Author Topic: [IC] the Night Walker collection (Read 16508 times)

Ulliam · « **on:** Tue, 29 September 2020, 04:28:52 »

Get updates on discord: https://discord.gg/dXJmt67

Designed by Ulliam & Protozoa Studios to perfectly compliment KAT Cyberspace & every other reason to have have more glow in the dark, come and relive more of the 90's with me,
I'd like to indroduce you all the the Night Walker collection a complimenting pair of switches and stabilizer set made by Durock & enhanced by Glow in the Dark

The Details:

Solaris:MX
Pantone Black 6c POM T1 Tactile Stem
GiD Nylon Upper & Lower Housing
66g Fast Stainless Steel Springs

Nightcall:MX
GiD POM Silent Linear Stem
Smokey Black Tranlucent Nylon Housing
66g Fast Stainless Steel Springs

Lumen:ST
Screw in stabilizers with GID Housing
Black Stainless Steel bars
Pack of: 4x 2u, 1x 6.25 + 1x 7u bar

Vendors and Pricing to be announced but you can expect them to be priced around the same as other Durock recolours, I'd love to know what you guys think

Links & Thanks

Thanks to Dave & Cam of KIIIN for your daily support! Thank you to Chris & Alex from Protozoa for being amazing humans* to work with It's such a blessing to collaborate with amazing like minded creatives with as much passion as you guys!, and Specifically thanks to Alex for his Amazing renders, I struggled for 4 months trying to work out glow in the dark plastic and didnt come anywhere near as close haha.

Ulliam & Fam Discord: https://discord.gg/dXJmt67
Protozoa Studios Discord: https://discord.gg/YJRjWxP
Protozoa Studios IG : https://www.instagram.com/protozoa.studio/

ectoplasmatic · « **Reply #1 on:** Tue, 29 September 2020, 04:33:00 »

let's go let's go!

Bregoli · « **Reply #2 on:** Tue, 29 September 2020, 04:39:27 »

Seems very interesting

VagueOrigin · « **Reply #3 on:** Tue, 29 September 2020, 04:45:47 »

Gimme... gimme neowwwwww

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Oddstag · « **Reply #4 on:** Tue, 29 September 2020, 05:54:17 »

Ugh, Christ. Yes---obviously yes, I'm in.

pupper125 · « **Reply #5 on:** Tue, 29 September 2020, 06:42:09 »

Nonnegaard · « **Reply #6 on:** Tue, 29 September 2020, 06:59:49 »

yes. why. where would they get light from and when would you even see it.

Agilr · « **Reply #7 on:** Tue, 29 September 2020, 08:08:51 »

Quote from: Nonnegaard on Tue, 29 September 2020, 06:59:49

yes. why. where would they get light from and when would you even see it.

+1

Glow-in-the-dark works by taking in UV light energising the phosphur, but if it's covered from light by your keycaps, you won't see the effect even if you take the caps off and it's dark.

Magnificent Bureaucrat · « **Reply #8 on:** Tue, 29 September 2020, 08:12:42 »

Are they a novelty that you won't even be able to see once they're hidden by keycaps - Yes.
Will I be buying both sets of switches and the stabs - Also yes

Ulliam · « **Reply #9 on:** Tue, 29 September 2020, 08:31:05 »

Quote from: Agilr on Tue, 29 September 2020, 08:08:51

Quote from: Nonnegaard on Tue, 29 September 2020, 06:59:49
yes. why. where would they get light from and when would you even see it.
+1

Glow-in-the-dark works by taking in UV light energising the phosphur, but if it's covered from light by your keycaps, you won't see the effect even if you take the caps off and it's dark.

On board LEDS would charge them, and Strontium Aluminate produces a strong enough glow it should be visible as backlighting

Shiro · « **Reply #10 on:** Tue, 29 September 2020, 09:02:07 »

the forbidden candy's

Prelim · « **Reply #11 on:** Tue, 29 September 2020, 09:42:48 »

this is by far the dumbest idea I've ever seen... do you expect people take all the caps out the keyboard and put a lamp over it for a few minutes, just to see it glowing a bit? Cause if you have leds, why the hell do you ever need these switches?

