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The beezaree's orange is real strong :thumb:. I'm hoping to have a more reddish/burnt hue to the orange. Also the mods look gray but they're actually a gray/blue. It's a little difficult to see in the renders but they're there. I hope this gains interest as well! GL on your GMK Mars!
Here's where I was throwing ideas around in the past.
https://www.keebtalk.com/t/who-else-likes-to-make-keycap-mock-ups-for-fun/2779/35?u=pixelpusher
The second one is more in line with what you are proposing. It looks like I acutally was doing a lighter mod look at that time. I don't plan to carry on with it, but I hope you'll be able to make this set come to life. Feel free to post in keebtalk interest checks too:
https://www.keebtalk.com/c/marketplace/interest-checks
The accent color rubs me the wrong way for some reason, otherwise I likeI agree with this. I'm not sure what accent will go well BUT this one seems like it does not belong with the set.
The accent color rubs me the wrong way for some reason, otherwise I likeI agree with this. I'm not sure what accent will go well BUT this one seems like it does not belong with the set.
Nice work. I love the colorway, and the base kit already has everything I want. Can you post a photo of the RAL/Pantone color cards? The only concern I have is getting the colors to match the renders.
would kill for some novelties on this
would kill for some novelties on this
What type of novelties would you suggest?
would kill for some novelties on this
What type of novelties would you suggest?
Cute novelties.
Interesting color combination (I'd expect the blue to have a more grayish hue, but WDIKAA).
I DIG the numpad equals key (having it replace the Num Lock forever is my one of my pet dreams). :D
The above subjective comments said, please take note of the following: ISO support. As the kit stands now, you've got neither full UK ISO support nor US ISO support, but are instead falling "in the middle of the pond", producing something called "Atlantis ISO". To fix this in the base kit, you have two (ok, three) options:
1) Scale back to US ISO support. To do this, remove the R3 '@ and R3 #~ keys and add an R3 \| key instead. the R4 \| key has to remain.
2) Complete the UK ISO support. To do this, do not remove anything, and add the three missing keys in R1: `¬, 2" and 3£.
3) Offer full UK+US ISO support. To do this, do not remove anything, and add the three missing keys in R1: `¬, 2" and 3£, and the missing R3 \| key.
Hope this helps!
I prefer the accents in the original renders tbh. The new ones just look off to me
would kill for some novelties on this
What type of novelties would you suggest?
My keyboard is black. I don't know if it looks good with a black shell.
I've narrowed it down to 5 different main colors that I like but need some help/feedback on which one will appeal to the most people. Please take a minute to take a look and help me out! Thanks so much!
https://www.reddit.com/r/keycapdesigners/comments/crnvib/feedback_please_help_me_choose_which_colorway/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/keycapdesigners/comments/crnvib/feedback_please_help_me_choose_which_colorway/)
I've narrowed it down to 5 different main colors that I like but need some help/feedback on which one will appeal to the most people. Please take a minute to take a look and help me out! Thanks so much!
https://www.reddit.com/r/keycapdesigners/comments/crnvib/feedback_please_help_me_choose_which_colorway/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/keycapdesigners/comments/crnvib/feedback_please_help_me_choose_which_colorway/)
which one of the five is the same as the renders in the OP? i can't really find it due to the different rendering engine i guess.
Obligatory request for an independent 40% kit with alphas, instead of Abaddon 40% kit.
The blue is still using the same RAL code as before
The blue is still using the same RAL code as before
Took a closer look. Derp. This is pretty neat. I love orange, looking forward to the GB.
Filled up the IC, all I really want is to split the numpad from the base kit if possible.
Definitely digging the dark blue mods with the beige alphas. Kinda wishing it was a separate kit. Finally something without weeb alphas and without icon mods!
One suggestion is to shorten the scroll lock and num lock legends to one line so they fit the rest of the mods.
OK. I'll buy.
Let's make this quick. :cool: :cool:
That's the largest secondary alphas kit I've ever seen.
And... as long as you're adding a second Tab key to allow users to make a full-size keyboard and a 60% one... consider adding a second (mod-colored) R1 Home key as well, so a 65% can be done, too.
Also, R3 #~ ? What's an underwater forge good for? ;D
Also also: given there is a 40s kit (the Axe kit), shouldn't the 2.0U Shift key be moved there from the base kit?
I got excited because I thought GMK forge P3 red on CR was coming back. I loved that set and would buy again.
