"Customized keyboard丨Buy and wait and see" Let's take a look at the latest interesting keycaps 2022.12 (1)

Pbtfans

Pbtfans is a keycap brand that has just emerged in the past two years. As a sub-brand of the well-known peripheral KBD, by virtue of its network and platform advantages, it quickly reached cooperation with a group of powerful creators, and the sales method of spot sales has also accumulated for him With a good reputation, the quality of the keycaps can be said to be very good, but there is still room for improvement.

Rim "Soya Soya"

base

This keycap is a secondary creation designed by NextDoorLab's designer Soso. The studio has been active in the field of customization since 2021. It mainly produces some secondary creation types of table mats and keycaps. The previously designed Works include MOMOKA's love letters and sparks.

This keycap had the IC turned on a year ago, and it was manufactured by Epbt at that time, but it was not able to enter the production due to the queuing of the construction period, and it was replaced by pbtfans for OEM production, and the personality part was also modified to a certain extent. modification and design.

As a secondary creation, this keycap is inspired by Lim, a highly popular character in the different world theme comic "Different World Labyrinth Black Heart Enterprise" created by Yasura Yohei.

dragon form

human form

Color matching:

The color matching refers to the color of Lim's hair and horns, and chooses a ruby-like color as an embellishment.

In terms of color matching, I chose three brighter colors: pink, pink, and flesh red. The pink is taken from the representative color of the character, while the pink and white add a cute and girly feeling to the whole. Personally, I understand the red as the character likes to eat The flesh-colored color of the flesh and the color of the keycaps give a youthful and energetic overall look.

Personality section:

personalized design

The personality part is composed of facial expressions and character expressions, plus rim's dragon horn characteristics and food representing the characteristics of gluttony. Generally speaking, it is cute, but not very amazing.

It is very interesting to use a large number of emoticons as additional button embellishments.

Real shot display:

from IC

from IC

blue sky shooting

Table mat:

Keycap information:

Material: PBT material

Height: original factory height

Process: two-color keycap

Personal Rating: 5—6

The requirements for the keycaps of the secondary creation will be higher. On the whole, this set of keycaps is still very beautiful, full of vitality and very cute design, but this set of keycaps is not amazing, and there is no lack of pink color. Such an approximate color scheme. The personality part is quite satisfactory, emoji, Japanese, and simple personality design, it is difficult to see some of the designer's own characteristics and ideas, which is also a common problem of many second-generation works, which are quite satisfactory.

Purchase suggestion: Players who like cute types and pink series can buy it

I personally think that this set of keycaps is worth buying if you like the theme. But it should be noted that this set of keycaps is made of PBT material, and the PBT content of pbtfans is about 50%-60%. At present, an obvious problem is that the hand feels dry and hard, as is the case with the resonance keycaps of pbtfans. But in the same way, generally speaking, if the PBT content is higher than 20%, the wear resistance will be better than that of ABS material.

In terms of price, this set of keycaps has also reached the top price of domestic two-color and three-color, the base price is 599 for two-color and 659 for three-color.

PYGA "Aiglatson Studio"

base

This keycap is designed and completed by Aiglatson Studio, which started activities in the field of customization in 2021. Currently, it has designed table mats, spiral trays, keycaps and other works.

This keycap is inspired by garnet, a mineral that has been used as a gemstone and abrasive since the Bronze Age. There are many types of garnet, and the color of this keycap is taken from one of them - pyrope.

Pyrope, or "Pyrope", comes from the Greek word "Puropus", which represents "sparkling eyes" and "glowing eyes", which embodies a state of bright colors and high refractive index.

It is believed that pyrope has the power to restore lost passion. The perfect stone to help you recover from lethargic lethargy, it can boost daily fulfillment by providing positive energy and transform pessimistic thinking into optimistic thinking.

The highlight of this set of keycaps is that each key is composed of an opaque inner layer and a translucent outer layer that, when combined, create shades of bright and dark red. Just like the color of pyrope and the refraction of light are intertwined, it is deep and eye-catching.

Magnetite is a gemstone with a long history. Compared with pyrope at the same price, this kind of mineral is usually purer inside, and the proportion of gem grade is slightly larger. The ancient Norwegians and Scandi Novians were buried with garnets when they died, and a large number of red garnets were also placed on the palace of the king of Abyssinia. The Crusaders inlaid garnets on armor and weapons. Gems give them strength. Goethe wrote the poem "Mary Imbato's Elegy" for the girl Ululiye, and the gem that the girl would bring on every date is also garnet.

