[IC] ePBT Solaria - GB June 4 - Asero Artisan Price Available!

[pupper125]

ePBT Solaria

In the death of a star lies a certain beauty, an eclipse, a life even after death. A black hole.

REPORT 0.000: TABLE OF CONTENTS
⠀0.001. IC FORM
⠀0.002. KITTING
⠀0.003. RENDERS
⠀0.004. COLOURS
⠀0.005. COMPARISONS
⠀0.006. VENDORS
⠀0.007. PRICING
⠀0.008. GROUP BUY DATES
⠀0.009. COLLABORATIONS
⠀0.010. SOCIAL MEDIA:CONTACTS
⠀0.011. SIGNATURE

REPORT 0.001. IC FORM
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REPORT 0.002. KITTING

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REPORT 0.003. RENDERS

SAMPLE NO. 1 - RAMA KOYU BY RAMAWORKS

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SAMPLE NO. 2 - F1-8X BY GEONWORKS

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SAMPLE NO. 3 - ARTEMIS BY HALO

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SAMPLE NO. 4 - SP-111 BY BLINDASSASSIN111

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SAMPLE NO. 5 - TGR ALICE BY YUKTSI

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SAMPLE NO. 6 - TGR JANE V2 CE BY YUKTSI

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REPORT 0.004. COLOURS

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REPORT 0.005. COMPARISONS

REPORT 0.006. VENDORS

SAMPLE REGION US - VALA SUPPLY
SAMPLE REGION CA - ASHKEEBS
SAMPLE REGION AUS - DAILYCLACK
SAMPLE REGION ASIA - KBDFANS
SAMPLE REGION UK - PROTOTYPIST
SAMPLE REGION EU - CANDYKEYS
SAMPLE REGION KR - SWAGKEYS

REPORT 0.007. PRICING

SAMPLE DATA BASE KIT - 105USD
SAMPLE DATA SPACEBAR KIT - 15USD
SAMPLE DATA 40S/ORTHO KIT - 25USD
SAMPLE DATA ACCENT KIT - 19USD
SAMPLE DATA NOVELTIES KIT - 19USD
SAMPLE DATA ICON MODS KIT - 19USD
SAMPLE DATA INTERNATIONAL KIT - 25USD
SAMPLE DATA NUMPAD KIT - 25USD
SAMPLE DATA SALVUN ARTISAN - 60USD
SAMPLE DATA ASERO ARTISAN - 60USD

REPORT 0.008. GROUP BUY DATES

GROUP BUY DATES - JUNE 4TH - JULY 7TH

REPORT 0.009. COLLABORATIONS

SAMPLE NO. 1 - AMUSING ATELIER:

https://www.instagram.com/amusingatelier/

SAMPLE NO. 2 - SALVUN:

https://www.instagram.com/salvun/

This Salvun artisan is a full brass construction, featuring multilayer cerakote, clearcoating and a black hole engraving to really capture the feel of Solaria.

SAMPLE NO. 3 - ASERO:

https://www.instagram.com/aserofoundry/

For those of you craving something more abstract, this Asero artisan should satisfy your needs.

REPORT 0.010. SOCIALS:CONTACTS

CONTACT POINT - DISCORD:
https://discord.gg/5Wjj9SARr7

CONTACT POINT - INSTAGRAM:
https://www.instagram.com/pupper.design/

REPORT 0.011. SIGNATURE

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[paperassgasket]

First!



Colors look good. Needs some form of 40's support though.
GLWIC

[pupper125]

Reserved
Changelog:
March 4th:
SwagKeys new KR Vendor
March 5th:
CandyKeys new general EU Vendor
March 6th:
New renders on TGR Alice and Jane V2 CE
March 9th: Kitting Updated (Addition of International kit, and addition of two 1.5u super keys in the base kit)
March 31st: Vala Supply new US Vendor
April 18th: Numpad Kit added and Base Kit changed.
April 27th: GB Dates set
May 8th: Resin artisan announced, Salvun artisan announced
May 9th: Kit Pricing release
June 1st: Asero artisan announced
June 2nd: Asero artisan pricing released

[hark]

Glwic Pooper

[pupper125]

Glwic Pooper

chip chap cheerio

[Ella]

is it just me or does it kinda look like Olivia?

[LittleAad]

A beautifully formatted IC and an amazing set. Well done!

[yh]

Have been waiting for this to bless my eyes for so long. For anybody that doesn’t know, pupper has been working on these renders forever. I think its quite evident looking at them. Good work mate! Glwic

[pupper125]

is it just me or does it kinda look like Olivia?

i brought this upon myself

[paperassgasket]

First!

