Thank you everyone for the kind words, makes this all worth it. Criticism and questions are appreciated just as well.
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Are the membrane key caps going to look like this?
Is the translucent keys double shot?!
With the translucent caps do you have any prototypes of them? I'm not sure in reality if the legends will come out that crisp with the level of contrast between the 1st and 2nd shot, is the translucent shot polycarbonate or an ABS blend?
I've been testing similar things (below is a transparent PC with GiD) not using a pigmented polycarbonate but at least from what I've seen/tested legends have not come out as crisp as that render without a much higher contrast.
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(Just to clarify above image is about worst case scenario for being able to have legible legends since it's a transparent PC. From a normal viewing distance the ESC is not visible)
Yes, everything is doubleshot. I did use the GMK Laser translucent keys as reference when creating the renders. Can't say for certain exactly how the Membrane keys will look like, the inner structure may differ slightly for example. There is a disclaimer in the kit image.
There should be enough contrast between the legends and the rest of the keycap like in the renders though. The inner structure, and therefore the legend, is the same color as the alpha legends. The outer layer is
colored translucent plastic (not transparent) which will make the inner structure appear darker aside from the legends it doesn't cover. As far as I know the plastic GMK uses is all ABS.
The concept here is really cool and I'm super into the idea of the standard galactic alphas but the mods being English text + icon kinda ruins that for me. I'd prefer fully icon mods as a way to lean into the theme and allow the galactic standard alphas to shine without requiring new molds.
I was considering icon mods at one point, but ended up going with text+icon. The text novelties (Containment) are also designed around text+icon mods.
Looks really interesting, but I'm having a hard time gauging the colors. Any chance for a color comparison to other sets like you did in the past for GMK Dracula?
Yes, I will be adding a comparison. The colors are warmer than most purple sets.