Metroid Prime Numpad

[Waj]

I’m a huge fan of Metroid Prime and a while back I had the idea to get the beam icons custom printed onto some keycaps. I tried searching for 'em online, but couldn’t find any hq versions (I bet they’re somewhere in a texture pack), so I ended up making them myself in Illustrator.

I then proceeded to create a couple more icons. Been planning on recording a playthrough on Hypermode for a while, so I thought it’d be neat to map these icons onto a separate keyboard:

I created all the icons above in Illustrator except for the Screwattack (top left) and Morph ball symbols (bottom left), which I got from the internet. I wanted to sort of make it appear like a sideview of Samus. I ordered a custom Varmilo VA21M Cherry MX Brown mechanical numpad and ordered the keycaps from MAX Keyboards.

The caps came in today with a couple of misprints (the Thermal visor should be green and X-ray visor inverted), but I’m quite happy with how they turned out:

Now I can play Metroid Prime in style.

[N01InParticular]

Mi gusta

Translation: Very nice.

[Cordax]

The only true way to play Metroid prime.

[Atobe_Brick]

very neat! I didn’t know that customizing a numpad was thing until now. Looks like a fun project.

[Waj]

@Cordax

The only true way to play Metroid prime.

in style

@N01InParticular

Mi gusta

Translation: Very nice.

@Atobe_Brick

very neat! I didn’t know that customizing a numpad was thing until now. Looks like a fun project.

Thanks, I had a lot of fun recreating the icons and making some of my own.

[Ghid]

@Waj

I created all the icons above in Illustrator except for the Screwattack (top left) and Morph ball symbols (bottom left)

That explains why the rest of the symbols are a little… Sloppy.

@Waj

Now I can play Metroid Prime in style .

Ah, I see

A true gamer in its ultimate form

[Atobe_Brick]

I’ve never played any of the Metroid prime games, so I don’t know how they’re supposed to look

[Waj]

@Ghid

That explains why the rest of the symbols are a little… Sloppy.

I thought most of 'em were pretty accurate, I used reference images and grids. The ones I’d say are sloppy are the leg and X-ray icons, since the reference I used for the leg wasn’t an official icon, and I couldn’t figure out how to create the exact shape for the outer part of the X-ray icon.

[Waj]

Last month I re-ordered the Thermal visor icon, and they got the color right this time. I also modified the X-ray icon. Now the PrimePad is complete.