[IC] GMK Phantom R2 - Hibi Reveal - GB Jan 5th - Jan 26th

[vheissu]

⚜️ GB POST ⚜️

Hi there! This is your favorite appropriator; this time I'm super excited to present to all of you a second round of one of my all-time fav sets; GMK Phantom.

IC FORM

If you are interested in a little bit of backstory click here: 

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GMK Phantom was the keycap set that initially introduced me to the hobby. While I was finishing GMK Mictlán back in 2021, I attempted to contact Briano (the original designer of GMK Phantom) several times to ask for his permission to rerun the set. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get in touch with him until I met my good friend Ray (@rayhhdailo - Designer of GMK Maestro, Prepress, Zimo, and many more), who was able to help me reach out to him. After obtaining Briano's blessing for this re-run, we started working on creating new novelties for the set, since Briano didn't have the original files and we wanted to add our personal touch to it. After several weeks of iteration and hard work, this is the final result. We hope you enjoy it!

KITS

Basekit


Royalties


Row-5 Kit


Spacebars

RENDERS

Dodici by @merisi.works


Atom by @pensa.73


Oku by @nrdesigns


Rikia by @caffeinated.studio


No.2 TKL Phantom Edition by @keycult

VENDORS

United States: Novelkeys Canada: Desk Hero Europe: Oblotzky Industries United Kingdom: ProtoTypist Oceania: Daily Clack South Korea: Swagkeys Southeast Asia: iLumkb China: zFrontier

WHAT'S NEXT?

Hibi collab and Artisan Collabs Group Buy date Pricing

THANKS TO: Ray (HungHingDaiLo), thank you for trusting me and for your impeccable design process. I also really appreciate your help in getting Briano's blessing to re-run this set. All Novelkeys_ team and regional vendors for the trust and love for my projects To all the members of the Mexican Community on the KatanaKaji server. This would not be possible without you guys <3 To Pensa.73 for the amazing renders. To all the beetles that have supported me since the conception of this idea.

Come and say hi to my discord: Room 181 or follow me and Ray on Instagram for more updates.

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[vheissu]

Changelog
December 12, 2023 - The following changes have been made based on community feedback.

• NEW: Due to popular demand, R5 has been added as a child kit (with included novelties), but will NOT be included in the basekit.
• NEW: Novelties kit has evolved as a standalone kit, and yes; it has XT support.
• NEW: Shinethrough caps have been added to the Novelties Kit.
• Updated: The Spacebars kit has been updated to include support for Alice layout, with an extra B key.
• Deleted: All novelties have been removed from the basekit as well as the regular Alice support.

[nu_types]

Nice

[Zetina]

Yep, looks like Phantom 

[novelflyer]

 

[HungHingDaiLo]

Reserved (2)

[TyPo.mk]

NOT interested!!!!! Good luck friends

these renders are insane, new novs are very nice

[irithyll]

I am very very very very very very very very excited

[ankit]

 

[unwashed_heathen]

I'm sold. Love the new novelties. Personally would like to see a 1u novelty on each row to provide macro support instead of having them all on r1.

[mixistor]

great set 

[HungHingDaiLo]

I'm sold. Love the new novelties. Personally would like to see a 1u novelty on each row to provide macro support instead of having them all on r1.

We thought about this. Please fill in the IC form!
I personally don't mind having all row 1 1u keys for macro keys tho :

[nephlock]

yo yo let's go!

[Rob27shred]

Yes

[amorino]

I like the kiting, as always, great work. Let's go!

[LightningXI]

R5 or bust. Please run it with the R5 kit!!

Everyone, fill out the IC form in support of R5. )

[HubertThemad]

Yeah, this is hot. I'm always down for a purple keycaps set!

[quarkworks]

really nice

[cthalupa]

I will not longer have to hunt for the unobtanium r1. Hell yeah.

[Bub]

GLWIC!!

Love seeing old sets brought to life by new designers

[51p50x]

GLWIC

nice kitting!

[farlig]

Always nice to see flipped sets being rerun, I'm in.

GLWIC.

[Exquite]

Looks Phantom!!


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[nostr]

Going to be my 3rd phantom set lfg

[Nullifidian]

Works for me!

[Kokaloo]

Hooray!

[andromache]

gorgeous renders and I love the new novs. great work y'all!

[Invezting]

V the goat

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

I tried to sell r1 years ago for 160 and no one gave a ****.  My wife saw it in the sale pile after a week and used it.

Looking forward to R5 kit. I’d go for macro novs across row profiles too.

[vhaarr]

Please try to do nordeuk :-P

[ELE.WORKS]

Is this color scheme Future Funk?

[SmokeySpoon]

I really hope we get more yellow mods/kit. Buying this no matter what though. Glad we are finally getting an R2.