I'm dumb and glazed over the 40's kit.
It looks good

[halocantkb]

hot!!!! glad it's finally out

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[Laur]

Took you long enough Pupper..... now finish shorebound.

[hali]

sweet. pls consider abs

[KKoNaM]

Im pretty sure the render of Geon TKL is the F1, not F2. Just look at the side profiles

[Nathan_]

Looks awesome pupper, glwic!

[mvkb]

Excellent set, glad to see more and more light on dark ePBT sets showing up. GLWIC!

[Andrew_Debbie]

Stunning. 

I've been shopping keycaps and I want this one.

Any plans for   GB and DE  add ons?

Icarus, I'm going to reset the filter to 3.1%

[Ciantha]

Any chance for an EU vendor? With GB unfortunately having left the union Prototypist is no longer in the EU.

[Cubic // esc lab]

Very niiiceeee. I know how much and how long you've worked on this and it shows. GLWIC puppy pupp pup

[Shiba1337]

Solar means sun

[paperassgasket]

sweet. pls consider abs

ePBT does do doubleshot ABS so this is definitely possible...

[hottrout]

Interested.  Dark sets are always good and this could look really well on the right boards.

[pupper125]

Very niiiceeee. I know how much and how long you've worked on this and it shows. GLWIC puppy pupp pup

Much love man <3
series 00 good good

[Reebes]

Looks AWESOME. Really love the theme. Beautiful job!

[kauha]

Colours are looking amazing, maybe add some deskmats too? Definitely interested.

[pupper125]

Looks AWESOME. Really love the theme. Beautiful job!

Thanks so much dude!

[pupper125]

Im pretty sure the render of Geon TKL is the F1, not F2. Just look at the side profiles

Just realised this, was a mistake on my end, fixed

[SpenceFence]

I like the colorways! Probably will cop because f*** my wallet.

[HungHingDaiLo]

Curious how the P2026U will look in the finished form.
GLWIC, Pupper!

[bansheetango]

Please also consider an actual EU vendor. Protoypist is unfortunately UK.

[pupper125]

Please also consider an actual EU vendor. Protoypist is unfortunately UK.

I'm working on that currently

[Nedzc27]

i think it looks great! Would be an insta buy for me if the fonts were a tad brighter tho, which provides a nice contrast

[pupper125]

Please also consider an actual EU vendor. Protoypist is unfortunately UK.

There is now an EU and UK vendor 

[bansheetango]

Nice, thanks!

[pupper125]

I like the colorways! Probably will cop because f*** my wallet.

ignore your wallet

[TyPo.mk]

Praise the sun, looks good! Always appreciate more epbt sets and high contrast dark sets are harder to come by outside of GMK

[pupper125]

Stunning. 

I've been shopping keycaps and I want this one.

Any plans for   GB and DE  add ons?

Icarus, I'm going to reset the filter to 3.1%

International kits are planned.

[_typed]

Consider it sold!! Hoping you add more vendors to asia tho, if i may recommend zion studios ph would be a fantastic vendor aside from zfrontier

[romadee]

Worldwide shipping  ?

[Ashardalon]

Solar means sun

Thank you treeleaf very cool

[pupper125]

Solar means sun

Thank you treeleaf very cool

Thank you substance produced in the aftermath of fire combined with a typing device

[pupper125]

Consider it sold!! Hoping you add more vendors to asia tho, if i may recommend zion studios ph would be a fantastic vendor aside from zfrontier

Asia is being switched over to KBDFans, as they are a requirement for ePBT.

[Dragonhunt]

I really like the set.
Those warm colours on black background are very nice.
Will definitely be picking up Base/International/Novelties.

Hopefully this makes it to the final GB soon.

[lush_bunny]

Oh wow. This looks nice. Keeping an eye on this, GLWIC.

[KVogh]

Love the colors and the set

possible for french kit ? I saw many recent ePBT including it.

Cheers

[pupper125]

The US vendor has been confirmed, and I'm glad to confirm that I will be working with Vala Supply for this project.

[cremeDLC]

glwic, love this set already

[Rynxe]

Just would like to ask if the kits are final? Won't there be any mac icon kit? I know that I'm part of a minority when it comes to this...

[AVM]

First!

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Colors look good. Needs some form of 40's support though.
GLWIC

God that movie is soooo good


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[pupper125]

Just would like to ask if the kits are final? Won't there be any mac icon kit? I know that I'm part of a minority when it comes to this...

Kits are not entirely finalised, for one, the numpad will be split from base in order to get base kit prices down to a great level. If I see enough interest in a Mac icon kit, I would be more than willing to have it as an option

[paperassgasket]

Just would like to ask if the kits are final? Won't there be any mac icon kit? I know that I'm part of a minority when it comes to this...