Prelim · « **Reply #12 on:** Tue, 29 September 2020, 09:44:33 »

double post

emerrin · « **Reply #13 on:** Tue, 29 September 2020, 09:46:08 »

GLOW IN THE DARK CIA -- switches

Ulliam · « **Reply #14 on:** Tue, 29 September 2020, 09:54:09 »

Quote from: Prelim on Tue, 29 September 2020, 09:42:48

this is by far the dumbest idea I've ever seen... do you expect people take all the caps out the keyboard and put a lamp over it for a few minutes, just to see it glowing a bit? Cause if you have leds, why the hell do you ever need these switches?

yeah..... orrrrrrrrrrr use in switch and on board leds to charge them.

iaman · « **Reply #15 on:** Tue, 29 September 2020, 09:57:07 »

So these are marketed as having "fast springs", thought I'd ask for a clarification there: is "fast" being used here to describe the opposite effect we'd ascribe to "slow" springs? e.g. the 68g fast spring would have a lighter initial force than a 68g spring might "normally" have (so the linear progression of the force is "faster" than a "normal" spring)

If not: any clarification you could provide about these springs would be very kind and helpful for me.

mytommy · « **Reply #16 on:** Tue, 29 September 2020, 09:59:10 »

lets gooo

CaptainVinceO2 · « **Reply #17 on:** Tue, 29 September 2020, 10:15:23 »

Looks cool! Interested to see how they come out!

Prelim · « **Reply #18 on:** Tue, 29 September 2020, 10:59:09 »

"do you use leds on your keyboard?"

"-yes I do"

"do you like led backlight keyboards?"

"-no I don't"

"then why the hell do you use leds?"

"-just to charge my GID tops, and repeat this process over and over again"

Ashardalon · « **Reply #19 on:** Tue, 29 September 2020, 23:51:16 »

Definitely going in on these. I was blown away by the presentation! You guys have such a unique aesthetic, super refreshing to see that level of creativity brought to the community.

Pyk_ · « **Reply #20 on:** Wed, 30 September 2020, 09:58:26 »

I was planning on putting some uv LEDs in a build for Cyberspace anyway so I’d definitely be interested in trying these. I wonder how much light they would receive from an upward facing 3mm LED? Looks like they would benefit from SMD LEDs... more reason for me to design a PCB I guess!

CastleKeyboards · « **Reply #21 on:** Wed, 30 September 2020, 11:07:20 »

Beautiful aesthetic! Also I'm totally down to re-live the 90s with the glow in the dark stuff! Love it!

Sundowning · « **Reply #22 on:** Sat, 03 October 2020, 00:25:50 »

gonna need 100 of both of those bad boys..

WHAT!? · « **Reply #23 on:** Sat, 03 October 2020, 10:03:01 »

I can put everything on this website firmly under the category of "no I don't need that".

I'm gonna buy a set of the tactile switches though. I'd probably go for at least 70 of 'em.

lubekpl · « **Reply #24 on:** Sat, 03 October 2020, 13:37:21 »

Can we get to the GB stage already?

Wysłane z mojego COR-L29 przy użyciu Tapatalka

BirgusLatro · « **Reply #25 on:** Fri, 09 October 2020, 12:34:56 »

Yeah I'm in.

Baka Bot · « **Reply #26 on:** Fri, 09 October 2020, 13:03:31 »

This is really interesting to see this on an all black build. I really like these

opaxxity · « **Reply #27 on:** Wed, 11 November 2020, 18:22:08 »

im in.

to the poster questioning their genius.

same could be said for every single KEYCAP gb: why buy a keycap group buy, when there are plenty others ready made (but not custom color)?

answer: its custom, and it fits an aesthetic the consumer is going for.

but to be more specific, im actually in the middle of a see thru case build where im integrating uv led's. so this is right up my ally.

gak1234 · « **Reply #28 on:** Sun, 29 December 2024, 01:37:09 »

Probably no chance of these coming back is there?

An Angry Swan · « **Reply #29 on:** Sun, 29 December 2024, 04:40:18 »

Quote from: gak1234 on Sun, 29 December 2024, 01:37:09

Probably no chance of these coming back is there?

Best bet would be to ask in the Protozoa discord. Ulliam ghosted the hobby, leaving people out of pocket, ages ago.

I'd be very surprised if there is ever an R2. (From personal experience R1's weren't great)

gak1234 · « **Reply #30 on:** Mon, 30 December 2024, 01:57:28 »

I heard they were mediocre at best. I just want 'em for a display build, UV LEDs and the like.

boku · « **Reply #31 on:** Mon, 30 December 2024, 19:13:44 »

Quote from: gak1234 on Mon, 30 December 2024, 01:57:28

I heard they were mediocre at best. I just want 'em for a display build, UV LEDs and the like.

There have been tons of better GID switch options since these came out. If you want these specific ones there are still some in stock on Kono

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