:19
would you consider offering inverted alphas (gold legend, white base)? that would look insanely good

Lemme see if I can render them to check them out. Not a bad idea!

Thank you for all the support everyone! And valid feedback. I got some good news, KBDFans saw and wants to make sure this is possible, so we should be getting a sample sometime soon whenever they're able to test! So sit patiently, and I'll get some ideas rolling for deskmats, maybe novelties

 Remember to fill out that IC form if you've got the time.
Title: Re: [IC] PBTFans Golden Age | Sparkly Metallic Gold 2Shot ABS
Post by: Kokaloo on Fri, 15 March 2024, 17:33:19
(https://i.imgur.com/ZI2q5mo.jpeg)

Here's a potential kit for the reverse alphas! i updated the interest check form with this kit. We'll just have to see how far we can get with pbtfans! if enough people show interest hopefully we can support all the kits.
Title: Re: [IC] PBTFans Golden Age | Sparkly Metallic Gold 2Shot ABS
Post by: LaserCrafter on Fri, 15 March 2024, 22:08:02
lol
Title: Re: [IC] PBTFans Golden Age | Sparkly Metallic Gold 2Shot ABS
Post by: Dmitri on Sat, 16 March 2024, 09:46:57
What price?
Title: Re: [IC] PBTFans Golden Age | Sparkly Metallic Gold 2Shot ABS
Post by: drfilco on Sat, 16 March 2024, 11:12:15
I like it - I've been enjoying PBTfans' glitter-embedded sets so far.

I could also go for a whole kit that's spakly gold-on-black like the Tab key.
Title: Re: [IC] PBTFans Golden Age | Sparkly Metallic Gold 2Shot ABS
Post by: Kokaloo on Sat, 16 March 2024, 12:15:41
Quote from: Dmitri on Sat, 16 March 2024, 09:46:57
What price?

Dunno yet, waiting to see if PBTFans is capable of this finish