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ZKB-2 DIY Black Badge
Posted: 05 May 2016, 15:00
by Engicoder
I think everyone agrees that the black badge is the best one Zenith used on any of their keyboards. Unfortunately, they changed to a beige badge before my ZKB-2 was made. I decide to right the wrong and correct Zeniths mistake

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I suck at small detail painting, so its not perfect, but ok for me.
Posted: 05 May 2016, 15:17
by keycap
One thing you certainly cannot fix is the tree logo. What the hell was Zenith thinking?

Posted: 05 May 2016, 17:23
by Chyros
Personally I think the SWA badge is pretty good as well, arguably even better than the XT badge. This looks pretty good though, the relatively lacklustre (literally!) badge on the otherwise so great-looking ZKB-2 was always a disappointment to me xD . And Keycap; yeah, that tree logo was ridiculous, but by that time it wasn't Zenith's call anymore; they'd been bought out by Bull already xD .
So did you use metallic paint for the lettering?
Posted: 05 May 2016, 17:26
by Redmaus
Is there dust on the label or something?
Posted: 05 May 2016, 18:52
by Engicoder
Chyros wrote: Personally I think the SWA badge is pretty good as well, arguably even better than the XT badge. This looks pretty good though, the relatively lacklustre (literally!) badge on the otherwise so great-looking ZKB-2 was always a disappointment to me xD . And Keycap; yeah, that tree logo was ridiculous, but by that time it wasn't Zenith's call anymore; they'd been bought out by Bull already xD .
So did you use metallic paint for the lettering?
I used some model paint marked gold and silver. It seems to be quasi metallic.
Posted: 05 May 2016, 18:53
by Engicoder
Redmaus wrote: Is there dust on the label or something?
Could be, or could be some painting defects

Posted: 10 May 2016, 19:39
by terrycherry
Nice painting but I have the black logo one.
How you paint the black perfectly?