[IC] X-wing inspired keyset

matt3o · 20 Dec 2013, 16:53

fireglow wrote:Would this be manufactured by SP?

still evaluating options

Muirium · 20 Dec 2013, 17:47

Reticulating splines.

bigfatmc · 21 Dec 2013, 00:21

SA profile?

Muirium · 21 Dec 2013, 01:26

Probably not…

matt3o wrote:
pasph wrote:SA DCS DSA?
that's a decision far far away

I'd love DSA, but I might settle for DCS. (we had enough SA lately)

SA is my favourite, too. We so need an SA dye sub PBT round sometime.

matt3o · 21 Dec 2013, 08:54

bigfatmc wrote:SA profile?

don't think so.

Muirium wrote:Probably not…

matt3o wrote:
pasph wrote:SA DCS DSA?
that's a decision far far away

I'd love DSA, but I might settle for DCS. (we had enough SA lately)
SA is my favourite, too. We so need an SA dye sub PBT round sometime.

SA PBT is not really possible. We miss too many molds.

Muirium · 21 Dec 2013, 12:38

But are the molds for PBT really any different? Signature Plastics own documentation of their SA profile says PBT and ABS right at the top of the page, and never mentions any difference.

Oh, wait, that was DCS:
http://keycapsdirect.com/pdfs/DCSFamily.pdf

The SA spec does indeed only mention ABS:
http://keycapsdirect.com/pdfs/SAFamily.pdf

Meanwhile DSA again states both materials:
http://keycapsdirect.com/pdfs/DSAFamily.pdf

So the coverage for PBT DSA is as complete as PBT ABS? I know there are some PBT SA caps out there, but they are incomplete sets. As much as I love SA, I could really use a good white dye subbed PBT DSA set with medium dark mods. That rough matte DSA finish should go just nicely with PBT.

matt3o · 21 Dec 2013, 12:52

PBT DSA is pretty complete, yes. As far as I know we just miss the spacebar which should come next year.

Muirium · 21 Dec 2013, 13:04

Good! But isn't the costly part the dye sub?

matt3o · 21 Dec 2013, 13:15

Muirium wrote:Good! But isn't the costly part the dye sub?

we'll see.

Muirium · 21 Dec 2013, 13:21

May I suggest asking about multi colour dye sub, like on an SSK? That'll make sure it's expensive!

matt3o · 21 Dec 2013, 13:26

that's a great idea

webwit · 21 Dec 2013, 14:06

matt3o wrote:
webwit wrote:Two shades of red is too much. One would be better imo.

EDIT: Same with grays.
I know but... that wouldn't be x-wingy just a nice color combo

I'm not an expert, but an x-wing has only one shade of red?

matt3o · 21 Dec 2013, 14:22

that's just to give the "aging" feeling, but I hear you.

Elrick · 24 Dec 2013, 11:15

matt3o wrote:PBT DSA is pretty complete, yes. As far as I know we just miss the spacebar which should come next year.

Matt3o if you could swing this with PBT in a DSA profile set then I'm in, no questions asked

.

Don't worry about the Spacer because you could have it like REALFORCE make everything in PBT bar the spacer, which can only be ABS.

Muirium · 24 Dec 2013, 12:02

SP can't doubleshot PBT, Elrick, so all the caps with light legends on dark:

Can only be ABS. But the space bar could be PBT!

matt3o · 24 Dec 2013, 12:05

the set could be done with all dark legends methinks, but DSA PBT is not ready yet (due to tooling costs). SP told me they are working on it, I suspect that early next year this would be a reality.

matt3o · 26 Dec 2013, 15:32

waiting for Boost to reply on the midnight set...

SA all the way

Go-Kart · 17 Apr 2022, 18:23

Really sorry to necro this but I finally came across the most beautiful cap set I've ever seen; I'm not even a Star Wars fan. Would pay real money for this! In my search to see if anyone is selling one, this DT thread popped up. I was wondering if this Novel Keys set is anything to do with matt3o/the designs developed on this thread?

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