[IC] GMK Prepress - Group Buy starts July 15, 2020! -Updated: Prices-

[HungHingDaiLo]

GMK Prepress - Launching July 15, 2020

Idea: Process Printing, Pre-print Process, CMYK Separation



This set is based on printing process that use Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black color (CMYK) as a standard recipe that is utilized in many types of printing machinery to attain diverse variation of colors in print industry. The process of prepress stage involves digital artwork being transferred to negative films for each CMYK colors and undergo several procedures until they are ready to be printed to papers or other media. Many of the text modifier legends are related to prepress and print process terms that many graphic designers or those who work in press industry are familiar with, instilled into this keycap set with mixture of CMYK accents and contrasting child kits that will visually enhance the overall looks of your keyboard.

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Vendors
US: Kono Store
EU: MyKeyboards.eu
Oceania: Daily Clack
Asia: zFrontier

Finalized kits; Price Updated per July 7, 2020

Base Kit
Price: $149.99

- Backspace text legend is now "Correction" instead of "Unpublished"
- Added several compatibility modifiers
- 2.00 and 1.50 shift (Mount) key removed (sorry, @rondg.), added 2.25 shift for 660 styled layout compatibility



Separation
Price: $49.99

Colored modifiers as an exclamation to CMY colors as seen in the first concept of the keyset. This is the way to go if you dig the initial concepts.



Poster Alphas
Price: $69.99

Kit that consists alternate colorway for R1 to R3 numbers/symbols and alphas and two rows of numpad



Novelties
Price: 59.99

Prepress icon novelties kit.



Tradition
Price: 34.99

**NEW KIT!** Bottom row modifiers' alternate color kit. This kit is suggested by Huey/Manofinterests (thanks, Huey!), and I, with many other people will surely appreciate these 'traditional' accents put on this set! Contains 1.00, 1.25 and 1.50 modifiers (Cut, Art text legend) as well as 2.75, 2.25 and 1.75 and 1.25 shift (Mount) keys, plus 1.00 Fn key.



Overruns
Price: $29.99

This spacebars kit includes some extra 6.25 spacebar colors (grey, cyan, yellow), along with 6.00 HHKB/styled layout as well as split bars. Sorry to say I have to cut 40s support on this set.



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Render on M011Y





Render on Satisfaction75







Kits/s75/M011Y renders by Abec13
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January 2020 Render by Kingk22 *these render may contain key/legends that are not the latest/finalized*

Austin keyboard





TGR Jane V2 keyboard







Previous Kit Version & Renders on the next post

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IC Timestamp/To-do's
12/12 : Start IC post for GMK P12EP12ESS -done
12/13 : Gather IC responses via form -done
12/21 : Provide 3D Renders, adding more compability to the core kit
01/02 : Update on Extras/Child Sets, working on other renders
01/06 : Renders for Extras Sets, and 65% keyboard (KOYU)
01/20 : Contacting vendors
01/?   : Work on Deskmat Arts, Packaging Cover Arts
03/20 : Preparing to publish major changes
06/20 : Prepping/Finalizing kits
07/07 : Price quotation received, GB date set at July 15
08/07 : Asia Vendor added
15/07 : Launching of GMK Prepress!

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[HungHingDaiLo]

Old Renders







Prepress with Poster extras on RAMAWorks KOYU Milk:







Old Core Set



Old Child Sets

Poster


Overruns


Novelties

[cldskt]

Neat idea.

Concerned about yellow over gray legibility though.


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[falzm]

Interesting concept, I'll wait for some renders to have an opinion on whether I'd be buying or not

[bananasplit_00]

this is like 50/50 burns my eyes and pure love. If you get some renders done that would help

[rondg]

If renders look great, yes

[vi0till]

Not a fan of poster alpha, everything else looks good to me. Yeah, render will definitely helps.

[CrazyNun]

This looks super neat,  nice idea!

[Agilr]

Hey this is nice. Bright mod legends and the alphas colour really bring the theme home for me.

Can't wait for renders

I will say that custom mods are a cool idea but often leads to increased prices, is that why you went with a minimal base kit? Because although you have 7U and 6U spacebars, the common bottom row layouts for them with 1.5u and 1u keys aren't supported here, and aren't offered in any additional kits.

[MacSurfy]

If you are expecting 400 people to use an IC form you will be very dissapointed. I'm not even sure the biggest
sets get that many filled forms. Interest doesn't equal filled forms. People are lazy, especially if they don't see renders. Why would they bother?