[dvorcol]

Is this color scheme Future Funk?

GMK Phantom's legend/accent color is definitely unique. The target was Pantone 7403 C.

The dark purples are similar, but probably not identical. Phantom used two Pantones as reference during matching, 2695 C and 2627 C - https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=95418.msg2655608#msg2655608
Judging by the photos, the dark purple doesn't perfectly match either Pantone.


Edit: added Pantone RGB example


GMK Future Funk's GB thread shows color matching progress - https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=104453.msg2939986#msg2939986
   Dark Purple base = Pantone 2695 C (one of Phantom's two reference colors)
   Alpha legends = GMK WS1 (mentioned in OP, no need to match)
   Hot Pink = Pantone 212 C
   Light Pink = Pantone 2036 C
   Yellow = Pantone 100 C
   Light Blue = Pantone 635 C


Also, GMK Regal's designer tried to match Phantom's dark purple - https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=117656.msg3131415#msg3131415
Of course, Regal's legend color is different.

[HungHingDaiLo]

Is this color scheme Future Funk?

GMK Phantom's legend/accent color is definitely unique. The target was Pantone 7403 C.

The dark purples are similar, but probably not identical. Phantom used two Pantones as reference during matching, 2695 C and 2627 C - https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=95418.msg2655608#msg2655608
Judging by the photos, the final color doesn't perfectly match either Pantone.

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Edit: added Pantone RGB example

Thanks dvorcol and everyone else who are excited about this set!
Never have a Future funk in my possession so I can't compare.

However, GMK can match the colors to be exact same (as Phantom R1), hence why we don't include any color info on the OP.

[caap]

  spicy

[lucidreams]

be quick, i love Phantom

[mr_foggy]

I see R5 kit, I fill IC out

[roffelsaur]

Love the purple and gold. Reminds me of some Destiny 2 colours from the first raid :)

Very royal colour combination.

[vheissu]

Hi there! First of all, I want to thank you all for the enormous support during these days. A lot has happened recently and here's a summary:

Kitting Updates

• NEW: Due to popular demand, R5 has been added as a child kit  (with included novelties), but will NOT be included in the basekit.
• NEW: Novelties kit has evolved as a standalone kit, and yes; it has XT support.
• NEW: Shinethrough caps have been added to the Novelties Kit.
• Updated: The Spacebars kit has been updated to include support for Alice layout, with an extra B key.
• Deleted: All novelties have been removed from the basekit as well as the regular Alice support.

All renders have been updated with the latest changes.

Expect to hear more news very soon, thanks!

[vhaarr]

No chance of nordeuk? :-P

[white_rabbit]

Thank you for keeping R4 in base!

[Twoulted]

I love purple, purple symbolizes fidelity. )

[vheissu]

Hi there! A heartfelt thanks to everyone for the overwhelming support, and a special mention to those who provided feedback. The Interest Check form is now closed.

GMK Phantom R2 will be live through regional vendors from January 5th to January 26th.

Don't miss your chance to get it during this period! Thanks!

🇺🇸 Novelkeys - https://novelkeys.com/
🇨🇦 Deskhero - https://www.deskhero.ca/
🇪🇺 Oblotzky - https://oblotzky.industries/
🇬🇧 Prototypist - https://prototypist.net/
🇦🇺 DailyClack - https://dailyclack.com/
🇰🇷 Swagkeys -  https://swagkeys.com/
🇸🇬 Ilumkb - https://ilumkb.com/
🇨🇳 Zfrontier - https://www.zfrontier.com/

[kireign]

Very excited to see an old set comeback! GLWIC

[zlobin356]

nice purple color, my fav purple set

[vheissu]

Hey there! We're mixing things up with a cool design inspired by the Rolls Royce Phantom for our Hibi collab. Kate totally rocked the design, as usual. We're going with two parts for this: a bottom made of anodized aluminum and a grill in PVD brass.





That's all from me, thank you!

[Rob27shred]

Hey there! We're mixing things up with a cool design inspired by the Rolls Royce Phantom for our Hibi collab. Kate totally rocked the design, as usual. We're going with two parts for this: a bottom made of anodized aluminum and a grill in PVD brass.

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That's all from me, thank you!

 

[konstantin]

Love to see this set making a return.

Please consider adding R3 PgUp, R4 PgDn for all of us 65%/75% users!

If you feel the base kit is getting a bit crowded, consider dropping the R2 1.5u Backspace key, as that's beyond the typical 3-key 40% support that designers include in GMK base kits.

EDIT: Never mind, I'm late. I need to learn to read, or at least not go on GH while tipsy

[Coby]

 Apruevo este mensaje de la patria bolivaariana de Mexico!

[hottrout]

Many years I have waited.