[IC] Round 7 / color scheme

stuplarosa · 30 Jan 2016, 22:03

7bit wrote: ↑ Of all designs, I like this one the most:
:-)

This is very nice, but can you use a darker red and darker green? Maybe RBC and VV?

7bit · 30 Jan 2016, 22:06

Colors are: RA, VCS and BFP.

However:

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zslane · 30 Jan 2016, 22:20

Yeah, nobody else does sphericals right now. And while dyesub can produce some very nice looking keycaps, you are limited to dark(er) legends on light(er) keycaps, which eliminates any chance of having light legends on dark or richly colored caps. Until Vortex or some other manufacturer figures out how to do double-shot PBT sphericals, I encourage 7bit to stick with SP. Besides, he's been working with them for many years and has a solid relationship with them. Going somewhere else means having to build up that rapport all over again from scratch.

infodroid · 30 Jan 2016, 23:14

I can't argue with sphericals!

Muirium · 30 Jan 2016, 23:25

Ach! ABS. Enough already!

meow a cat · 31 Jan 2016, 01:51

Muirium wrote:Ach! ABS. Enough already!

I concur, I prefer ABS over PBT any day. Well worn ABS caps have that "home" feeling to them.

stuplarosa · 31 Jan 2016, 04:31

I still like darker modifiers...

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livingspeedbump · 31 Jan 2016, 05:22

zslane wrote: ↑I'd like to see a set of aged/cream keycaps with NN (black) legends. Maybe paired up with biege/brown mods or charcoal gray mods. Yellow and orange might work as supplemental colorways to Honey, but I don't think we've exhausted the core vintage colorways yet (hence the cream/biege and charcoal gray suggestion).

That suggestion sounds a lot like Retroblight

But I too would like to see some more vintage/yellow themed sets.

livingspeedbump · 31 Jan 2016, 05:23

7bit wrote: ↑Colors are: RA, VCS and BFP.

However:
:-)

This is excellent.

Redmaus · 31 Jan 2016, 05:33

Would be possible to do these kinds of sets for ibm boards with buckling spring?

Sorry but capacitive F switches are the only switch that love. Would be neat to have a dark set for the unsaver once I complete it.

I know the demand is much lower, but I'm sure there must be others that would love a buckling spring spherical set of caps.

livingspeedbump · 31 Jan 2016, 06:04

Redmaus wrote: ↑Would be possible to do these kinds of sets for ibm boards with buckling spring?

Sorry but capacitive F switches are the only switch that love. Would be neat to have a dark set for the unsaver once I complete it.

I know the demand is much lower, but I'm sure there must be others that would love a buckling spring spherical set of caps.

There isn't anyone really making spherical caps for buckling spring keyboards. Signature Plastics definitely doesnt and never will. Unicomp is pretty much the only place to get replacement caps right now. You can order custom printed keys, and have a few color choices from them, but that's about it.

Redmaus · 31 Jan 2016, 06:21

Yeah about that...

keyboards-f2/unicomp-legends-t12778.html

7bit · 31 Jan 2016, 08:38

Redmaus wrote: ↑Would be possible to do these kinds of sets for ibm boards with buckling spring?

Sorry but capacitive F switches are the only switch that love. Would be neat to have a dark set for the unsaver once I complete it.

I know the demand is much lower, but I'm sure there must be others that would love a buckling spring spherical set of caps.

We would need some tools to make the keys:
1, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75 and whatever size the space bar has.
Any larger key can be split up into 2.

kbdfr · 31 Jan 2016, 08:57

(I’m glad threadcrapping is not a capital crime on DT like it is on… well, like it is on other sites

)

7bit · 31 Jan 2016, 09:11

Threadcrapping is most of the fun postin here at DT!

However, HellOfKitten is not my style

After 3 1/2 pages, this is what I like:

Spoiler:

The rest are too dark, too many colors, too unlikeable colors, or not my taste, or had been done before (SA Retro).

kbdfr · 31 Jan 2016, 09:24

7bit wrote: ↑[…]
After 3 1/2 pages, this is what I like:
[…]
Spoiler:

I want this yellow!

[…]

mtl · 31 Jan 2016, 11:17

7bit wrote: ↑The rest are too dark, too many colors, too unlikeable colors, or not my taste, or had been done before (SA Retro).

Too dark and too many colors, perhaps not your taste, and back by (un)popular demand and now with front printed legends..

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And with fewer colors...

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TKL and with a legend SP is unlikely to produce..

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Spoiler:

andrewjoy · 31 Jan 2016, 11:30

Round 7

SPHERICAL PBT.

Thais all

t!ng · 31 Jan 2016, 12:52

Oh Yeah and this is so different from r5.

7bit wrote: ↑Colors are: RA, VCS and BFP.

However:
:-)

stuplarosa · 31 Jan 2016, 14:09

7bit wrote: ↑ The rest are too dark, too many colors, too unlikeable colors, or not my taste, or had been done before (SA Retro).

What have you got against dark?

b4d_tR1p · 31 Jan 2016, 14:17

7bit wrote: ↑Colors are: RA, VCS and BFP.

However:
:-)

classic but the best for me!

Sayso · 31 Jan 2016, 14:18

7bit · 31 Jan 2016, 14:21

I reserve this for my first GMK group buy, which I will run in the near future ...

Madhias · 31 Jan 2016, 14:57

Ultimate GMK Beige

7bit · 31 Jan 2016, 15:45

What about this:

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Can be combined with existing Honeywell black on white and white on black!

zslane · 31 Jan 2016, 21:23

I guess we could call this colorway "7bit's Favorite":

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nicstreet · 31 Jan 2016, 23:47

7bit wrote: ↑
meow a cat wrote: ↑...
cream_and_biege_ansi_01.jpg
I would kill for this set.
You mean this:

mmm, digging this, not full-on wood territory but close

mecano · 31 Jan 2016, 23:58

Orange alphas.

ach · 01 Feb 2016, 02:13

I think a navy blue + desaturated blue + bright blue, would make an extremely desirable scheme:

BBI / BFQ
BFR / BFQ
BFQ / BFR

Ail · 01 Feb 2016, 02:45

stuplarosa wrote: ↑
7bit wrote: ↑ The rest are too dark, too many colors, too unlikeable colors, or not my taste, or had been done before (SA Retro).

What have you got against dark?

Yeah! And what does he mean unlikable colors! That's cyber bullying!