deskthority

Needs matrix layout and probably the A/B buttons removed from the case (they must be BIGGER); having all buttons visualised through coloured keycaps......

Home made Topre tester and Model M tester.
EDIT : removed entries due to 1-post constraint

A new prize has been donated by Mrinterface! It's a Full bag switch sample bag
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The Full bag switch sample bag has been added as a prize for the first place position . Yay for Mrinterface!
Check out the Sample bag thread for more information on what the sample bag


We are still enjoying all the entries. Thank you to everybody that has participated so far =D. Please keep up the awesome work everybody.

So would it help if I were to put red keycaps on my red-mod board? ;D

You can show a blank board if that's what you want to show. It's all about personal taste =).

Edit:
I will be adding the submissions to the second post tomorrow or the day after.

Glissant wrote:You can show a blank board if that's what you want to show. It's all about personal taste =).

Edit:
I will be adding the submissions to the second post tomorrow or the day after.

Can you submit a single key as an entry?

Sorry for the quality only had a camera phone.

damorgue wrote:

Glissant wrote:You can show a blank board if that's what you want to show. It's all about personal taste =).

Edit:
I will be adding the submissions to the second post tomorrow or the day after.

Can you submit a single key as an entry?

Yes =).

Edit:
I'll be adding some hammer & sickle and Pi key caps to the giveaway too.

Being super new to the keyboard baller scene and unable to find/afford the crazy caps you guys help make and find... but here is my keyboard atm;

full DIY DOXish keyboard with the groupbuy poker alum case:



with my choice of cherry DS + moogle kits:


(wrist rest is a piece of wood i found at ikea that I roughly sawed to shape then sanded to a nice finish)

Sorry for Phone quality photo.

Nothing in the way of modifications (far too unskilled for that), but you did say keycaps are applicable as well, so here's my current board:

These are some imsto caps, blank of course, and a red awesome face cap.
I prefer clean and refined to a visual cacophony of colors and emblems.

Well, except for a few keycaps I have this photo which I really like.

I was trying to decide on the right colour for my Keycool and decided to swap the cases of both. (which is quite a $%#@ because the are clip-on cases).
I ended up preferring the completely white one and sold the black version. But I will have black keycaps again when Round 4 finally comes available.

Just to show you what it looks like now:

Thanks to everyone yet again that has posted. You are all amazing parts of the community.

I am a little busy these days, so I haven't found the time to update the second post with all the entries. I apologize for that, but I will be getting to it eventually.

Please don't hesitate to post. I have a lot of key caps to give away! And thanks to demik I have some black on yellow geek hack key caps to give away too. (I know I know, this is Deskthority, but they are cool novelty key caps)

Pictures of Pi, hammer & sickle and black on yellow geekhack key caps will be up when and if I find the time.
I am giving away at least 8 of each of the Pi colors, at least 25 of hammer & sickle and a 5 of the black on yellow geek hack key caps.

That means that I am sure everybody is a winner =D. Except me because I'll be broke xD.

Since my G80-1501 SSK Mod won't be finished anytime soon, and all the cool stuff I ordered is either not produced or shipped yet, I'll just enter my daily driver (MX Browns btw. Waiting for a TKL with Blues) to the contest.

For my daily driver I like it clean and simple. That's why I chose the Ninja over the regular MJ2. I didn't care for the keycaps. I love the elegant black minimalistic look of the Ninja case. Unfortunately I only have a blank ISO set (as I said earlier, stuff is not here yet), so enter and \| are off :/
Apart from the minimalistic design I like to keep my Esc keycap in a red colourway.



More photos in the spoiler part or here at imgur:

All entries should now be added to the second post. Let me know if you don't see your entry.

The 3/16" hand made aluminum cases that I had manufactured at my friend's father's business. The case has a brushed finish and is clear anodized. For keycaps it has a set of zinc electroplated keys from Feng and the titanium Terran logo. For those familiar with Starcraft 2 and the so called Terran "mech" build that refers to the mechanical unit oriented strategies (tanks and such), the keyboard gets a fun dual meaning name: Terran Mech Keyboard. Both Terran Mech and Mechanical keyboard

My entry will be a new paint job for a ten key pad. This here is a re-branded Genovation MicroPad circa 1992. It uses White Alps clicky switches and the key caps are double shot.

Before: After: The paint used was Rust-Oleum Metallic Paint & Primer in One. The color is Carbon Mist (this was left over from one of my wife's projects and ended up being a great fit). Additionally, I shortened the stock serial cable so that I could connect the serial end of a serial-to-usb converter cable within the case. This leaves the key pad with an appearance of being a straight usb device, plus the black cable matches much better.

ps. I did quite a bit of Google searching, but never identified who or what fats was/is; but I liked the look with label so I kept it on the finished product.

Just a tiny update to let everybody know that I will be adding yet another novelty key to the giveaway. This time it will be the hieroglyphics key cap.
I will update the giveaway with all pertinent information when I find the time =).

Thanks again to everybody that has entered. I love seeing the variety!

this is my kb design

I want to remind everybody that is entered that the deadline to choose one thing to enter is 08/01/2012 (That's August first two-thousand-and-twelve), so please make sure that you have one entry, and that you make it perfectly clear that other images are not a part of your entry. Makes it a whole lot easier for us to have a clear image of all the submissions.
Thanks again to everybody for participating.

Edit: Added image of some of the new key caps added to the giveaway. demik has also donated a hiero key cap to the giveaway so I will add that when they arrive =).
That means there are two more key cap types going to be given away at least. Look forward to that!

Is Glissant CRAZY or something!?

2nd entry: Realforce 87U w/ Orange & Green keycaps.

mmmty, you already have a submission entered. (Only one entry per person )


Here's the image of the black on yellow key caps that will be given away:



More key caps for free. I can't believe it xD.

RF 10th AE 55g Uniform

Just got these lime green printed on my topre =D. Reminds of me of donatello and leonardo.

^Finally, you got that skull. SUPERB!!

Thanks, it's one of my favorites

Can you enter concepts? E.g. things not actually real yet?

damorgue wrote:Can you enter concepts? E.g. things not actually real yet?

A golden IBM Model M, trimmed with diamonds.

I would suggest reading the first post, but I'm in a snarky mood so... Don't think about it. Here you go; a quote from the first post.

If you want a chance to win any of the lovely stuff that I have as a giveaway you only need to post your most impressive keyboard modifications and/or customizations in picture form. If you don't have the key caps or keyboards to post a picture of something awesome, then I would also love to see something illustrated through a drawing or computer graphics.

webwit wrote:

damorgue wrote:Can you enter concepts? E.g. things not actually real yet?

A golden IBM Model M, trimmed with diamonds.

Is that keyboard for GANGSTER~~~~~