I think it's best to take the expectations down a bit and show us some renders (there are many cheap alternatives out there).
There's really no reason not to do it.

Good luck!

[Jaystice]

Holy **** dude. I work as a printer on a digital press. I work in CMYK and I could use this for my work keeb. I love it

[DJSwayde]

Can you do CR for the mods instead of a custom black?

[bd_slade]

Very cool concept! I'll be keeping my eye on this! Good luck!

[Fredington]

Yeah you're not going to get 400 responses to your form. Not because your design isn't good, but because people just don't fill out forms.

[HungHingDaiLo]

If you are expecting 400 people to use an IC form you will be very dissapointed. I'm not even sure the biggest
sets get that many filled forms. Interest doesn't equal filled forms. People are lazy, especially if they don't see renders. Why would they bother?

I think it's best to take the expectations down a bit and show us some renders (there are many cheap alternatives out there).
There's really no reason not to do it.

Logical. Will try to have renders up a.s.a.p. without waiting for 400 peeps blabla (edited on the first post).

Can you do CR for the mods instead of a custom black?

Yes sir, I very much can! Not 100% on using RAL jet black color over GMK's CR!

Thanks to all you guys beforehand, IC form is up! https://forms.gle/eGYdotWV4Dghcbta7

[HungHingDaiLo]

I will say that custom mods are a cool idea but often leads to increased prices, is that why you went with a minimal base kit? Because although you have 7U and 6U spacebars, the common bottom row layouts for them with 1.5u and 1u keys aren't supported here, and aren't offered in any additional kits.

Thanks! I am hoping custom text on legends won't affect much in price increase as I planned to not making it an exclusive-molded modifier set (anyone in the future can reuse it CMIIW). The common bottom row layouts for 7U and 6U and some missing tsangan modifier will be added, either on core or Overruns kit (TBA).

[nguyenhimself]

The alphas look so very sad and dour for such an overall vibrant set.
I'd rather a paler shade of white.
Also, for the arrow keys, probably better if the down arrow is white/grey instead.

[jenggo]

from my partially-colorblind perspective, i like it.. but the arrow maybe you should stick to the grey color
big approval for the enter key, lol
aaannd blank is good...

[vaughno]

Text mods look fitting


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[adxlk]

PM me if you want to collab on deskmats!

[HungHingDaiLo]

The alphas look so very sad and dour for such an overall vibrant set.
I'd rather a paler shade of white.
Also, for the arrow keys, probably better if the down arrow is white/grey instead.

Very good point on the arrows.

Text mods look fitting

Will make sure it won't look too tight on keys

from my partially-colorblind perspective, i like it.. but the arrow maybe you should stick to the grey color
big approval for the enter key, lol
aaannd blank is good...

Yes, grey color arrows legends are replacing the colored arrows.

PM me if you want to collab on deskmats!

Very much glad to! Will PM after I've upload some renders before New Year hopefully.
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I have made several changes on CORE kit (adding more compabilities) - will update along with renders (core kit almost done rendering)

[jenggo]

from my partially-colorblind perspective, i like it.. but the arrow maybe you should stick to the grey color
big approval for the enter key, lol
aaannd blank is good...

Yes, grey color arrows legends are replacing the colored arrows.

Nice... thanks Mr. Ray

[HungHingDaiLo]

Renders are up!
I promise to bring more renders later, please fill out the IC form!

[EMC Labs]

dracula vibes for sure but clean still nonetheless.

[lush_bunny]

IC filled, but might as well comment my thoughts:

• The R4 font colors of the mods are so depressing.
• Could colored arrow keys be considered?
• If it’s possible to separate the numpad from the base kit that would be great.

Watching this set closely.

[depletedvespene]

Renders are up!
I promise to bring more renders later, please fill out the IC form!

I see that the new render fixes the tilde-less hash-tilde key in R3.

With that said, I still think the set would be better served with full support for English (UK) over ISO (instead of the current partial support) (perhaps even UK+US).

[HungHingDaiLo]

IC filled, but might as well comment my thoughts:

• The R4 font colors of the mods are so depressing.
• Could colored arrow keys be considered?
• If it’s possible to separate the numpad from the base kit that would be great.

Watching this set closely.

