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geekhack Community => Keyboard Keycaps => Topic started by: jackh on Fri, 31 January 2014, 20:38:44
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I've been wanting to change my caps out forever, just don't know what color scheme to use.
This is what I've been entertaining lately. I like RGB modifiers.
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You won't find many people here recommending WASD keycaps. They're made of thin ABS (a plastic that will show wear and shine after continued use) and are lower-quality than other keycap sets at similar price points. I don't love WASD's colors either; I don't think they compose well.
That's just, like, my opinion, man. Ultimately, it's all down to your personal preference. :thumb:
Also, welcome to GeekHack!
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What are some other alternatives? I'm new at this, obviously.
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Here is a set of RGB modifiers which are dyesub PBT which is basically the best you can get.
http://www.originativeco.com/collections/keysets/products/bsp-rgb-set (http://www.originativeco.com/collections/keysets/products/bsp-rgb-set)
As for the white and black keycaps, you can only buy full PBT sets for each colour (except for some possible rare exceptions in the classifieds) which could run you $50 a set.
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Except that the BSP RGB set won't fit on a Ducky since they use 1.5 size. Instead you could get some GMK Cherry doubleshot RGB from EK (http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=access#cherrymxkeys)... and for the rest of the keys I would suggest to grab an old Cherry G80/G81 like one of these (http://www.ebay.com/itm/CHERRY-G80-8200HPBUS-2-PS2-POS-KEYBOARD-BLACK-/171130814303?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item27d830ff5f) or these (http://www.ebay.com/itm/CHERRY-MY-8000-POS-KEYBOARD-CREDIT-CARD-SWIPE-G81-80000HPCUS-/201016123372?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ecd7e9fec). They also exist in the inverse, with black legends on white/beige keys but I didn't see any on ebay in my quick look. Check the classifieds here for them. Might as well start at the top and get the best.
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You could try the ones from banggood if you dont mind waiting some time( my last order took around 20 days).
- http://www.banggood.com/Keycool-PBT-Multicolor-Top-Or-Side-Or-Blank-Laser-Engraving-Keycap-p-84137.html
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You won't find many people here recommending WASD keycaps. They're made of thin ABS (a plastic that will show wear and shine after continued use) and are lower-quality than other keycap sets at similar price points. I don't love WASD's colors either; I don't think they compose well.
That's just, like, my opinion, man. Ultimately, it's all down to your personal preference. :thumb:
Also, welcome to GeekHack!
Who else other than WASD lets you modify the color of full set keycaps so that they're not all one color? I would really appreciate the answer, especially if they come in PBT key caps.
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pretty sure no one lets you customize like that.
most people are happy with 2 colors and are willing to buy two sets (some combination of complete or mods/alphas only)
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You won't find many people here recommending WASD keycaps. They're made of thin ABS (a plastic that will show wear and shine after continued use) and are lower-quality than other keycap sets at similar price points. I don't love WASD's colors either; I don't think they compose well.
That's just, like, my opinion, man. Ultimately, it's all down to your personal preference. :thumb:
Also, welcome to GeekHack!
Who else other than WASD lets you modify the color of full set keycaps so that they're not all one color? I would really appreciate the answer, especially if they come in PBT key caps.
If you want to go crazy with customizing your caps that's fine for WASD, the problem is a few things. For starters, the cap quality from there is just not great by any means. Additioanlly, you really don't need to have a ton of colors on your board for it to look nice, and in all honesty I think most WASD boards I see look ridiculous since people go overboard with the customization.
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Here's a link to an actual Ducky RGB modifier set:
http://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=713
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Where can I download a PSD layout to color like you've done?
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Where can I download a PSD layout to color like you've done?
Check out this link from the Simple Questions Simple Answers OP (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40501.0#post_EE)
I've been wanting to change my caps out forever, just don't know what color scheme to use.
I recommend taking a look at the Keycap Color Scheme Archive (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=49524.0) for some ideas.
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I've been wanting to change my caps out forever, just don't know what color scheme to use.
This is what I've been entertaining lately. I like RGB modifiers.
Does your mouse have a colour scheme? It'd look nice of you could match that.