Pink wolf keycap - nom nom

[Binge]

Is it possible for you to add another color after it has been removed from the mold that is permanent? Such as pink ears, or brown eyes.

You can actually "paint" the mold beforehand to add different colored eyes and such if you wanted to.

care is required when adding pigment in this way.  It is concentrated in that area.  It may cause your plastic to remain a semi-liquid state or cause extra gas

I would recommend using alumalite's alumidust.  From what I understand it is dry acrylic dust which acts a lot like metal dust when applied directly to the mold.  You can get great effects when dusting various parts of a mold with this.  People use it to add color patterns to fishing lures.

[jiggityjane]

care is required when adding pigment in this way.  It is concentrated in that area.  It may cause your plastic to remain a semi-liquid state or cause extra gas

I would recommend using alumalite's alumidust.  From what I understand it is dry acrylic dust which acts a lot like metal dust when applied directly to the mold.  You can get great effects when dusting various parts of a mold with this.  People use it to add color patterns to fishing lures.

I was actually thinking of mixing a tiny bit of resin with a dye, putting it on the areas I want a different color (eg eyes), then waiting a minute or so to let it harden a bit, and pouring my second color resin in.

your way seems simpler! I do have some tempura of various shades lying around so maybe that could work. I have the feeling bubbling could occur though...

[nubbinator]

I was actually thinking of mixing a tiny bit of resin with a dye, putting it on the areas I want a different color (eg eyes), then waiting a minute or so to let it harden a bit, and pouring my second color resin in.

your way seems simpler! I do have some tempura of various shades lying around so maybe that could work. I have the feeling bubbling could occur though...

Your method you're talking about is actually the technique that most resin makers recommend.

[Binge]

the tiny batches of resin work as well.  I would suggest if you wanted to go that route to take the resin part of your A/B and premix pigment then store the premixed resin (part B in smooth-on products) and then mix it with your new A/B mixture.  Be sure to keep the volume/weight ratios, but this is a great way to get consistent color.

[jiggityjane]

the tiny batches of resin work as well.  I would suggest if you wanted to go that route to take the resin part of your A/B and premix pigment then store the premixed resin (part B in smooth-on products) and then mix it with your new A/B mixture.  Be sure to keep the volume/weight ratios, but this is a great way to get consistent color.

Good suggestion, thanks! I do need to keep my stuff matching in colors, as of right now theres slight shading differences.

I just noticed what potato pics those are that I posted. Maybe I can put some decent ones up tonight. I think I managed to focus in on my finger... thanks for that iPhone.

[Kouni]

Watching this with interest, these caps look fantastic!

[jiggityjane]

Well, my first customer has received their keycap without any issues so I feel it's a good time to reveal my new website!

http://www.capcrafter.com

Currently there are only a few grey wolf caps (before I accidentally busted my mold) and a set of pink wolf caps, I just got gloves so I can stop absorbing all these chemicals into my skin and this weekend I will be putting up a set of bunny caps!

And my apologies about the website quality, I am actually a designer (so this is slightly embarrassing for me) I just have been spending the lions share of my time on producing quality caps.

Hopefully I can put a gallery in there with decent pics!

[CPTBadAss]

B-b-bunny?? He's so cute!! Great job jiggityjane

[jiggityjane]

B-b-bunny?? He's so cute!! Great job jiggityjane

Tanks! I'm all about the cuteness.

[jiggityjane]

Well my camera is a jerk.

Here's another few bunny pics.

[Krogenar]

Great detailing on the rabbit -- beautifully done. What about a shark? Straight up, as seen in the Jaws poster?

[nubbinator]

Great detailing on the rabbit -- beautifully done. What about a shark? Straight up, as seen in the Jaws poster?

That would be awesome, but I'm still waiting patiently for a dinosaur, but it a Di- or Triceratops, T-Rex, Allosaurus, Parasaurolophus, one of the raptors, and so on.