Kits are not entirely finalised, for one, the numpad will be split from base in order to get base kit prices down to a great level. If I see enough interest in a Mac icon kit, I would be more than willing to have it as an option

...prices down? It's ePBT. I don't think it gets any more "down" than that! lol.
Jokes aside, at least their moq system lends itself to this sort of kitting change and it should work out great.
Instead of "mac" mods, why not just go full on novelty mods? I do really appreciate the minimalism of a thin warm text on a stark black key, but I would really love the option of having a THICC and juicy novelty kit.

[eren]

Excited for this!

[SUKSAKUL]

NICE

Reserved

[pupper125]

Kitting update today.
Changes are:
New Base kit (Removal of numpad and associated keys)
New Numpad Kit

[azzipa]

as a mac user with a preference for tsangan bottom rows, i appreciate 1.5u super keys and 1u alt keys. which means i probably would pass on mac modifiers. just the same, i’m looking forward to seeing how this set evolves. glwic 

[zekth]

as a mac user with a preference for tsangan bottom rows, i appreciate 1.5u super keys and 1u alt keys. which means i probably would pass on mac modifiers. just the same, i’m looking forward to seeing how this set evolves. glwic 

+1 on this.

Also if you use 2U shift in base kit, consider adding 1U shift and 1U R4 Delete for GK64 compatibility

[pupper125]

as a mac user with a preference for tsangan bottom rows, i appreciate 1.5u super keys and 1u alt keys. which means i probably would pass on mac modifiers. just the same, i’m looking forward to seeing how this set evolves. glwic 

Currently I haven't really seen enough demand for mac icons so they most likely won't be included at this rate, but I'm glad that you like the set.

[itsazly]

I like the idea of nums in base, so that I have it in case I want to match it up my board and a pad. But I get it.

I am personally someone who would rather spend more for a PBT/ePBT set if more things were included, since it is a more inexpensive route. I'd also be super fine with novelties or some accents in base.

[pupper125]

I like the idea of nums in base, so that I have it in case I want to match it up my board and a pad. But I get it.

I am personally someone who would rather spend more for a PBT/ePBT set if more things were included, since it is a more inexpensive route. I'd also be super fine with novelties or some accents in base.

The numpad kit will be inexpensive due to just how cheap epbt keys are, but I wanted to minimise the pricing for the base kit considering it already covers a large amount of layouts. Another advantage of using the ePBT MOQ system is that no matter what, the numpad kit will be produced, so separating it won't come with the risk of it not being produced.

[Bub]

this IC is very well formatted. GL!

[mr_foggy]

reverse dyesub PBT (bad) or doubleshot ABS (good)?

ePBT actually does both.

[azzipa]

decided I love this set, it matches my avatar. and I find myself wondering if it really is black (CR) or very dark grey. please be black.   

[pupper125]

decided I love this set, it matches my avatar. and I find myself wondering if it really is black (CR) or very dark grey. please be black.   

The alpha/mod colour is indeed CR, so a proper black

[Rynxe]

with the Numpad kit would it possible to add an R1 "=" key?

[eren]

Once the GB is up, is there an estimation on how long will it take before it gets delivered?

[treeleaf64]

Hello my friend, Reverse dyesub is a Coin toss in terms of how it turns out 
I don't know what else to say

[AVM]

Just would like to ask if the kits are final? Won't there be any mac icon kit? I know that I'm part of a minority when it comes to this...

Kits are not entirely finalised, for one, the numpad will be split from base in order to get base kit prices down to a great level. If I see enough interest in a Mac icon kit, I would be more than willing to have it as an option

Would really appreciate a Mac icon kit.


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[azzipa]

Hello my friend, Reverse dyesub is a Coin toss in terms of how it turns out 
I don't know what else to say

valid concern - but the renders are pretty!

[pupper125]

Hello my friend, Reverse dyesub is a Coin toss in terms of how it turns out 
I don't know what else to say

ePBT has been showing an improvement in manu quality, so I'm hoping that this will turn out well

[Firahlol]

I absolutely LOVE this. Well done and very well structured IC format.

Looking forward to the GB!

[azzipa]

Hello my friend, Reverse dyesub is a Coin toss in terms of how it turns out 
I don't know what else to say

ePBT has been showing an improvement in manu quality, so I'm hoping that this will turn out well

will you run pre-production samples to assure color quality on reverse dye sub?

[DotMatrix]

Love the look and love the way the IC is laid out, really nice!

