[GB] GMK Umka (CLOSED)

[T0mb3ry]

GMK Umka
Following photos display GMK Umka from GMK Carbon R2 and do not represent the final product due to the row difference and the absence of cadet alphas. First picture has been shot outside in the shadows and fairly cloudy weather. Second photo was shot under artificial static light.



Hello and welcome GMK Umka group buy!

GMK Umka has been introduced as subset in GMK Carbon R2 and it was pretty expensive for many people. Thus i'd like to provide more affordable Umka. This is fairly small group which consists of only one base kit but it offers pretty wide coverage of basic 'enthusiast' layouts like Alice for example.
I hope many of you will appreciate the opportunity.

Group buy information:

• GB time frame: February 5th - February 28th, 2021
• Lead time: 39 weeks after order has been placed
• Profile: Cherry
• Material: ABS
• Rows: 1-1-2-3-4-4

Vendors:

• EU: Oblotzky Industries
• UK: Prototypist
• NA: Prime Keyboards
• Canada: Deskhero
• South East Asia: Monokai store
• China: zFrontier: CN Store/EN Store
• Australia: Daily Clack

Base kit


Renders

[Capsy]

One of my all time favorites. GLWGB, Tombery.

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[givemeyourshoes]

I just going to leave this here as a reminder of the set designers views on basic human rights.  You make up your mind as to whether you wish to support them or not...I will not be.

https://imgur.com/a/HNwz0mq

[DukeEsquire]

I just going to leave this here as a reminder of the set designers views on basic human rights.  You make up your mind as to whether you wish to support them or not...I will not be.

https://imgur.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/HNwz0mq

That's a big yikes.

Side note: what the hell is the designer's profile picture? I just looked it up and it's the picture of a child laborer.

[Langelandia]

I just going to leave this here as a reminder of the set designers views on basic human rights.  You make up your mind as to whether you wish to support them or not...I will not be.

https://imgur.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/HNwz0mq

That's a big yikes.

Side note: what the hell is the designer's profile picture? I just looked it up and it's the picture of a child laborer.

:eyes:

[mydens]

When keycaps turn that yellow some of us try to bleach them back to white.

[swagtronx]

I just going to leave this here as a reminder of the set designers views on basic human rights.  You make up your mind as to whether you wish to support them or not...I will not be.

https://imgur.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/HNwz0mq

This, on top of an uninspired set, that's an easy no.

[hayt]

keebs are a basic human right

[powwu]

why is there so much keeb drama today

[Seoulcialite]

I just going to leave this here as a reminder of the set designers views on basic human rights.  You make up your mind as to whether you wish to support them or not...I will not be.

https://imgur.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/HNwz0mq

At least have the balls to post on your main. If you read that convo and conclude that he's against human rights, then you're misconstruing his words. He never explicitly stated that he was against human rights. The disagreement is the how to deal with countries that do not enforce all universal human rights. So, the question is, is he against human rights if he's against forcing countries to respect human rights?

Also, if you're gonna stay on your high horse, I guess you shouldn't be in this hobby where 95% of the custom keyboards are made in China.

Can we ****ing keep stupid drama like this out of the threads please?

[zekth]

I just going to leave this here as a reminder of the set designers views on basic human rights.  You make up your mind as to whether you wish to support them or not...I will not be.

https://imgur.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/HNwz0mq

At least have the balls to post on your main.

Can't agree more.

This is a GB thread, not a ****post twitter feed.

Count me in for this set.

[Seoulcialite]

I just going to leave this here as a reminder of the set designers views on basic human rights foreign policy.  You make up your mind as to whether you wish to support them or not...I will not be.

https://imgur.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/HNwz0mq

Also, ftfy.

[givemeyourshoes]

I just going to leave this here as a reminder of the set designers views on basic human rights.  You make up your mind as to whether you wish to support them or not...I will not be.

https://imgur.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/HNwz0mq

That's a big yikes.

Side note: what the hell is the designer's profile picture? I just looked it up and it's the picture of a child laborer.

I think it has to do with this...which just further complicates matters here...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/9625859/Families-living-in-the-ash-and-smoke-of-a-charcoal-factory-in-Manila-Philippines.html?image=12

[givemeyourshoes]

I just going to leave this here as a reminder of the set designers views on basic human rights.  You make up your mind as to whether you wish to support them or not...I will not be.

https://imgur.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/HNwz0mq

At least have the balls to post on your main. If you read that convo and conclude that he's against human rights, then you're misconstruing his words. He never explicitly stated that he was against human rights. The disagreement is the how to deal with countries that do not enforce all universal human rights. So, the question is, is he against human rights if he's against forcing countries to respect human rights?

Also, if you're gonna stay on your high horse, I guess you shouldn't be in this hobby where 95% of the custom keyboards are made in China.

Can we ****ing keep stupid drama like this out of the threads please?

Just to confirm, this is my main.  I just never post here.  I have more post history under this username on Keebtalk and other sites.  And no, we cannot keep drama like this out of GB threads  This is not stupid to many of us.  People should be educated about who they are supporting.  And like I said, this isn't advise on what you should do, just information to allow those that want to review it make an educated purchasing decision.