Color matching:

This keycap uses garnet dark red as the base tone, and the characters choose champagne color, which is a low-key and luxurious color match. At the same time, the red pair is also carefully adjusted to present a dark red texture as much as possible, with a translucent effect, which is very beautiful.

Personality section:

The personality part this time is mainly designed with gem quality unit carat (ct) and a pattern

So The word “pyrope” comes from the Greek word “puropus”, which translates to “fiery-eyed”

This is the fiery eye logo that we designed

The word "pyrope" comes from the Greek word "puropus", which translates to "burning eye"

So we designed a pattern with burning eyes

In general, this personality design will feel very compelling to some friends, just like many gmk authors will use the theme-related English as their personality design, but this time I am still not satisfied, because except for the upper left There is only one pattern personality, and the rest are carat unit personality, which is still too perfunctory. I think it will be better if more gemstone factors or gemstone-related stories are incorporated into the design. After all, carat (ct) is not pyga Unique, this personality design can be used on any theme related to gems, and this personality is bundled with the base, there is no room for players to choose, probably because they know that this personality design is not attractive , not doing so may cut off the kit.

Greek root:

This time there is also a separate Greek root as a decoration. It should be noted that this is a UV printed root.

Rendering display:

Real shot display:

blue sky shooting

blue sky shooting

12Y shooting

12Y shooting

metal personality:

Keycap information:

Material: ABS material

Height: original factory height

Process: two-color keycap

Personal Rating:7

The color and theme design of this keycap are very good, but the personality design is still a bit perfunctory. If there are more pattern designs, this keycap can reach 7 points and above. According to the actual photos, if the light is not enough, the color is still a little dim, and it may not be so amazing when you get it.

Buying suggestion: Players who like semi-transparent keycaps and red and gemstone themes can consider buying

This sales model directly bundles base and personality, so the price has come to 599 yuan. However, if you go to the Taobao platform, after-sales service is guaranteed.

Soil Sauce Sublimation TUT

Night Owl「POCO E.Studio」

This keycap is an owl-themed keycap designed by Broken Shell Studio, and it is also the studio's first work. Inspired by owls.

In Greek mythology, the love bird of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, is a little owl (a kind of owl, which is believed to predict events), so the ancient Greeks respected the owl as a symbol of Athena and wisdom.

Color matching:

In terms of the color of the keycaps, we choose ochre and beige as the main colors, and rice ear yellow as the reverse color.

After careful observation, it is not difficult to find that the color of this keycap is also taken from the owl, which is different from the owl color in the public understanding. This time the color of the selected species is more vivid.

The ocher color has the characteristics of active and bright orange, and is visually closer to brown. The beige color has a high tolerance for color, and it well connects the rice ear yellow and ocher color, and the overall visual effect is warm and comfortable.

Personality section:

The personality part is to simplify the owl's demeanor and symbolize the image, which is simple but cute.

Real shot display:

Le total shooting

blue sky shooting

sex shoot

Shooting every week

Table mat:

Keycap information:

Material: PBT material

Height: original factory height

Process: sublimation keycap

Personal Rating:6

In terms of color, the color design of this keycap is still very attractive to me. It is warm and bright, and the individual design is simple and cute. However, I still hope to incorporate more images of owls with different angles and postures, and can also add more patterns of environmental elements. to enrich the design.

Purchase suggestion: Players who like owl themes and warm colors can consider buying

This keycap is made of five-sided sublimation sublimation, so the price is not low, 429 yuan for a full set of 200 keys. Although there is a design premium, the overall price is still acceptable. , if you like this theme, you can buy it, and this time also uses brand new materials.

Domikey

After learning from the previous experience in producing traditional Zodiac sublimation keycaps, this time Domikey brings us its second official IC sublimation keycap.

GAME MASTER "Zero-G Studio"

This keycap is a "Dungeon and Dragon" themed keycap designed by "Zero-G Studio" designer "Zhang Duopang". The studio has also been active in the field of customization since the middle of 2020. At present, it mainly designs around keycaps, and there are also ideas for team-building kits in the future. Designer Zhang Duofang cooperated with DMK to produce three keycaps, "gift gift", "midnight", "Third Space third space", and this "Game Master" is the fourth cooperation keycap of their studio The cap is also the first sublimation keycap.

这款键帽的灵感来源于「龙与地下城 （Dungeons & Dragons）」，是一款奇幻桌面角色扮演（TRPG）游戏，也就是俗称的跑团。我自己接触比较多的反而不是这款鼻祖级的跑团游戏，而是另一款风格迥异的TRPG「克苏鲁的呼唤」，如果说龙与地下城是战斗专精，那么克苏鲁的呼唤注重于探索和解密，篇幅有限在此不展开解释。

Color matching:

The source is the color matching of the sand table. The dense forest and the earth color similar to the parchment map complete the main color blocks of the theme. The graphite gray represents the city and the mountain.

