类型: IC
作者: DomaRho
发布时间: 2021-12-14
21:40:13
更新时间: 2022-10-14 19:16:07
原链接:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=115645.0
*UPDATE 14/10/2022
**
After a long
hiatus, i’ve finally had time to give running this set
another crack! Due to the backlog of sets running through
ePBT, the set will now be run through
PBTFans. There are numerous updates to the page and set in
response to this, I hope you enjoy it
//NOTE//*
Due to the
significant majority of IC respondents requesting Icon
modifiers, the set has been changed accordingly. Please
refer to the updates tabs for more details on kitting
changes
Inspired by the salt lakes found at Lake MacDonnell in
South Australia, this is PBTFans Salt Lakes!
This sets intention is to translate the wonderful
colours of these lakes onto your keyboard, how good is
that!
To achieve this, the custom keycap set will be
made in a Cherry-profiled PBT plastic through doubleshot
molding.
Follow this project on:
Discord
Instagram
Kitting
IC Form - //NEW//
Please fill this out!
Colours - Updated
The green and
pink Pantones represent the lakes within the inspiration
picture at their most vibrant, while the orange/brown
is the earth causeway that separates the two.
The white
pantone then represents both the salt of the lakes and
landscape which is concentrated within the area, and how the
lakes become salt pans when there is particularly harsh
drought in South Australia.
The green and white have
been updated since the previous iteration of the IC page.
This has been to add a subtle bit more creaminess to the
alphas, and to match the blue-green of the renders
better.
Note that the picture below only shows digital
representations of the selected Pantones, and thus shouldn’t
be taken as the final expectation for the set.
Background
More
The Pink Lake appears as it does due to it’s higher
concentration of salt, allowing algae called dunaliella
salina and bacteria called halobacteria to flourish. These
algae and bacteria secrete carotenoid red pigments, the
same found in orange and red fruit/vegetables, which
gives the water its colour! The vibrancy of this colour is
dependent on how diluted the salt content of the water is,
as lower concentrations of salt in the lake inhibit the
population size of the algae and bacteria, thus how much
pigment can be produced.
The Green Lake doesn’t take
on this pink colour due to it’s lower salt concentration
as a product of larger water volume to the same amount of
available salt. Therefore, it never achieves the pink of
its neighbour. However, the somewhat green colour is due
to chlorophyll-filled algae preferring in the lower
salinity environment. Thus the intensity of the green can
also fluctuate depending on the season and how favourable
it is for these algae to grow!
Mind you, people
notice the change in colour of the pink lake a lot more
than the green lake because it’s, well, pink… which leads
to the fun fact about the inspiration image!
You may
have noticed that the colours appear a bit saturated,
which is a keen catch
. Funnily enough however, it is the land strip and the
green lake that are arguably more vibrant than they appear
in real life, not the pink lake! Go at the right time, and
it indeed appears as in the image, which I was fortunate
enough to have seen in person!
Novelties explained
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The principle behind the novelties is to represent the
three prevalent components of Lake MacDonnell; the salt,
the land, and the water. I decided to be minimalistic with
the designs out of preference as I thought they were cute,
with the animal novelties in particular representing the
prevalent animals surrounding the components at the
Lake.
The critter has no justification, he’s just
cute
All novelties designed were designed by
myself.
Renders (More to come)
More
Credits:
Haus by Hand Engineering
Iron165 by
Smith & Rune
Amano by h40
M60-A by RAMA
WORKS
Iron180 by Smith & Rune
Ziggurat by
Laminar
Tofu65 by KBDFans
Frog TKL by
Geonworks
W1-AT by Geonworks
The first five
renders within this section were generated by me (DomaPho
- Flow Design)
The final six were rendered by
RaccOnCrack/#8614 (Discord)
Disclaimer
While the renders are colour matched
to the best of my ability, monitors display digital RGB
representations of the real world pantones.
As such,
the final product may differ slightly from what is displayed
in the above renders.
Deskmat
Collaborations
TBD
Vendors
Global/AS:
KBDFans (Old link: to be updated)
Other vendors TBD
Pricing
TBD
Updates
More
/* 19/09/2022 - Text updated ->
-
Manufacturing details, colours, title descriptions, acknowledgments
/* 19/09/2022 - Kitting updated -> -
All kits modified to best attempt to meet PBTFans pre-existing molds
/* 10/10/2022 - Renders partially updated (more to come) -> -
3 renders added - to be updated to reflect Icon modifiers
-
Boards referenced in Credits
/* 14/10/2022 - Kitting updated -> Text modifiers changed to Icon modifiers
-
Novelites updated: 1 additional wave R4 added
-
Basekit, Alphas, and Numpad kit now include bar and scooped homing keys
Acknowledgements
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A big thanks to the KRK Discord who gave their time and
effort to help me put together this set for IC!
Special
shout out to RaccOnCrack and my discord server for being
patient with me while the set was on hold. You guys got this
kit started again with your persistence so thank you!
Also
a shout out to NoPunIn10Did, Cylent, DrHigsby, Konstantin,
Hali for their advice on kitting for the previous iteration
of this set.
ImperfectLink also deserves credit for
creating KRK, which has been immensely valuable in helping
me to create my first set. You also provide advice so freely
on the server, making you an legend.
Finally a thanks
to my girlfriend, who shares little interest in keyboards,
yet always hears me out and encourages me.
If you want to support this set, feel free to copy this
banner!
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