Colored arrow keys are my initial concept (see the full blown concept image), however it turned out that uniform R4 grey colors looks better for the whole concept (subjectively speaking).
It may exist on Novelties, but IDK yet.

About numpad, For now I think i'm more inclined to include it on the Core kit.

[yui_]

colours are quite nice, custom text legends are always cool to see. good set !
all it needs now is a good deskmat to round it all off !

[Rich Carpenter]

very cool bro

[raptorzoz]

Really nice set, would definitely buy it, but not from drop.

[HungHingDaiLo]

Taken from s****y iPhone Camera



Top Keycap is from GMK WoB

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Cyan: Pantone 299C
Magenta: Pantone 225C
Yellow: Pantone Yellow C
Black: GMK CR (instead of RAL 9005)
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All four looks PERFECT to me, and I tend to lock in these colors for now.

Grey: Currently still using RAL 9007, might change, but not likely.

[Visionaire]

Interesting. Will watch this one.

[HungHingDaiLo]

Updated 2 Jan 2020


Thanks to those who give fantastic feedbacks!
Sharing some notable feedbacks & I try my best to answer:

Please consider GMK standard black and light gray. This would make the set more appealing to be able to MX with other sets, especially since the CMY accents are so great.

> Gmk Standard Black (GMK CR) is used now Grey color will stay as custom color (RAL) since I'd want the grey to be distinctive among other sets that are already available, as well as to match render to the true product color if this kit is finally being made.

I would buy it if it had a NorDe compatibility kit.

> Not right now, sorry

escape key be magenta color instead of cyan

> Cyan is used in order to match R1 Cyan Row. However if you wish to use magenta color, I've added Magenta and Yellow R1 Escape Keys on the Poster kit!

RAMA artisan

> Absolutely possible!

[HungHingDaiLo]

Updated 6 Jan 2020


Remaining renders are finished! Hope you guys dig this set 

[HandiHanyut]

nice render 

[Fredington]

Renders have won me over. 

I suggest adding a magenta accent to the base kit, like GMK Metropolis.

[lush_bunny]

Dat Poster Kit 🤤

[txclack]

cool set, would be interesting to see it matched up with LZ Black Modi

[HungHingDaiLo]

Renders have won me over. 

I suggest adding a magenta accent to the base kit, like GMK Metropolis.

Thanks, Fredington! Fingers crossed will be adding extra Cyan and/or Magenta accents onto the base kit.

cool set, would be interesting to see it matched up with LZ Black Modi

Glad you like it! I never seen LZ Black Modi before, is it the one with textless legends?

Dat Poster Kit 🤤

I know! Not for everyone's taste, but I am very much convinced it will add more vibrance especially in e-white and other color keyboard cases such as yolk, bright purple, teal and bright red.

[udller]

if poster had its own base kit it would be cool

[HungHingDaiLo]

Below is the comparison between GMK CMYK Modifiers and the Pantone Color Chips:



Other yellow keycaps:



My personal evaluation (please take it lightly):
- Cyan and Magenta both far different from GMK's CMYK
- Pantone Yellow C is slightly brighter(?) compared to GMK CMYK's Yellow, but the density(?) of color is slightly lesser, IMO will a lil' bit look less striking compared to GMK's Yellow.

Note: All the (?)s means that I don't have the perfect word(s) to describe it 99,99% accurate.

Meanwhile, here's my initial design of the desk mat:

Hope you guys like it!

[HungHingDaiLo]

January 18, 2020 - added Discord server:

https://discord.gg/yUzsBB

[jagger27]

I feel like Backspace needs a novelty. Maybe Crop?

[octix]

January 18, 2020 - added Discord server:

https://discord.gg/yUzsBB

Invalid. Is it possible to get another link?

[HungHingDaiLo]

Invalid. Is it possible to get another link?

Sry about that, updated: https://discord.gg/gHvPPCY

I feel like Backspace needs a novelty. Maybe Crop?

Thanks for the input! Will try to tweak a novelty for Backspace and see how it goes!

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Meanwhile, vendors are contacted. Waiting for approvals, schedule, etc.

[dubious]

I like it

Any plans to do standard icon/text legends on modifiers?

[HungHingDaiLo]

Update: Major Revisions on colors (Using RAL colors now), and base kit changes to prevent high price due to custom colors and custom molds on text modifiers.

[Ultimatum]

I want an esc key that is same color with mods...

[rondg]

Just to confirm, there is a 1.5u "Mount" key?