[T0mb3ry]

I just going to leave this here as a reminder of the set designers views on basic human rights.  You make up your mind as to whether you wish to support them or not...I will not be.

https://imgur.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/HNwz0mq

That's a big yikes.

Side note: what the hell is the designer's profile picture? I just looked it up and it's the picture of a child laborer.

I think it has to do with this...which just further complicates matters here...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/9625859/Families-living-in-the-ash-and-smoke-of-a-charcoal-factory-in-Manila-Philippines.html?image=12

Actually i did not knew about this and did not my research for this picture. My bad.

[Xerpocalypse]

I just going to leave this here as a reminder of the set designers views on basic human rights.  You make up your mind as to whether you wish to support them or not...I will not be.

https://imgur.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/HNwz0mq

At least have the balls to post on your main. If you read that convo and conclude that he's against human rights, then you're misconstruing his words. He never explicitly stated that he was against human rights. The disagreement is the how to deal with countries that do not enforce all universal human rights. So, the question is, is he against human rights if he's against forcing countries to respect human rights?

Also, if you're gonna stay on your high horse, I guess you shouldn't be in this hobby where 95% of the custom keyboards are made in China.

Can we ****ing keep stupid drama like this out of the threads please?

Just to confirm, this is my main.  I just never post here.  I have more post history under this username on Keebtalk and other sites.  And no, we cannot keep drama like this out of GB threads  This is not stupid to many of us.  People should be educated about who they are supporting.  And like I said, this isn't advise on what you should do, just information to allow those that want to review it make an educated purchasing decision.

So instead of using your critical reading and thinking skills, you pulled a discussion of foreign policy out of context and say that that it encompasses T0mb3ry's entire worldview on human rights.

This hobby has enough drama as it is. We don't have room for drama that expels the notion of discussions that are based in the shades of gray that make up reality.

You kind of already see this thought process taking root in the hobby when people (unironically) say "GMK BAD." It's the sort of stuff I hate to see because it removes all the nuance from opinions and discussion. Some people believe that they can just throw sweeping ideological generalizations into a conversation and think that somehow that makes their opinion more valid than someone else's.

TL;DR:

"Reality has no place in ideology."
- Evan Hadfield

[Rob27shred]

I just going to leave this here as a reminder of the set designers views on basic human rights.  You make up your mind as to whether you wish to support them or not...I will not be.

https://imgur.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/HNwz0mq

At least have the balls to post on your main. If you read that convo and conclude that he's against human rights, then you're misconstruing his words. He never explicitly stated that he was against human rights. The disagreement is the how to deal with countries that do not enforce all universal human rights. So, the question is, is he against human rights if he's against forcing countries to respect human rights?

Also, if you're gonna stay on your high horse, I guess you shouldn't be in this hobby where 95% of the custom keyboards are made in China.

Can we ****ing keep stupid drama like this out of the threads please?

Well said sir, well said!

I just going to leave this here as a reminder of the set designers views on basic human rights.  You make up your mind as to whether you wish to support them or not...I will not be.

https://imgur.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/HNwz0mq

At least have the balls to post on your main. If you read that convo and conclude that he's against human rights, then you're misconstruing his words. He never explicitly stated that he was against human rights. The disagreement is the how to deal with countries that do not enforce all universal human rights. So, the question is, is he against human rights if he's against forcing countries to respect human rights?

Also, if you're gonna stay on your high horse, I guess you shouldn't be in this hobby where 95% of the custom keyboards are made in China.

Can we ****ing keep stupid drama like this out of the threads please?

Just to confirm, this is my main.  I just never post here.  I have more post history under this username on Keebtalk and other sites.  And no, we cannot keep drama like this out of GB threads  This is not stupid to many of us.  People should be educated about who they are supporting.  And like I said, this isn't advise on what you should do, just information to allow those that want to review it make an educated purchasing decision.

So instead of using your critical reading and thinking skills, you pulled a discussion of foreign policy out of context and say that that it encompasses T0mb3ry's entire worldview on human rights.

This hobby has enough drama as it is. We don't have room for drama that expels the notion of discussions that are based in the shades of gray that make up reality.

You kind of already see this thought process taking root in the hobby when people (unironically) say "GMK BAD." It's the sort of stuff I hate to see because it removes all the nuance from opinions and discussion. Some people believe that they can just throw sweeping ideological generalizations into a conversation and think that somehow that makes their opinion more valid than someone else's.

TL;DR:

"Reality has no place in ideology."
- Evan Hadfield

Same for this post, well said!

[swagtronx]

I just going to leave this here as a reminder of the set designers views on basic human rights.  You make up your mind as to whether you wish to support them or not...I will not be.

https://imgur.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/HNwz0mq

At least have the balls to post on your main. If you read that convo and conclude that he's against human rights, then you're misconstruing his words. He never explicitly stated that he was against human rights. The disagreement is the how to deal with countries that do not enforce all universal human rights. So, the question is, is he against human rights if he's against forcing countries to respect human rights?

