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Re: Epic's Adventure with Keycaps
« Reply #50 on: Sun, 25 September 2016, 15:03:40 »
Are you 3d printing the masters? I'm curious how you go from the 3d model to the master.

Also, how have you been doing the multi-shot eyes? do you just inject the eye color around the eyes, wait for it to cure, then finish casting the key?

These look great! Any word on that sale?

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Re: Epic's Adventure with Keycaps
« Reply #51 on: Mon, 26 September 2016, 15:39:14 »
Are you 3d printing the masters? I'm curious how you go from the 3d model to the master.

Also, how have you been doing the multi-shot eyes? do you just inject the eye color around the eyes, wait for it to cure, then finish casting the key?

These look great! Any word on that sale?

The masters are 3d printed. I found someone with a good 3d printer and had him print a master for me. Unfortunately, the stem did not turn out well in the 3d printing process so I had to 'transpose' a new stem by hand. I will try to document these steps in my next project.

For the multi-shot, I just pour resin into the eyes first (I use a toothpick). Once it has set (2-3 minutes), I pour the darker black resin to fill and the whole thing goes into the pressure pot.

The sale has been taking a lot longer than expected - I've had to shift focus to finding a job (preparing for technical interviews   :'() and I've given most of my first batch away. Will work on next batch of 18 (15 for sale, 3 for giveaway) in between job searching today and tomorrow. I will announce a giveaway next Tuesday and sale next Thursday. Thanks for being patient.

I have reverted back to original thin walls. They may be a bit thin for some, but thick walls will have to wait until my life settles down a bit - I'll post pictures so you know exactly what you're getting. After some feedback from GH chatrooms, current thick walls were not polished enough.

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Re: Epic's Adventure with Keycaps
« Reply #52 on: Mon, 26 September 2016, 15:43:51 »
You might also want to check out Zorb's guide - he has a great section on multishotting.

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Re: Epic's Adventure with Keycaps
« Reply #53 on: Tue, 27 September 2016, 11:43:05 »
Hey thanks for sharing the progress of your work! Its very helpful and inspirational for newbie crafters like myself. :) Keep up the good work.

You might also want to check out Zorb's guide - he has a great section on multishotting.

Where might I find this. I feel i might have stumbled upon it before... but can't seem to find it now. If you had a link or direction to look I would be grateful.
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Re: Epic's Adventure with Keycaps
« Reply #54 on: Tue, 27 September 2016, 17:41:50 »
Hey thanks for sharing the progress of your work! Its very helpful and inspirational for newbie crafters like myself. :) Keep up the good work.

You might also want to check out Zorb's guide - he has a great section on multishotting.

Where might I find this. I feel i might have stumbled upon it before... but can't seem to find it now. If you had a link or direction to look I would be grateful.

Thanks - glad it helped someone!
Zorb's guide: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=82174.0

I will be posting details for giveaway soon (after posting this and walking the dog). I've set aside 3 caps - pics below.



Dat asses

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Others that are (almost) ready for the sale:



More dat asses



These should give you guys a good idea of what to expect. Some of these might be pruned and the others' butts will go through light sanding/buffering, that's about it. Thicker butts will have to wait until v2 - probably 2-3 months out at best.

The top one with the mixed eyes will be given away as a bonus in the sale to one winner determined by RNG. I'll try to churn out a few more in the next few days.

Brb walking the dog - expect a facebook and reddit post in the next hour or two.

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Re: Epic's Adventure with Keycaps
« Reply #55 on: Tue, 27 September 2016, 18:56:26 »
Whoa looking really good dude. The light plays of all those angles nicely  :thumb:
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Re: Epic's Adventure with Keycaps
« Reply #56 on: Tue, 27 September 2016, 19:04:16 »
Hey thanks for sharing the progress of your work! Its very helpful and inspirational for newbie crafters like myself. :) Keep up the good work.

You might also want to check out Zorb's guide - he has a great section on multishotting.

Where might I find this. I feel i might have stumbled upon it before... but can't seem to find it now. If you had a link or direction to look I would be grateful.


Thanks - glad it helped someone!
Zorb's guide: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=82174.0

Darn tootin it helped

Those bot keys are so crisp! Quite delightful :D
Check out our Artisan keys at Primecaps.ca

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Re: Epic's Adventure with Keycaps
« Reply #57 on: Wed, 28 September 2016, 18:15:39 »
Wow that's a great guide, and hot damn those look absolutely incredible. Possibly my all time favorite cap so far, good job. It's complex and not boring, but it also isn't crowded. I hope your life levels out and you can keep making these!