[HungHingDaiLo]

I want an esc key that is same color with mods...

Noted

Just to confirm, there is a 1.5u "Mount" key?

Yes there is After consulting w/ experienced GB runner, I decided to remove 1.50 and 2.00 shift and adding 2.25 instead

[rondg]

Just to confirm, there is a 1.5u "Mount" key?

Yes there is

Nice. Thanks!

[i luv chuletas]

Love the color way, particularly with the neon fade kit. Any chance for 40% support on this?

[HungHingDaiLo]

Love the color way, particularly with the neon fade kit. Any chance for 40% support on this?

This is old render with old (Pantone) colors,
don't have any new renders yet with the new (RAL) colors

[cryworm]

I am interested in this set. I would be 100% in if there was a set that included mods that were the same grey color as the alphas.

I think the way that Taro R2 is doing it is perfect. Anyone can have any combination of light or dark alphas, with light or dark mods.

[konstantin]

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I see some issues and have some suggestions regarding the base kit:

• There's a duplicate 1.75u Shift key. One of them should be changed to an extra 2.25u Shift (used in 66-key layouts).
• There's a 1.5u Shift key. I'm assuming this isn't intentional and that it's supposed to be a 1.25u Shift for ISO.
• The other ISO keys, as it currently stands, are inconsistent. If you're going for baseline ISO support, I suggest removing R3 #~, R4 \| and adding a R4 <> instead. That way you get basic ISO support (ISO enter, 1.25u Shift, R3 \|, R4 <>) with no duplicate legends.
• Add R3 PgUp and R4 PgDn to help cover popular 65%/75% right column options. Most GMK sets nowadays have these keys.
• I think one stepped R3 1.75u key is enough since both of them have novelty legends. Stepped Process, for example, could be used for both Caps Lock and Control. I suggest keeping that key and removing stepped Upper↲Case, especially since the latter is the only two-line legend in the set.
• This is down to personal preference, but I suggest using 1u Scroll instead of 1u Lock.
• I presume one set of F, J, 5 is supposed to be barred and the other scooped. In the current render most of them look like regular, flat 1u keys.

[HungHingDaiLo]

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I see some issues and have some suggestions regarding the base kit:

• There's a duplicate 1.75u Shift key. One of them should be changed to an extra 2.25u Shift (used in 66-key layouts).
• There's a 1.5u Shift key. I'm assuming this isn't intentional and that it's supposed to be a 1.25u Shift for ISO.
• The other ISO keys, as it currently stands, are inconsistent. If you're going for baseline ISO support, I suggest removing R3 #~, R4 \| and adding a R4 <> instead. That way you get basic ISO support (ISO enter, 1.25u Shift, R3 \|, R4 <>) with no duplicate legends.
• Add R3 PgUp and R4 PgDn to help cover popular 65%/75% right column options. Most GMK sets nowadays have these keys.
• I think one stepped R3 1.75u key is enough since both of them have novelty legends. Stepped Process, for example, could be used for both Caps Lock and Control. I suggest keeping that key and removing stepped Upper↲Case, especially since the latter is the only two-line legend in the set.
• This is down to personal preference, but I suggest using 1u Scroll instead of 1u Lock.
• I presume one set of F, J, 5 is supposed to be barred and the other scooped. In the current render most of them look like regular, flat 1u keys.

1-5. Yep I am aware of the double 1,75u, will change one to 2,25u (not 2u) and adding 1,25u since I included ISO key.  Also the missing keys will be completed ASAP. 
7. They are supposed to be homing and scooped F&J.

I am interested in this set. I would be 100% in if there was a set that included mods that were the same grey color as the alphas.

I think the way that Taro R2 is doing it is perfect. Anyone can have any combination of light or dark alphas, with light or dark mods.

Noted, thanks!

[HungHingDaiLo]

03/11/2020

Core kit render updated with more robust keys for compatibilities
- 2.00, 1.25, 2.25u shift (Mount) keys
- R3 and R4 PgUp & PgDn keys for 65-66-75% layout
- Grey legend on black R1 Esc key

[Ultimatum]

Could you add a child kit that includes black on gray modifers (same color with alphas)?

[HungHingDaiLo]

Could you add a child kit that includes black on gray modifers (same color with alphas)?

I don't think I can right now, sry!

[SryImBadAtNaming]

I just wanted to ask a few questions, how do you add ISO keycaps and a stepped caps lock in Blender and how do you edit/add text on the keycaps? Thanks!

