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Title: Vault Boy inspired keycaps
Post by: Barbastruzzolo on Wed, 19 December 2012, 02:08:26: I'm a huge fan of Fallout game series, especially the first and the second episodes :)
Do you know of an inspired key caps set? It would be nice to have the function key row
composed of little vault boys in poses like the perks in the game :cool:
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Post by: IvanIvanovich on Wed, 19 December 2012, 10:42:07: I don't think that has been done yet, but a good idea. I think a groupbuy could be done for dyesubs.
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Post by: esoomenona on Wed, 19 December 2012, 10:43:16: Yes please! Now this is something I can get behind.
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Post by: Barbastruzzolo on Wed, 19 December 2012, 12:09:29: I'm new to keycaps thing and I never participated to a group buy but I would suggest something like yellow keycap and black printing
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Post by: IvanIvanovich on Wed, 19 December 2012, 12:21:48: If do white caps can do full color legend, would probably look nicer.
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Post by: Barbastruzzolo on Wed, 19 December 2012, 12:23:41: Quote from: lysol on Wed, 19 December 2012, 12:21:48
If do white caps can do full color legend, would probably look nicer.

I put my trust in your opinion :)
Title: Re: Vault Boy inspired keycaps
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Wed, 19 December 2012, 12:26:33: (http://images.wikia.com/fallout/images/archive/b/bf/20110820161751!Vault_Boy_Dock_Icon_by_oloff3.png)
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Post by: absyrd on Wed, 19 December 2012, 12:27:24: I'd rather see them in just green outlines like the HUD.
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Post by: IvanIvanovich on Wed, 19 December 2012, 12:28:50: I don't think that would look as good on white key, and can't dyesub on black. Too complex for doubleshots. I don't think people would get behind padprinting at all.
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Post by: esoomenona on Wed, 19 December 2012, 12:43:30: White caps with black legends. Just google vaultboy and look at the images.
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Post by: m00nshake on Wed, 19 December 2012, 12:53:04: I was just thinking about this while playing Fallout New Vegas yesterday. This would be awesome and I'd definitely be interested.
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Post by: IvanIvanovich on Wed, 19 December 2012, 13:51:19: Or we could do something really off the wall that would be extremely cheap... have some relegendable inserts professionally printed. Could be really nice and easy way to have some multiple options like green on black background, black on x color background. A full sheet would probably cost only a couple dollars.
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Post by: esoomenona on Wed, 19 December 2012, 14:26:07: Would we be able to get black relegendable caps to go with them?
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Post by: takaki on Wed, 19 December 2012, 14:28:53: What about all the possible perks pictures of vault boy

(http://www.falloutwiki.com/images/e/ed/Cannibal.png)
(http://www.falloutwiki.com/images/6/60/Grim_Reaper%27s_Sprint.png)
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Post by: IvanIvanovich on Wed, 19 December 2012, 14:37:06: Yeah, they are easy to find and not very expensive either, can get 250 pack for around $20. Just the funny thing is you need to buy 2 things as the base and lens is sperate.
black base 0628-7754, white base 0628-7750, lens 0628-7379
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Post by: esoomenona on Wed, 19 December 2012, 14:38:45: I think that's perfect. We can have some that are green on black and some that are black on white.
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Post by: Barbastruzzolo on Wed, 19 December 2012, 14:39:54: (http://i1-mac.softpedia-static.com/screenshots/Fallout-NV-All-Perks-Icons_1.jpg)
(http://i1-mac.softpedia-static.com/screenshots/Fallout-NV-All-Perks-Icons_2.jpg)
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Post by: Alessandro on Wed, 19 December 2012, 14:41:59: Enough to fill an SKIdata! Love this idea!
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Post by: IvanIvanovich on Wed, 19 December 2012, 14:42:04: Then all we need is the images in something like 700x700 at 300dpi so they will come out looking nice and crisp. Or if someone can find those in .svg even better.
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Post by: esoomenona on Wed, 19 December 2012, 14:48:13: Needs this one as well:

(http://aautar.digital-radiation.com/blog/uploaded_images/vault-boy-childkiller.jpg)
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Post by: 4LI4Z on Wed, 19 December 2012, 14:48:42: Totally love this idea! Green on Black would look awesome, like the HUD in Fallout 3.
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Post by: takaki on Wed, 19 December 2012, 15:02:46: Time to crack open your fallout3 data packs to look for the high res ones :/
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Post by: TheProfosist on Wed, 19 December 2012, 15:17:38: Talk to dc when hes done moving he can make svgs which is what your going to need.
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Post by: IvanIvanovich on Wed, 19 December 2012, 15:20:52: I would be surprised if they are not already done out there somewhere, just need some people to comb though places like deviantart and see if they can find them.
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Post by: Barbastruzzolo on Wed, 19 December 2012, 15:21:51: Vectors found!

http://www.freedesign4.me/vectors/vector-vault-boy-from-fallout/ (http://www.freedesign4.me/vectors/vector-vault-boy-from-fallout/)
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Post by: takaki on Wed, 19 December 2012, 15:29:31: Are you guys going to make a cap for every single perk or are we going to vote for those that get manufactured ?
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Post by: Barbastruzzolo on Wed, 19 December 2012, 15:31:36: I think it's better to vote for a small set of keycaps
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Post by: Barbastruzzolo on Wed, 19 December 2012, 15:38:39: And here an inspired font that can be useful

http://www.fontxs.com/7006-fonts-pip-boy-weapons-dingbats.html
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Post by: IvanIvanovich on Wed, 19 December 2012, 15:45:20: If doing actual caps then would be best to vote down to some reasonable quantity, but if doing the relegendable idea, then all of them would be no problem as printing on paper and having the insert die cut is pretty cheap.
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Post by: Barbastruzzolo on Wed, 19 December 2012, 15:48:08: http://pipboy.fallout-archives.com/ (http://pipboy.fallout-archives.com/)

This site contains all the Vault Boy sprites ripped from the games and downloadable in .zip files
Title: Re: Vault Boy inspired keycaps
Post by: TheProfosist on Wed, 19 December 2012, 16:44:47: Quote from: Barbastruzzolo on Wed, 19 December 2012, 15:48:08
http://pipboy.fallout-archives.com/ (http://pipboy.fallout-archives.com/)

This site contains all the Vault Boy sprites ripped from the games and downloadable in .zip files
both chrome and malwarebytes didnt like that address.
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Post by: Barbastruzzolo on Thu, 20 December 2012, 01:49:19: That's strange :/
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Post by: baldgye on Thu, 20 December 2012, 02:10:30: Quote from: esoomenona on Wed, 19 December 2012, 14:48:13
Needs this one as well:

Show Image
(http://aautar.digital-radiation.com/blog/uploaded_images/vault-boy-childkiller.jpg)

Needs to be an ISO enter key so much
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Post by: Vermiliion on Wed, 02 January 2013, 15:56:51: This needs to be done right now!
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Post by: KangarooZombies on Fri, 04 January 2013, 02:00:02: Someone notify me if this goes down, would be very interested :)
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Post by: rek55 on Fri, 04 January 2013, 11:36:41: The art is cool but I never played enough Fallout to really appreciate this. :)

I couldn't get over the crappy Elder Scrolls engine that it runs on. The movement mechanics are just so bad.
Title: Re: Vault Boy inspired keycaps
Post by: takaki on Fri, 04 January 2013, 22:39:37: How about we just make one VaultBoy cap for the F-Row. Should be fairly affordable.
Title: Re: Vault Boy inspired keycaps
Post by: rek55 on Fri, 04 January 2013, 22:41:08: Quote from: takaki on Fri, 04 January 2013, 22:39:37
How about we just make one VaultBoy cap for the F-Row. Should be fairly affordable.
But which one?
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Post by: takaki on Fri, 04 January 2013, 22:42:51: I'm thinking this, since it is theeeee vault boy logo.

(http://images.wikia.com/fallout/images/archive/b/bf/20110820161751!Vault_Boy_Dock_Icon_by_oloff3.png)