[Glod]

rabbits ftw

[Krogenar]

Great detailing on the rabbit -- beautifully done. What about a shark? Straight up, as seen in the Jaws poster?

That would be awesome, but I'm still waiting patiently for a dinosaur, but it a Di- or Triceratops, T-Rex, Allosaurus, Parasaurolophus, one of the raptors, and so on.

Prehistoric Set would be all kinds of awesome. Whenever I see a photo of one of these keycaps I have to remind myself just how small they actually are. Maybe a garden gnome keycap would be cool as well. Then it could go on adventures! 

[jiggityjane]

Great detailing on the rabbit -- beautifully done. What about a shark? Straight up, as seen in the Jaws poster?

Hmm, I'm trying to make my keycaps fun to press and sharks are full of pointy things. The thought did cross my mind though!

Great detailing on the rabbit -- beautifully done. What about a shark? Straight up, as seen in the Jaws poster?

That would be awesome, but I'm still waiting patiently for a dinosaur, but it a Di- or Triceratops, T-Rex, Allosaurus, Parasaurolophus, one of the raptors, and so on.

Pfff, everyone knows dinosaurs aren't real.
But seriously, I have a plan for a fossil series at some point. Raptors, t-rex, tric, stegs, all that good stuff.

[Krogenar]

And the garden gnome? Keyboard gnome, rather.



Garden gnomes are awesome -- they just seem to be saying, "See you in your nightmares!" Anyway, your keycaps are very jiggity with it. 

[jiggityjane]

I'm going to go with definitely maybe

Edit: Fun fact, my first wood carving project I gave to myself was a gnome riding a seagull!

[nubbinator]

And the garden gnome? Keyboard gnome, rather.

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Garden gnomes are awesome -- they just seem to be saying, "See you in your nightmares!" Anyway, your keycaps are very jiggity with it. 

That's one of the other caps I've been wanting for a while.  I remember posting something about that in one of the "what caps would you like to see" threads.    In grad school, I had a garden gnome and a Jawa garden gnome at my desk.  They were awesome.

[KangarooZombies]

These are some really neat caps.

Outstanding job.

[Krogenar]

I'm going to go with definitely maybe

Edit: Fun fact, my first wood carving project I gave to myself was a gnome riding a seagull!

Definite possible maybe! (thread set to notify)

Would it be a happy gnome, or a scary, nightmare fuel sort of gnome?

[jiggityjane]

I'm going to go with definitely maybe

Edit: Fun fact, my first wood carving project I gave to myself was a gnome riding a seagull!

Definite possible maybe! (thread set to notify)

Would it be a happy gnome, or a scary, nightmare fuel sort of gnome?

Mischievous.

[dustinhxc]

Great detailing on the rabbit -- beautifully done. What about a shark? Straight up, as seen in the Jaws poster?

Hmm, I'm trying to make my keycaps fun to press and sharks are full of pointy things. The thought did cross my mind though!

Great detailing on the rabbit -- beautifully done. What about a shark? Straight up, as seen in the Jaws poster?

That would be awesome, but I'm still waiting patiently for a dinosaur, but it a Di- or Triceratops, T-Rex, Allosaurus, Parasaurolophus, one of the raptors, and so on.

Pfff, everyone knows dinosaurs aren't real.
But seriously, I have a plan for a fossil series at some point. Raptors, t-rex, tric, stegs, all that good stuff.

I will def buy a raptor!!!

YAY Just bought my first Jane Cap, Pink Wolf! Im stoked. Cant wait for more!

[jiggityjane]

Great detailing on the rabbit -- beautifully done. What about a shark? Straight up, as seen in the Jaws poster?

Hmm, I'm trying to make my keycaps fun to press and sharks are full of pointy things. The thought did cross my mind though!

Great detailing on the rabbit -- beautifully done. What about a shark? Straight up, as seen in the Jaws poster?