[i luv chuletas]

Love the color way, particularly with the neon fade kit. Any chance for 40% support on this?

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This is old render with old (Pantone) colors,
don't have any new renders yet with the new (RAL) colors :)

I hadn't seen the 1.25 shift added to the base kit. Any chance you could add 1.25 enter key on this? it's pretty crucial for a good amount of 40%ers.

Also, an extra B (maybe alternate color?) would be fantastic for Alice-likes or other similar layouts.

Thanks!

[HungHingDaiLo]

I hadn't seen the 1.25 shift added to the base kit. Any chance you could add 1.25 enter key on this? it's pretty crucial for a good amount of 40%ers.

Also, an extra B (maybe alternate color?) would be fantastic for Alice-likes or other similar layouts.

Thanks!

There is a 1,25 shift on the base/core set.
As for 1,25 enter key and B for split/40-likes, they might* be in the Overruns kit

*might be no 40s & split kit at all, but stay tuned!

[VoodooBear]

Shame the Poster kit was nuked. That was pretty unique and cool looking.

[HungHingDaiLo]

Shame the Poster kit was nuked. That was pretty unique and cool looking.

Noooo where did you hear that?
Poster kit is not nuked. It's undergoing revision (I will try to reveal a.s.a.p).

[poolside]

The Approved legend seems to be the only one using past participle form. Shouldn't this be changed to Approve to match the other novelty legends?

[mutthunt]

Added this to my watchlist a while back as it was an interesting idea, and the more I look at it the more I really do love it; and this coming from someone who jumped straight on Handarbeit. I will have to see if I can scavenge the money together for it.

The approve/approved thing I only noticed now, don't think it matters much

[VoodooBear]

Shame the Poster kit was nuked. That was pretty unique and cool looking.

Noooo where did you hear that?
Poster kit is not nuked. It's undergoing revision (I will try to reveal a.s.a.p).

Just saw it under "old kits" and thought it was dead. Glad it's still on though! Beautiful set.

[HungHingDaiLo]

The approve/approved thing I only noticed now, don't think it matters much

I've been wondering the same thing too before finally decide that Approved is more like it.

Just saw it under "old kits" and thought it was dead. Glad it's still on though! Beautiful set.

Thanks! Glad you like the set!

The Approved legend seems to be the only one using past participle form. Shouldn't this be changed to Approve to match the other novelty legends?

No, I don't think it should be changed to "Approve" (verb).
Someone mentioned in IC form feedback that he doesn't like "Unpublish" (Backspace). That key is actually the one I'm still not convinced yet, anything else seems already perfect and aligned with the set.

[i luv chuletas]

I hadn't seen the 1.25 shift added to the base kit. Any chance you could add 1.25 enter key on this? it's pretty crucial for a good amount of 40%ers.

Also, an extra B (maybe alternate color?) would be fantastic for Alice-likes or other similar layouts.

Thanks!

There is a 1,25 shift on the base/core set.
As for 1,25 enter key and B for split/40-likes, they might* be in the Overruns kit

*might be no 40s & split kit at all, but stay tuned!

Don't break my heart by saying they won't be in there 

Looking forward to this set man, you're on to something. Not usually into different row coloring but i REALLY dig how this all plays together with the poster kit.

[mutthunt]

Someone mentioned in IC form feedback that he doesn't like "Unpublish" (Backspace). That key is actually the one I'm still not convinced yet, anything else seems already perfect and aligned with the set.

Yeah, thinking logically, unpublish does sound a bit clunky..
Retract? Redraft? Alter? I'm not really sure what would be an appropriate fit to keep the theme strong

[HungHingDaiLo]

Yeah, thinking logically, unpublish does sound a bit clunky..
Retract? Redraft? Alter? I'm not really sure what would be an appropriate fit to keep the theme strong

• Alterate
• Correction
• Retouch
• Scratch Off
• Knockout
• Unpublish
• Recalibrate

These are the list of words and somehow I preferred Unpublish over the others.

Don't break my heart by saying they won't be in there 

Looking forward to this set man, you're on to something. Not usually into different row coloring but i REALLY dig how this all plays together with the poster kit.

Thanks! Will try my best not to break anyone's expectations but let's see!