The color matching this time is quite interesting. Usually, when you mention "Dungeon and Dragon", you think of magical landscapes and various magics, but this keycap is mainly based on terrain, creating a kind of Middle Earth. sense of the world. Green is similar to a deepened khaki color, which makes the texture a higher level. The old gray and white and the earthy gold embellished as the root are very good for the background. The graphite gray embellishment contrasts with the bright colors, and there are caves hidden in the dense tree world And the castle awaits the player to go on an adventure.

Radical design:

The root design of this set of keycaps is not the Japanese that is now full of streets, but "Dragon Language"

This time I used the serif font as the font of the Latin characters, and matched it with the dragon characters. I used dark gold to show the ancient and mysterious characters of the dragon characters. I believe this is also the first set of keycap design with complete dragon language characters you own, you can try to learn a few words of dragon language magic!

Draconic is a man-made language in "The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim". In the game, the language is spoken by dragons and the ancient Nords, who learned to use its powers against dragons.

Dragon alphabet

As for learning, I think it is still a bit difficult. I hope that after training, I can also learn dragon language and cast magic (

Personality section:

我们采用了游戏中最经典的龙与骑士的元素，搭配D&D系统中标志性的骰子以及”roll“的标语，以及整套游戏的核心三宝书！

It is worth mentioning that in order to advocate the protection of rare animals, I also designed an ICON that prohibits dragon slaughter, I hope you like it.

Different from the 6-sided dice of flying chess, which is widely known to the public, the complexity of the Dungeons and Dragons game makes the types of dice and the number of sides very different.

Holographic Aurora Resin

骰子代表了每一次互动的成功或失败，这使得骰子在D&D玩家中的地位堪比神明。

This element of chance means that many players who specialize in Dungeons and Dragons often develop a certain level of superstition about their dice, or associate them with a specific character, while also spawning a variety of personality dice .

The so-called "Three Treasure Books" refer to the Player Handbook, Monster Handbook, and Dungeon Master Handbook.

The space design is also very interesting. The "weapon" in the player's hand is actually the cause and effect of each throwing point, so it is reasonable for the sword body to be composed of dice.

Real shot display:

Proofing, please refer to the final product

Proofing, please refer to the final product

Keycap information:

Material: PBT material

Height: original factory height

Process: sublimation keycap

Personal Rating: 7—8

The requirements for secondary creation keycaps will be higher. Even so, I am still willing to give this set of keycaps a high score of 7 or more. This is a set of secondary creation keycaps that are fan-oriented and full of details. At first glance, it seems mediocre. It’s not surprising that the color matching can’t be called stunning, but it’s not difficult to see the painstaking efforts the author has put into this set of keycaps if you observe carefully. At the same time, as a player who has a little understanding of running groups, you must be able to perceive the design of this set. Some of the resonance generated, the design of the personality part is also very well integrated into the theme, it will not overwhelm the guests, but it is full of sincerity.

Purchase suggestion: Players who like the theme of "Dungeons and Dragons" and players who are interested in this can buy it

Planned tour start time: mid-December 2022

Estimated duration: 60 days

Optimization and adjustment: The position of the existing characters has been adjusted with the factory. Now the characters are slightly centered. After the adjustment, the overall character look and feel is more comfortable.

For the offset problem of five-sided sublimation, we will try our best to optimize it.

This keycap is manufactured by Domikey, and the construction period is guaranteed. Personally, I am more at ease about Domikey’s single-sided dye sublimation, but five-sided dye-sublimation needs attention. The previous five-sided dye-sublimation effect is not ideal. I hope that the works given this time can be good in terms of yield and effect. Make it satisfying.

wxya

This keycap is independently manufactured by WUkds. The foundry is Shenshu. The studio officially started its activities in August this year. It has independent molds and keycap materials. It makes products "pursuing texture and color". Currently, the work The production speed of the studio is about one set of themed keycaps per month.

STAY Interstellar

This keycap is an interstellar-themed keycap designed by WUkds designer-WU. The designer's style is mostly secondary creation products, but the style and topic selection are more prominent and sharp.

This keycap is inspired by "Interstellar", a science fiction film released in 2014, directed and produced by Christopher Nolan, is a film about astronauts looking for a new home for mankind by traveling through wormholes story.

The film itself is still very exciting, there are no strange alien creatures, spectacular and gorgeous space battles, and the omnic crisis of rebellion and awakening, and some are just the visible future.