Still would buy base n bars here too, though
Finally something without weeb alphas and without icon mods
Some comments on the novelties, mostly subjective:
Love the Fire Escape Keys 🔥
The Anvil Enter isn’t personally doing it for me. I’d rather see it in a smaller key and replace it with a horizontal hammer, maybe something similar to the Volcanic Hammer card from Magic the Gathering. I tend to smash the Enter key, so iunno a hammer makes sense to me.
On Forge Ahead... I don’t know, maybe a giant stylistic all caps FORGE would be much more commanding than what we have.
As for the rest, I dig the weapons and the dwarf/viking helmet, but I wonder what it’d look like if it had actual blacksmith equipment, like tongs, bellows, furnaces, chisels and the smaller-key anvils.
That’s all I got, chief.
Some comments on the novelties, mostly subjective:
Love the Fire Escape Keys 🔥
The Anvil Enter isn’t personally doing it for me. I’d rather see it in a smaller key and replace it with a horizontal hammer, maybe something similar to the Volcanic Hammer card from Magic the Gathering. I tend to smash the Enter key, so iunno a hammer makes sense to me.
On Forge Ahead... I don’t know, maybe a giant stylistic all caps FORGE would be much more commanding than what we have.
As for the rest, I dig the weapons and the dwarf/viking helmet, but I wonder what it’d look like if it had actual blacksmith equipment, like tongs, bellows, furnaces, chisels and the smaller-key anvils.
That’s all I got, chief.
Appreciate the feedback. The anvil is pretty essential to forging which is why I decided to add it as the enter. I haven't received that much feedback on the novelties besides the "Forge ahead!" novelty. I'll look into trying to find a font that might make it look more commanding.
We played around with the idea of chisels and tongs but they felt sort of lackluster. I don't think a lot of people would actually use them unless they love forging.
Keep the ideas coming though! Anything is appreciated!
Some comments on the novelties, mostly subjective:
Love the Fire Escape Keys 🔥
The Anvil Enter isn’t personally doing it for me. I’d rather see it in a smaller key and replace it with a horizontal hammer, maybe something similar to the Volcanic Hammer card from Magic the Gathering. I tend to smash the Enter key, so iunno a hammer makes sense to me.
On Forge Ahead... I don’t know, maybe a giant stylistic all caps FORGE would be much more commanding than what we have.
As for the rest, I dig the weapons and the dwarf/viking helmet, but I wonder what it’d look like if it had actual blacksmith equipment, like tongs, bellows, furnaces, chisels and the smaller-key anvils.
That’s all I got, chief.
Appreciate the feedback. The anvil is pretty essential to forging which is why I decided to add it as the enter. I haven't received that much feedback on the novelties besides the "Forge ahead!" novelty. I'll look into trying to find a font that might make it look more commanding.
We played around with the idea of chisels and tongs but they felt sort of lackluster. I don't think a lot of people would actually use them unless they love forging.
Keep the ideas coming though! Anything is appreciated!
Agreed on the anvil being essential. I guess I’m not used to so much vertical space used on the Enter key with so much horizontal negative space. Will you be toying with different anvil designs? I’m curious what a minimalist 2D anvil icon would look on the Enter Key.
With the set itself looking professional or scientist-y (Aperture Science!) I think more novelties on the modifier keys would look nice with the Anvil. The reason why I’m not fond of the weapons on the bottom row is that these are big weapons squished into small keys. Maybe they’d look better in the longer keys. While shields and armor (kinda like the Doom symbol for armor) can go along with the helmets with the bottom row.
I’m rambling, but I love fire, I love orange, I love fantasy, and I’m interested in the base kit anyway but I’m a sucker for novelties.
Note taken. We can try to stretch the anvil to hopefully cover more of the enter key. Some of the markings on the anvil might need to be toned down depending on what GMK is able to do.
If I remove the orange legend-ed novelties, we might have more room for additional novelties but I'm afraid it'll be too cost prohibitive if the set gets too big. However, I don't think the small changes to novelties will bring that many more people. The biggest hurdle right now is to get all the orange lovers to come out of the woodwork.
Finally something without weeb alphas and without icon mods
I agree with the sentiment, but considering a large chunk of this hobby is from various Asian countries, I'd hesitate to call anything not Roman alpha 'weeb'. Food for thought...
I always hate it when the better looking alphas go into the separate kit.
I really like this. I’m not completely a fan of orange. But man if this was like burnt green or burner blue haha I’d be all up on/in/around it
I really like this. I’m not completely a fan of orange. But man if this was like burnt green or burner blue haha I’d be all up on/in/around it
Thanks! Yeah not everyone loves orange but I think it'll be a good looking set even if it's not your fav color. Maybe secondary alphas are more your speed?