Are the 6.25u and 7u spacebars the same color as the ones in the base kit? Not sure there would be a need for duplicate spacebars.

[In0cenT]

Yes.

[pupper125]

Hey guys, proud to announce that I will be working with Amusing Atelier for this beautiful resin artisan! Make sure to check out their instagram at https://www.instagram.com/amusingatelier/

[peraph]

Nice artisan! Will it be raffle?

[pupper125]

Nice artisan! Will it be raffle?

Yes, the Amusing Atelier artisan will be a raffle sale

[pupper125]

So for the second update of today, it's another artisan announcement, this time made by the rightfully famous - Salvun. He's knocked it out of the park with this design, and I really hope you all feel the same way!

[pupper125]

Seeing as how we're getting closer to the group buy date, and we have finalised all the pricing numbers, I can now announce that the kit pricing has been released! Pricing for artisans will be coming in the near future, but haven't been completely decided yet.

[Ulliam]

Saw orange and got my wallet out! great job putting this together, always nice seeing more rds from epbt (the only ones that seem to be able to manage it)

[azzipa]

really hyped to see this set moving closer to GB but i'm confused about your pricing. here's a comparison with a couple of others running now. kitting between solaria and origami looks very similar, with an extra iso enter and a few other keys in origami. 6085 has fewer keys. none of the three sets has numpad in base.

     epbt solaria base: $105 usd
     epbt origami base: $85 usd
     epbt 6085 base: $79 usd

numpad pricing is similarly >20% above the other two sets. also, with the flexibility of epbt kits i'm also confused why it's necessary to put ISO in base since most people buying the set will never use the extra keys and child kits are produced as long as the base kit hits MOQ. but this is coming from someone who has never run a GB, let alone a IC, so feel free to correct me.

i'm excited for your success as a designer however your pricing looks to be, umm, aggressive.


is this the first epbt gb with base pricing over $100?

[pupper125]

really hyped to see this set moving closer to GB but i'm confused about your pricing. here's a comparison with a couple of others running now. kitting between solaria and origami looks very similar, with an extra iso enter and a few other keys in origami. 6085 has fewer keys. none of the three sets has numpad in base.

     epbt solaria base: $105 usd
     epbt origami base: $85 usd
     epbt 6085 base: $79 usd

numpad pricing is similarly >20% above the other two sets. also, with the flexibility of epbt kits i'm also confused why it's necessary to put ISO in base since most people buying the set will never use the extra keys and child kits are produced as long as the base kit hits MOQ. but this is coming from someone who has never run a GB, let alone a IC, so feel free to correct me.

i'm excited for your success as a designer however your pricing looks to be, umm, aggressive.


is this the first epbt gb with base pricing over $100?

Hi, so I do understand your concerns with pricing, and it does look rather aggressive when compared with sets like ePBT Origami and 6085, however the reason for the steeper price is the fact that the set is reverse dye sub, which causes a considerable increase in manufacturing costs. This also isn't the first epbt base kit with >100 pricing, as ePBT Be the One had a 105 dollar base kit with a similar size.

[SykeJr]

Really like this kit. Will keep a close eye for sure.

[VAMP]

Really diggin this. GLWIC!

[Vphan]

Is there scope to have an alternative Alpha set in the accent colour? Would love to have that option

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[Adelscott]

Love the colors and the set

possible for french kit ? I saw many recent ePBT including it.

Cheers

+1 !

[LordHaveMercy]

I'mma buy this one. Wish it could come this year... Oh well. Such is life in the world of custom keyboards!

Can't wait for the summer GB!

[pupper125]

I'mma buy this one. Wish it could come this year... Oh well. Such is life in the world of custom keyboards!

Can't wait for the summer GB!

Thanks for the support, make sure to mark the date!

[pupper125]

Hey guys, one more quick update before our June 4 GB, the Asero artisan is now announced, featuring an abstract paint splatter design in the various colours of the set.

[caiozero]

Just would like to ask if the kits are final? Won't there be any mac icon kit? I know that I'm part of a minority when it comes to this...

Kits are not entirely finalised, for one, the numpad will be split from base in order to get base kit prices down to a great level. If I see enough interest in a Mac icon kit, I would be more than willing to have it as an option

Would really appreciate a Mac icon kit.


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Would also like the Mac icon kit!

[pupper125]

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=113176.0
Check out the GB page here!

[SykeJr]

Any updates....?

[julianbokelmann]

Hi,
I don't know if this is the right place for it, but to me it seems like the [:;] key in the international kit should be a [,;] key or not?
The [:;] key is also in the base kit.

[julianbokelmann]

I asked on Instagram and it was said, that the [,;] key will be included