Quoting some beautiful words to describe this film - "Love and gravity, only these two can travel through time and space", the specific content of the film is still waiting for you to watch it yourself, and I will not spoil it here.

Color matching:

In terms of color matching, the color of this keycap is relatively rich. In addition to the deep black background used to represent the space background, the white characters form a contrast. Enriched the personality part.

Personality section:

"Interstellar" is full of elements.

black hole

The five-dimensional space of the combination of colored lines

and various signs and devices

There are also plenty of choices in color. The dot matrix under the space is Morse code, translated as "STAY"

Real shot display:

Keycap information:

Material: PBT material

Height: original factory height

Process: sublimation keycap

Personal Rating: 5—6

The requirements for the keycaps of the second creation will be higher. This keycap has a large black base and is not so monotonous with colorful decorations, but overall it looks a bit complicated. At the same time, the pattern design style is still relatively blunt and uncoordinated. , but the price is relatively friendly in all aspects.

Purchase suggestion: Players who like the black style keycaps and are interested in this theme can consider buying it

It is worth noting that since this keycap is a sublimation process, there is a high probability that the black will appear blue.

JKDK Keycap Pavilion

Keycap Museum is a comprehensive store established in 2015. Engaged in the sale and agency of mechanical keyboard peripheral products, and officially established its own studio in 2022: JKDK studio. Started to design and develop its own products, and also cooperated with some keycaps, such as dark matter, magic cat, warm keycaps, etc. For consumers, the main advantages of the keycap store are spot goods, platform sales, and after-sales guarantee, and the price is relatively close to the people.

Love Magic Love Magic "Sheng Sheng"

This keycap is an original keycap designed by "Sheng Sheng" of SS WORKS, and it is also the designer's first keycap.

After four months of design and preparation. Brought my first design - love magic "love magic"

Keycap theme is love magic

Magic, an illusory but magical word. For me, the heart-pounding emotion that occurs when two people's eyes meet is a kind of magic, and I have an inspiration. The dreamy violet, the cute magic potion bottle, and the heart veins of the person connected to the other end of the screen are all transformed into dots on the keycap. I endowed a witch image for this love magic.

In the West, potions and witches are always associated. For witches, learning to make potions is not only an important skill in witchcraft, but also a necessary skill for finding good cures.

In the wizarding world, potions have long been used to cure disease, change a person's appearance, or lure people into falling in love. This also appears as a classic element in many literary works of later generations.

For example, in "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", Professor Snape said, "I don't expect you to really understand the beauty of the slow-simmering cauldron emitting white smoke and bursts of fragrance. ..」

Love potion is full of taboos and temptations, and it is often accompanied by the label of "double-edged sword" in literary works. In fact, there are similar events in the real world. For example, isotretinoin, which works by reducing the size and activity of sebaceous glands, can quickly clear up scars and acne on the face. Therefore, it was regarded as "love potion" for a period of time, but isotretinoin is also a teratogen with very dangerous side effects.

Color matching:

The Dark part uses a mysterious and dreamy deep violet-like color. Purple represents dreams, love, and at the same time casts a veil of magic on them. The purple keyboard is like a magical bridge that connects the real world and the virtual cyberspace, allowing people to input their own voices while bringing a little happiness.

The Light part uses a contrasting light pink, just like a glass bottle containing a magic potion, transparent and shining is the reality of the world. Realistic pink and dreamy purple complement each other, bringing a sweet and romantic experience.

In terms of color matching, this time it is a specially debugged color. Dark purple and light pink have a strong contrast. Purple is romantic and elegant but also has some flowing dreamy and restless emotional colors. Light pink is a delicious and seductive color.

Personality section:

From more to less potion, love from scratch, light effects realized by magic, handwritten love magic and the image of a girl in love seven times, lines and ribbons with dreamy elements, and a personality that fits the theme with a relatively high degree design.

Joint titanium alloy personality:

Joint resin personality:

Table mat:

Keycap information:

Material: PBT material

Height: original factory height

Process: sublimation keycap

Personal Rating: 6—7

A very magical themed keycap. The theme and color design of the love potion are more suitable, but there are not too many surprises. As the first keycap of the new author, the degree of completion is relatively high. But in the same way, this keycap is not very brilliant in terms of personality design, and it is relatively in line with the taste of the public.

Purchase suggestion: Players who like pink and purple series can consider starting

The price of JKDK is not high. The price of the base is around 269-289. At the same time, the kit is also very rich, and the selection is very free. There are only 100 sets in stock for the first launch. If you want to buy it, you must hurry up, considering the factory shutdown during the Spring Festival. And all kinds of force majeure, if it is a follow-up futures, it may not be received until next spring.

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