[IC] DCS Lil' Lav v2.0 - Revised kitting and colors!

[Piperaceae]

A cute and fun lavender and teal set, that's no longer just a smol guy.

Sorry for using Imgur! I'm still working on UK-friendly hosting. I was attempting to use PostImage but it just isn't stable enough.

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News
October 21, 2025: IC Relaunched

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Lil' Lav began as a deliberately minimalist DCS set. After the original interest check, I got the message loud and clear - people want more coverage! I also needed to make some color changes due to issues with one of my original choices. Given both the kitting and color changes, a new IC form was in order.

I've added some new potential child kits. Ahead of the original IC, I had ruled most child kits out due to cost, but I want to see how they perform, and let the market decide whether or not they're offered in an eventual group buy.


J-03 by ProtoTypist


Capy60 by Bowl


Glare TKL by Glare and Geon

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Vendors
TBD. If you've a vendor and would be interested in carrying this set, reach out to me here, or message me (piperaceae_) on Discord.

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Dates
I'm targeting early 2026 for a group buy, after the holidays. Shipping probably ~3 months after the GB ends.

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Colors and Materials
Why There Aren't Teal Mod Legends
Feedback from the original IC indicated that people wanted teal legends across the board, on both the alphas and mods. Unfortunately, teal mod legends haven't proven feasible.

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There are only a handful of stock lavenders available from SP, and the obvious choice (RFK) is too translucent (the teal shot for the legends would bleed through near the surface, making them blurry). The remaining darker lavenders don't offer enough contrast against teal. I was able to find a lighter lavender (RDZ) to use for the alphas, that doesn't suffer from bleedthrough, so I can continue to use the teal legends on those. Given the choice between my ideal colors and crispness, I'm going with crispness, so that the end product will look its best. And I think this color combination still looks good, even if it isn't what I originally envisioned.

Another change is that I've replaced the pinkish-cream mod legends from the original IC with the RDZ light lavender, reducing the color count to three, to help with pricing.


Here's RFK lavender. If light shines through the color chip, darker legends may appear fuzzy when paired with that color.
Thanks to Basil for discovering this method of testing!

Revised Colors
All keys are doubleshot ABS. Colors are Signature Plastic stock resins. Alphas are RDZ with BHD legends. Mods are REK with RDZ legends. Accents are BHD with RDZ legends.

     

No new legends are used in the design; everything already exists in DCS.

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Kitting and Pricing
Pricing is estimated retail, and is subject to change.

Base Kit
Base now includes both 6.25u and 7u support. Function keys use the vintage large (12.5 point) font size. The Lil' Lav base is no longer quite so lil', but this does open it up to a much broader audience, which I hope will help with reducing the cost.


@50: $132.46
@75: $118.46
@100: $111.47
@150: $104.48

Extension Kit
Alternates, UK ISO, teal arrows, and "Hjälp." People had asked for a "Help" key like SMRT included, but then I came across its more fun Swedish counterpart.


@25: $32.90
@50: $23.77
@75: $20.05

Numpad Kit
Uses the nav arrow sublegends from 7bit's Doubleshot Replacement rounds.


@50: $29.41
@75: $24.66

Spacebars Kit

@25: $20.71
@50: $13.32
@75: $10.86

40's Kit
This is less support than I'd like to offer, but it was very difficult to get this down to a decent price. I'm hesitant to entertain requests to add more keys, because it's a slippery slope back to a $76 kit again like the initial quotes were.


@25: $44.30
@50: $31.30
@75: $26.95

Big Bar Kit

@15: $14.87
@25: $9.60

Big Enter Kit

@15: $9.64
@25: $6.37


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Board Renders

Dalco 959 Mini by Hand Engineering


Petrichor by Alchemist


Paragon by Artemis


V4nag0n by Trash Man


Vulcan by Maja


Piggy by Jacky

[madmax13]

Looks great!

[ZavaZ86]

If you insist on only one iso enter then i suggest changing it so it isnt accent (blue)

[Piperaceae]

If you insist on only one iso enter then i suggest changing it so it isnt accent (blue)

I don't insist on anything. But if people don't want to pay several dollars more per base kit, it needs to be one or the other. Given the teal accents imo are part of the look and go with the teal lettering, it felt like the better choice of the two. I did the same with the big Enter key. But if people strongly prefer lavender, say so in the feedback form.

I'm an ISO user myself, but it doesn't feel fair to make 90% of the likely buyers pay for that, when there's already physical coverage. This has gone through so many rounds of quotes and revisions to try to get the cost manageable, certain compromises needed to be made.