[mutthunt]

Correction and Retouch seem more appropriate in my mind, but I won't speak for everyone, I can survive with Unpublish

[alper_maestro]

Gorgeous Color Scheme. Interested on how the mousepad will look. Also hope to see a matching spacecable.

[konstantin]

Correction and Retouch seem more appropriate in my mind, but I won't speak for everyone, I can survive with Unpublish

I agree.

[tex_live_utility]

Obviously this is your set, your design, etc. But did you consider using stock GMK colors? This looks an awful lot like 2B, N9, MG1 (magenta), CV (yellow), and TU2 (cyan). Going with stock colors gives you 100 less MOQ, meaning you can drop the price at 250 MOQ, or add more keys to the base kit, or leave more room for custom legends, etc. Plus using stock grays makes it easy to mix with other sets if you want.

[Ozzie808]

Created a geekback account specifically to comment and follow this keycap set.

I absolutely love the old render "Prepress with Poster extras."

I would definitely buy if the base kit if the poster colors/keys are part of it.

[kioskhill45]

Sorry for being impatient, but is this still being worked on? It's just been a little silent recently.

[HungHingDaiLo]

Sorry for being impatient, but is this still being worked on? It's just been a little silent recently.

You have every right to be impatient. The set is still being worked on
I've been silent because i don't want to announce only little changes as I am preparing to finalise the kit.

That being said, In the next couple weeks I will try to provide every finalised kit renders that's going to be sent to vendor (and to GMK to get a quote).

Correction and Retouch seem more appropriate in my mind, but I won't speak for everyone, I can survive with Unpublish

It's going to be Correction. Unpublished will be scratched off.

Obviously this is your set, your design, etc. But did you consider using stock GMK colors? This looks an awful lot like 2B, N9, MG1 (magenta), CV (yellow), and TU2 (cyan). Going with stock colors gives you 100 less MOQ, meaning you can drop the price at 250 MOQ, or add more keys to the base kit, or leave more room for custom legends, etc. Plus using stock grays makes it easy to mix with other sets if you want.

Yes, I have. This is 2B compared with the color I chose:

Created a geekback account specifically to comment and follow this keycap set.

I absolutely love the old render "Prepress with Poster extras."

I would definitely buy if the base kit if the poster colors/keys are part of it.

Thank you, stay tuned in next couple weeks! 

[HungHingDaiLo]

Hi, a bit of update: Slight delay on revealing all the final kits' renders.
Meanwhile, a render - w/ few novelties and Yellow Enter Artisan Keycap (probably be an individual key made w/ aluminium(?))
on blue case TGR Jane v2

[Ozzie808]

Hi, a bit of update: Slight delay on revealing all the final kits' renders.
Meanwhile, a render - w/ few novelties and Yellow Enter Artisan Keycap (probably be an individual key made w/ aluminium(?))
on blue case TGR Jane v2

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Thanks for the update and render! Definitely looking forward to the poster rendering.

[HungHingDaiLo]

Hi guys,

I can't show you much at this moment but here goes the render of poster alphas:

Still in process of finalizing the kit before asking manufacturer for kit price quotation (by vendor), will post all the newest kit renders and a new keyboard render hopefully soon!

[Lenux]

Really looking forward to see it happen !

I love the color and aesthetic

Hope to see more renders soon. Good luck

[n.rdy]

I really dig this!

[HungHingDaiLo]

Finalized kits are up. Please check first post of the thread.
Board render w/ finalized kit will follow around next week.

Really looking forward to see it happen !
I love the color and aesthetic
Hope to see more renders soon. Good luck

I really dig this!

Thanks for the support!

[konstantin]

• There's a duplicate 1.75u Shift key. One of them should be changed to an extra 2.25u Shift (used in 66-key layouts).
• There's a 1.5u Shift key. I'm assuming this isn't intentional and that it's supposed to be a 1.25u Shift for ISO.
• The other ISO keys, as it currently stands, are inconsistent. If you're going for baseline ISO support, I suggest removing R3 #~, R4 \| and adding a R4 <> instead. That way you get basic ISO support (ISO enter, 1.25u Shift, R3 \|, R4 <>) with no duplicate legends.
• Add R3 PgUp and R4 PgDn to help cover popular 65%/75% right column options. Most GMK sets nowadays have these keys.
• I think one stepped R3 1.75u key is enough since both of them have novelty legends. Stepped Process, for example, could be used for both Caps Lock and Control. I suggest keeping that key and removing stepped Upper↲Case, especially since the latter is the only two-line legend in the set.