That would be awesome, but I'm still waiting patiently for a dinosaur, but it a Di- or Triceratops, T-Rex, Allosaurus, Parasaurolophus, one of the raptors, and so on.

Pfff, everyone knows dinosaurs aren't real.
But seriously, I have a plan for a fossil series at some point. Raptors, t-rex, tric, stegs, all that good stuff.

I will def buy a raptor!!!

YAY Just bought my first Jane Cap, Pink Wolf! Im stoked. Cant wait for more!

Thanks to you and everyone who has bought so far!

I'll be producing the bunny cap next week when I get some supplies in, I'm ramping things up and buying some protective equipment because I'm relatively sure absorbing all these chemicals into my hands and breathing in mold release is bad for me. Also I'm getting in some syringes for liquids, for all you DIY'ers looking to start your cap craft, I highly recommend this as we deal with small-ish quantities and most of the epoxy resins come in big canisters.

Also my next caps being modelled this weekend will be sabretooth tiger and T-Rex fossilized skull.

so you guys can look forward to that

[Binge]

Great detailing on the rabbit -- beautifully done. What about a shark? Straight up, as seen in the Jaws poster?

Hmm, I'm trying to make my keycaps fun to press and sharks are full of pointy things. The thought did cross my mind though!

Great detailing on the rabbit -- beautifully done. What about a shark? Straight up, as seen in the Jaws poster?

That would be awesome, but I'm still waiting patiently for a dinosaur, but it a Di- or Triceratops, T-Rex, Allosaurus, Parasaurolophus, one of the raptors, and so on.

Pfff, everyone knows dinosaurs aren't real.
But seriously, I have a plan for a fossil series at some point. Raptors, t-rex, tric, stegs, all that good stuff.

I will def buy a raptor!!!

YAY Just bought my first Jane Cap, Pink Wolf! Im stoked. Cant wait for more!

Thanks to you and everyone who has bought so far!

I'll be producing the bunny cap next week when I get some supplies in, I'm ramping things up and buying some protective equipment because I'm relatively sure absorbing all these chemicals into my hands and breathing in mold release is bad for me. Also I'm getting in some syringes for liquids, for all you DIY'ers looking to start your cap craft, I highly recommend this as we deal with small-ish quantities and most of the epoxy resins come in big canisters.

Also my next caps being modelled this weekend will be sabretooth tiger and T-Rex fossilized skull.

so you guys can look forward to that

are you using epoxy resin or urethane resin?

[jiggityjane]

are you using epoxy resin or urethane resin?

*facepalm* I meant to say urethane.

[nubbinator]

Ohh, looking forward to the t-rex skull.

[dustinhxc]

Great detailing on the rabbit -- beautifully done. What about a shark? Straight up, as seen in the Jaws poster?

Hmm, I'm trying to make my keycaps fun to press and sharks are full of pointy things. The thought did cross my mind though!

Great detailing on the rabbit -- beautifully done. What about a shark? Straight up, as seen in the Jaws poster?

That would be awesome, but I'm still waiting patiently for a dinosaur, but it a Di- or Triceratops, T-Rex, Allosaurus, Parasaurolophus, one of the raptors, and so on.

Pfff, everyone knows dinosaurs aren't real.
But seriously, I have a plan for a fossil series at some point. Raptors, t-rex, tric, stegs, all that good stuff.

I will def buy a raptor!!!

YAY Just bought my first Jane Cap, Pink Wolf! Im stoked. Cant wait for more!

Thanks to you and everyone who has bought so far!

I'll be producing the bunny cap next week when I get some supplies in, I'm ramping things up and buying some protective equipment because I'm relatively sure absorbing all these chemicals into my hands and breathing in mold release is bad for me. Also I'm getting in some syringes for liquids, for all you DIY'ers looking to start your cap craft, I highly recommend this as we deal with small-ish quantities and most of the epoxy resins come in big canisters.

