Unless you’re crazy enough to try altering it or painting it (and ruining its value), every keycap is going to look exactly how the artist intended. When it comes to artisan keycaps, the original artist has complete control over the finished product. Advantages of 3D Printed Custom Keycaps More Color/Material Choices You can purchase any of these models from his store as well as many others. Note: All 3D printed keycaps displayed in this article came from Tasker’s Gizmo Bazaar. Now that you’ve got a little background on artisan and 3D printed keycaps, let’s run down pros and cons. Here’s an example of one such 3D printed keycap that you may recognize, which is a two-piece model – However, 3D printing technology itself isn’t perfect in terms of precision or smoothness.
The results can be very detailed and precise keycap designs that might be difficult to capture with clay. Using 3D printer technology, a designer can now design their keycap on a computer and have their design printed without having to touch any physical materials.
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This keycap is on a CODE mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX Brown switches.ģ Artisan keycaps on a backlit mechanical keyboard.ģD printed keycaps are a newer entrant to the custom keycap market. Further embellishments can be added as needed, for example, KeyKollectiv‘s Snackeys seen on the left which look like fruit.īelow is an artisan keycap of mine by Hot Keys Project called “Raven” complete with green eyes and movable visor. Some keycaps also require two different casting pours timed properly to pull off a multi-color keycap. The artist must make sure any dyes are mixed completely and that no air bubbles remain in the casting material, for starters. Once the mold is complete, they can begin the next step – casting resin (or some similar plastic material) into the mold, which is a process that has many points of failure.
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