1-5. Yep I am aware of the double 1,75u, will change one to 2,25u (not 2u) and adding 1,25u since I included ISO key.  Also the missing keys will be completed ASAP.

Any chance of R3 PgUp, R4 PgDn at this point? I thought they were going to be added in the latest update (see above post).

Numpad 00 and R3 \| can be dropped to make room for these. There's definitely no need for two R3 ISO keys in this case, and numpad 00 is rarely used nowadays (check other sets, you'll see that not many of them include it).

As I mentioned in the GMK Hammerhead thread, since these are the same rows and key sizes (R3 \| → R3 PgUp, R4 00 → R4 PgDn), this change should not affect quotes/pricing from GMK.

[HungHingDaiLo]

New renders are up! Board: Satisfaction 75.

Thanks to Abec13 for the beautiful renders!

[Ozzie808]

New renders are up! Board: Satisfaction 75.

Thanks to Abec13 for the beautiful renders!

*heavy breathing*

[i luv chuletas]

This looks great, but anyone who's into the original concept for this is going to have to pay an arm and a leg due to gmk kitting

[HungHingDaiLo]

This looks great, but anyone who's into the original concept for this is going to have to pay an arm and a leg due to gmk kitting

Thanks! It's hard to cater everyone's expectations but let's hope for the best!

[hiddensong]

This is one of the sets I really want. Sure there's a bunch of great looking sets up and coming but this resides in personal history. absolutely gotta get this here!

[HungHingDaiLo]

Update July 7, 2020:

- Prices are up!

Just got manufacturer quote today:

Base kit $149.99
Separation $49.99
Poster Alphas $69.99
Novelties $59.99
Tradition $34.99
Overruns $29.99

MOQ for Base kit: 250 kits
The rest of the kit: 100 kits

- GB date is set: July 15, 2020

- Still in progress: Waiting for Asia vendor's reply

[Fredington]

Those prices are quite high. I'm surprised the vendors are okay with that. I suggest postponing the GB and sorting it out, especially if you don't even have an Asian vendor yet.

[Agilr]

Those prices are quite high. I'm surprised the vendors are okay with that. I suggest postponing the GB and sorting it out, especially if you don't even have an Asian vendor yet.

If you look at the kitting, you can see there are many new moulds that have to be made. That and everything being priced at lowest MOQ in case vendors have to buy out some kits

Honestly, I'm surprised that the base kit isn't higher given how many new moulds there are and with pretty good compatibility on top, hope this set succeeds come Group Buy.

[Ozzie808]

Update July 7, 2020:

- Prices are up!

Just got manufacturer quote today:

Base kit $149.99
Separation $49.99
Poster Alphas $69.99
Novelties $59.99
Tradition $34.99
Overruns $29.99

MOQ for Base kit: 250 kits
The rest of the kit: 100 kits

- GB date is set: July 15, 2020

- Still in progress: Waiting for Asia vendor's reply

WOW IT'S HAPPENING! Thank you for your continuous work through these difficult times, I was legit scared this project was going to get scrapped.

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

Agilr, totally agree. Moridin's Lunar also had a pile of new moulds and it was 160? Space theme does sell kits tho. 500 MOQ gets it down much lower (Oblotzky's ASCII, GMK Masterpiece at 130) but this is...pretty good.

Gotta advertise (pun intended) a lot as there's 15 sets already this month tho

[HungHingDaiLo]

Asia vendor is up: zFrontier

Accessories:
- Deskmats (2 designs)
- Keyboard sleeves by u/yasintahir (https://ycpkeyboards.id)

TBA (still waiting for reply): RAMA Artisan keycap

[dennismdc]

This will be my very first GMK keycap set.

[HungHingDaiLo]

Jul 13 Update:

Artisan:
- No Rama Artisans

Accessories:
- Deskmat: 2 Design
- Keyboard sleeves: 4 sizes (60-65%/TKL/96/Fullsize)

M011Y renders are up!

[Yehuo.]

Why doesn't space kit have colorful 7U

[HungHingDaiLo]

GB is live! I have created [GB] page under Group Buys & Preorders pending approval, this page will no longer accepting suggestions/comments I believe.

Grab yours here:

US: Kono Store
EU: MyKeyboards.eu
Oceania: Daily Clack
Asia: zFrontier(EN)
China: zFrontier(CHN)