Also my next caps being modelled this weekend will be sabretooth tiger and T-Rex fossilized skull.

so you guys can look forward to that

You're welcome I can't wait to see it in person! Oh man can't wait to see those!

[MOZ]

Papa and Mama wolf:


I'll take a shot of these with baloo the bear, I need to get the bunny from you and lion from binge, to further progress my zoo.

[jiggityjane]

I'll take a shot of these with baloo the bear, I need to get the bunny from you and lion from binge, to further progress my zoo.

Haha, it's animals all the way down!

[jiggityjane]

T-Rex and Sabretooth Tiger.

[dustinhxc]

T-Rex and Sabretooth Tiger.

You sure are good with fur! That TRex would look badass with scales. 

[nine]

I think you've found a business... Those look incredible!

[nubbinator]

T-Rex and Sabretooth Tiger.

[jiggityjane]

You sure are good with fur! That TRex would look badass with scales. 

Thought about it, but i prefer my dinos as skulls! Might do something scaley in the future though. Wait didn't most of them have feathers too?

T-Rex and Sabretooth Tiger.

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Bahaha! Don't worry they'll go on sale this weekend. God I love Colbert.

I put in a subscription form on my site for anyone that wants to be notified when stock gets in.
I'll literally just be sending out emails with pics + pricing detailing what's new, nothing else. Not sure if people are into that

[dustinhxc]

You sure are good with fur! That TRex would look badass with scales. 

Thought about it, but i prefer my dinos as skulls! Might do something scaley in the future though. Wait didn't most of them have feathers too?

T-Rex and Sabretooth Tiger.

oh yea trex skull thats rad! 

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Bahaha! Don't worry they'll go on sale this weekend. God I love Colbert.

I put in a subscription form on my site for anyone that wants to be notified when stock gets in.
I'll literally just be sending out emails with pics + pricing detailing what's new, nothing else. Not sure if people are into that

This weekend! WOOO black fridayyy.
newsletter, sign me up!

[stancato9]

The sabretooth tiger! :O

[jiggityjane]

All of them together

The bunny will be offered in white, the tiger in red and the t-rex in dark grey. There might be more colors on the way, I also have plans to detail them with colors for eyes/teeth etc later down the line but for now I'm just casting solids.

[dustinhxc]

All of them together

The bunny will be offered in white, the tiger in red and the t-rex in dark grey. There might be more colors on the way, I also have plans to detail them with colors for eyes/teeth etc later down the line but for now I'm just casting solids.

Man those look badass!  Great job, I think solid color is better imo. Please post a time so I can get one. Thanks

[do_Og@n]

Looks like we have another keycap artist to watch.

Great looking work, can't wait to see more.

[jiggityjane]

All of them together

The bunny will be offered in white, the tiger in red and the t-rex in dark grey. There might be more colors on the way, I also have plans to detail them with colors for eyes/teeth etc later down the line but for now I'm just casting solids.

Man those look badass!  Great job, I think solid color is better imo. Please post a time so I can get one. Thanks

Sabretooths are up now!

Looks like we have another keycap artist to watch.

Great looking work, can't wait to see more.

Thanks! Got to get my creativity out somehow

Due to the fact that I managed to break out in a rash after getting some chemicals on me, the other molds are going to take a little longer for me to produce. Them's the breaks eh?

[dustinhxc]

All of them together

The bunny will be offered in white, the tiger in red and the t-rex in dark grey. There might be more colors on the way, I also have plans to detail them with colors for eyes/teeth etc later down the line but for now I'm just casting solids.

Man those look badass!  Great job, I think solid color is better imo. Please post a time so I can get one. Thanks

Sabretooths are up now!

Looks like we have another keycap artist to watch.

Great looking work, can't wait to see more.

Thanks! Got to get my creativity out somehow

Due to the fact that I managed to break out in a rash after getting some chemicals on me, the other molds are going to take a little longer for me to produce. Them's the breaks eh?

Awesome! They look great! I got my wolf, very cool sculpture. Heal that rash! No Rush!   