I really like this. I’m not completely a fan of orange. But man if this was like burnt green or burner blue haha I’d be all up on/in/around it
Thanks! Yeah not everyone loves orange but I think it'll be a good looking set even if it's not your fav color. Maybe secondary alphas are more your speed?
True. If I have money to spare while this is out I’d get it for those white alphas and loss. Actually to save money I have white alphas coming from oblivion. I just need your base. Thanks for the idea.
Is the color of the alpha kit going to be a bright/pure white? Or like a light cream tone?
Any new updates so far?
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would like to see while alphas in base kit.
Thanks for the update! I'm getting excitedddd .Any new updates so far?
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Vendors will be announced shortly! We currently have the US and EU vendor lined up but will need to confirm for Asia. We also have an estimated launch date.
Kits will be updated as well. I don't think the 40s kit will do well based on how 40s have been doing on recent GBs but we will include it just to get a quote. It's possible that the Axe kit will get the axe :'(. We will probably remove the novelties that have orange as the legends since it doesn't seem to go as well with the regular mods. We will just include more of the same novelty to compensate.
Deskmat design is coming soon. I've gone through a few designers but haven't found something I liked yet. If this last design doesn't work out, we might not offer one.
I've contacted a few artisan makers and they seem to be interested in collaborating. I've reached out to a few unique ones but it's still a ways out so will do another wave later.
Feel free to ask more questions! I'm sure I'm missing something here.would like to see while alphas in base kit.
Thanks for the feedback! I think there are already quite a few sets out there that have a white legends/dark mods theme to it so I'd like to stick to the orange alphas to differentiate this set from the others. If you have haragomo alphas coming from oblivion, you could try using those with the base. If not, the secondary alphas and base will let you outfit two keyboards for a very reasonable price.
Added picture of RAL/Pantone chips and deskmat.
We will probably remove the novelties that have orange as the legends since it doesn't seem to go as well with the regular mods. We will just include more of the same novelty to compensate.
It was more of my decision after looking at the renders. It only made sense if you kept those novelties next to the spacebar which I felt was too limiting.
Questsions/requests for the 40s kit:
- Any chance the 1.75 space could be made convex?
- Can a 1.25 enter be added?
- Can a 1.25 convex space be added?
The overall design looks great!
Questsions/requests for the 40s kit:
- Any chance the 1.75 space could be made convex?
- Can a 1.25 enter be added?
- Can a 1.25 convex space be added?
The overall design looks great!
I can consider adding those. Could you tell me which boards uses those keys? I think the 1.75u space will be convex but the other two seem to be less common.
Would be nice to see white split bars in the alpha kit for those with split boards or 40's. If not, they'd be stuck with burnt orange bars and all white alphas.
Is it wrong that I want to see an orange accent key that could go with the Molten White Alphas somehow? I love the white + blue look but feel at times I might want that splash of orange in there somewhere. Even an ESC key would likely satisfy my greediness!! :thumb: Maybe I am alone in this.. Still love the set either way!
hey driftingbunnies, is the estimated gb date of march still the plan?
hey driftingbunnies, is the estimated gb date of march still the plan?
Yep, that's the plan. Similar to a lot of other GMK sets, GMK has been backed up on quotes and pretty much everything else so we're currently playing the waiting game.
The base kit shows the alternate white arrow keys with orange legends, but the renders show the white arrow keys with blue legends. Which is correct?
Looking great! I'm definitely in.
As a favor, could a non-color blind person give me their opinion on what color board this would best fit? Thanks in advance!
Looking great! I'm definitely in.
As a favor, could a non-color blind person give me their opinion on what color board this would best fit? Thanks in advance!
I believe this set will look really good on your run of the mill colors like black/gray/white/silver boards. If you decide to get the secondary alphas, that combination should go well with any color board.
What's the R3 1.25u Fn key for? Shouldn't that be a 1.75u Function key?
Also, might I suggest replacing the R3 #~, R4 \| ISO keys with R3 \|, R4 <>? Those make more sense for basic ISO support than incomplete ISO-UK.
No chance of making this end the 25th instead? :P
The R3 1.25u Fn key allows for 40s profile support for a majority of 40%s. Unfortunately the Base kit is already set so no more changes to ISO compatibility.
Would it be possible to have Daily Clack proxy for Australia or even have switch keys for Aus as a proxy?
From the RAMA M60-A (HHKB) render, there's a R3 1.75u Control Key, but that's not in any of the kits?
https://imgur.com/jcXrL8b.png
https://i.imgur.com/csNx6EJ.jpg
Dang that’s a bummer, I would love that 1.75u R2 Ctrl for HHKB, looks like the only 2 options now are Stepped Caps and Caps
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