GMK CYL Beloved - Rerun of GMK KA2017
A little backstory. When I first started in the hobby, my girlfriend didn't want me to spend money on keyboards. She'd beat my ass every time she caught me, and yet I still do it. So I decided to lure her into the hobby by showing her cute artisans, keycaps, boards then I showed her this set and she loved it. She really wanted it, but it was very expensive. So we just gave up on getting it. Around 3 months later I contacted OG runner and finally got his/her permission. My gf will be very happy that I do this, so I can spend more money on keyboards hehe.
Timeline
Group Buy: 11 Nov (Singles Day) - 11 Dec
Delivery: Q3 2024
Vendors
US: Switchmod Keyboards (https://switchmod.net/)
EU: Oblotzky Industries (https://oblotzky.industries/)
SEA: iLumkb (https://ilumkb.com/)
AUS: Daily Clack (https://dailyclack.com/)
UK: Prototypist (https://prototypist.net/)
CA: Ashkeebs (https://www.ashkeebs.com/)
CN: zFrontier (CN) (https://www.zfrontier.com/) / zFrontier (EN) (https://en.zfrontier.com/)
KR: KLC Playground (https://klc-playground.com/)
Prices
Base: $130
Novelties: $30
Hangul: $45
Deskmat: $20
Details
Material - ABS
Legends - Doubleshot
Colors - WS1, Pink (Matched to KA2017.)
Kits
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More
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My friend lent me his KA2017 to replicate the novelties, but unfortunately he lost a key.
Thanks to trungminhtp, he sent me a picture of his set. So I can draw it more accurately.
Keyboards
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TGR Jane V2 CE by yuktsi
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Nyawice by hali
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Onyx by funderburker
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Horsey by hali
(6u is not included. I just like how it looks on boards, but you can find them easily from GMK BOW.)
Deskmat
TKL sized (394 x 160 mm)
Buy from vendors or download and make it yourself. I don't give a damn.
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Artisan Collabs
BlankBeastCaps (https://instagram.com/blankbeastcaps)
Mastonon (https://instagram.com/mastonon.kaps)
Namong Art (https://instagram.com/namong.art)
Sandun Art (https://instagram.com/sandun_art)
Della Key (https://www.instagram.com/della__key)
Geekkeey (https://www.instagram.com/geekkeey)
Anthony Works (https://www.instagram.com/awkeycaps)
Crookey (https://www.instagram.com/crookey_artisan)
Toycap Studio (https://instagram.com/toycapstudio)
Pictures
More
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Pictures by by skyworth
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Pictures by trungminhtp
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Pictures by 瓜皮皮。
Discord (https://discord.gg/bkDUqYUNNE)
Follow more of my projects here.
Thanks
xiaodian317 for letting me re-run this set <3.
trungminhtp for helping me and putting up with my questions.
Alessio and kyuut for suggestions.
Pump my friend who lent me his set.
Izeri for cool renders.
Vendors for trusting this project.
My gf for being cute.
You for reading.
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added small bars to base kit because of tgr lena collab. no additional cost will be added. we will cover the cost.
Thank you, thank you. These three small spacebars really expand coverage of the base. I hope this becomes standard practice for base kits, now that child kits are disappearing.
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More
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<-- orders only
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R1 samples are rejected.
may we know why?
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bad picture but samples looks a bit different from ka2017. it need to be a bit more pink and warm.
someone in my discord said that you didnt have to color match again when rerunning colors. the sample set is titled gmk beloved, so i suppose that they didn't use the original color and have me match a new one, but i need to confirm this with oblo. another thing that might cause slight difference is plastic/abs slightly yellowing, so i will send some samples to klc (he has a set of ka2017) to get a second opinion on them.
i suppose yellowing could play a huge role here as ka2017 is kinda old already. probably at least old enough to have changed enough in color since the set ran.
i just got production renders from gmk. if you see anything wrong pls tell me. help me i beg.
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Looks correct to me. These pictures seem more vibrant than the GB pics, but I'm guessing these are closer to the actual colours?
These look better than the GB pics imo