[Binge]

Due to the fact that I managed to break out in a rash after getting some chemicals on me, the other molds are going to take a little longer for me to produce. Them's the breaks eh?

This ^, it happens.  I wear liquid proof everything now... looks like I work in a clean lab the way I'm dressed when I work with this stuff.

Sometimes the irritation can get to places you didn't know you had or know this stuff could reach.  Best advice ever?  Get a respirator.

[jiggityjane]

Due to the fact that I managed to break out in a rash after getting some chemicals on me, the other molds are going to take a little longer for me to produce. Them's the breaks eh?

This ^, it happens.  I wear liquid proof everything now... looks like I work in a clean lab the way I'm dressed when I work with this stuff.

Sometimes the irritation can get to places you didn't know you had or know this stuff could reach.  Best advice ever?  Get a respirator.

Yeah, I got a respirator and proper gloves now. And glasses for some reason, they were a cheap addon, curse you online deals.

Turns out it was a bit late because I got over eager to do this stuff and *maybe* didn't take the proper precautions. Hence my current rash.
I just hope it goes away soon, it's driving me up the wall.

[RESPRiT]

Dang, the detail on those is fantastic, I hope you stick with this stuff for a while

[jiggityjane]

Dang, the detail on those is fantastic, I hope you stick with this stuff for a while

Time permitting, I'll be making these for a while! One can never predict the future though.

[SpAmRaY]

When will the t-rex be available...sorry didn't read everything

[jiggityjane]

When will the t-rex be available...sorry didn't read everything

I decided the current t-rex (I'm going to refer to it as a prototype) sits too tall on the keys, so it would be uncomfortable to press. Just last night I re-designed it to sit lower down, basically at the same height as my other caps.

The silicone mold has already set and I'll be testing the new design this weekend. If no air bubbles have gotten trapped and it comes out good, in a week or two it will go up on the store. I'll post here and send out a newsletter with pics

The new model looks more... ferocious.

[SpAmRaY]

When will the t-rex be available...sorry didn't read everything

I decided the current t-rex (I'm going to refer to it as a prototype) sits too tall on the keys, so it would be uncomfortable to press. Just last night I re-designed it to sit lower down, basically at the same height as my other caps.

The silicone mold has already set and I'll be testing the new design this weekend. If no air bubbles have gotten trapped and it comes out good, in a week or two it will go up on the store. I'll post here and send out a newsletter with pics

The new model looks more... ferocious.

Who types with these things.....I just want them because they look so awesome!!

Also subscribed to your newsletter 

[jiggityjane]

When will the t-rex be available...sorry didn't read everything

I decided the current t-rex (I'm going to refer to it as a prototype) sits too tall on the keys, so it would be uncomfortable to press. Just last night I re-designed it to sit lower down, basically at the same height as my other caps.

The silicone mold has already set and I'll be testing the new design this weekend. If no air bubbles have gotten trapped and it comes out good, in a week or two it will go up on the store. I'll post here and send out a newsletter with pics

The new model looks more... ferocious.

Who types with these things.....I just want them because they look so awesome!!

Also subscribed to your newsletter 

Yay! And I'm glad you like the looks of them, just so happens though that I'm a perfectionist so if I think I can make something even better, I'll scrap that iteration and take my time re-working it.

I'll be sending the newsletter first as a notification, then updating this thread sometime later.

[RESPRiT]

When will the t-rex be available...sorry didn't read everything

I decided the current t-rex (I'm going to refer to it as a prototype) sits too tall on the keys, so it would be uncomfortable to press. Just last night I re-designed it to sit lower down, basically at the same height as my other caps.

The silicone mold has already set and I'll be testing the new design this weekend. If no air bubbles have gotten trapped and it comes out good, in a week or two it will go up on the store. I'll post here and send out a newsletter with pics

The new model looks more... ferocious.

Do you think we'll ever see some prototypes on sale later?