Also, if you're gonna stay on your high horse, I guess you shouldn't be in this hobby where 95% of the custom keyboards are made in China.

Can we ****ing keep stupid drama like this out of the threads please?

Just to confirm, this is my main.  I just never post here.  I have more post history under this username on Keebtalk and other sites.  And no, we cannot keep drama like this out of GB threads  This is not stupid to many of us.  People should be educated about who they are supporting.  And like I said, this isn't advise on what you should do, just information to allow those that want to review it make an educated purchasing decision.

So instead of using your critical reading and thinking skills, you pulled a discussion of foreign policy out of context and say that that it encompasses T0mb3ry's entire worldview on human rights.

This hobby has enough drama as it is. We don't have room for drama that expels the notion of discussions that are based in the shades of gray that make up reality.

You kind of already see this thought process taking root in the hobby when people (unironically) say "GMK BAD." It's the sort of stuff I hate to see because it removes all the nuance from opinions and discussion. Some people believe that they can just throw sweeping ideological generalizations into a conversation and think that somehow that makes their opinion more valid than someone else's.

TL;DR:

"Reality has no place in ideology."
- Evan Hadfield

Well, they didn't say 'you're bad if you support this set' so the last part of your statement is a bit untrue. All they said was they weren't supporting the set for X reason, referenced a post and said do what you will.


If it was worded differently or more one-sided, I would agree but it wasn't.

[hello21]

Geez, they just brought up a FYI point, isn't shoving it into anybody's face. Who's creating the drama here?

[Xerpocalypse]

Well, they didn't say 'you're bad if you support this set' so the last part of your statement is a bit untrue. All they said was they weren't supporting the set for X reason, referenced a post and said do what you will.

If it was worded differently or more one-sided, I would agree but it wasn't.

Geez, they just brought up a FYI point, isn't shoving it into anybody's face. Who's creating the drama here?

It's very clear where their biases lie, and the implications/intent with which this post was made if they're willing to take as shaky evidence as this to say that they won't be supporting the designer.
It's as simple as clicking the "source" link in the IMGUR album.

1. The original post that these screenshots are from was made two years ago on Reddit.

2. The screenshots are clearly cropped out of some random context in a Slack channel.

3. The original person who posed those screenshots on Reddit had motivations to target T0mb3ry due to disagreements over OLD keyboard drama that is beyond the scope of this post.

4. The images were reuploaded even at the time to obfuscate context in the conversation.

5. The OP on Reddit does not even know where this conversation happened. (See source URL in Lightning's comment linked above.) The conversation in the screenshots happened sometime even before they were posted on Reddit in November 2018. I highly doubt that givemeyourshoes did due diligence to validate or analyze the source of the screenshots, any potential biases of the individual who gave them the screenshots, or generally cares about the veracity of their source given that they joined in March of 2020. This is like a game of ideologically-charged telephone.

For posterity, since I know some people are too lazy to even click through to Reddit links:

[Kokaloo]

jesus christ and all I want is 1.75u backspace

[Vigrith]

ITT: 2020 accounts with 0-25 posts trying to instigate about random **** and fight actual users over semantics.

**** off. Stop being pedantic. Or don't, and keep trying to criticize someone you don't know over a couple screenshots while browsing reddit on your iphone which was definitely not assembled by a little kid in a sweatshop in China.

Already own the set from the previous Carbon buy, it's great. Might buy another one.

[swagtronx]

Well, they didn't say 'you're bad if you support this set' so the last part of your statement is a bit untrue. All they said was they weren't supporting the set for X reason, referenced a post and said do what you will.

If it was worded differently or more one-sided, I would agree but it wasn't.

Geez, they just brought up a FYI point, isn't shoving it into anybody's face. Who's creating the drama here?

It's very clear where their biases lie, and the implications/intent with which this post was made if they're willing to take as shaky evidence as this to say that they won't be supporting the designer.
It's as simple as clicking the "source" link in the IMGUR album.

1. The original post that these screenshots are from was made two years ago on Reddit.

2. The screenshots are clearly cropped out of some random context in a Slack channel.

3. The original person who posed those screenshots on Reddit had motivations to target T0mb3ry due to disagreements over OLD keyboard drama that is beyond the scope of this post.

4. The images were reuploaded even at the time to obfuscate context in the conversation.

5. The OP on Reddit does not even know where this conversation happened. (See source URL in Lightning's comment linked above.) The conversation in the screenshots happened sometime even before they were posted on Reddit in November 2018. I highly doubt that givemeyourshoes did due diligence to validate or analyze the source of the screenshots, any potential biases of the individual who gave them the screenshots, or generally cares about the veracity of their source given that they joined in March of 2020. This is like a game of ideologically-charged telephone.

For posterity, since I know some people are too lazy to even click through to Reddit links:

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Okay? That still doesn't change that it was only mentioned and not used to denigrate people supporting the set.

[Seoulcialite]

Geez, they just brought up a FYI point, isn't shoving it into anybody's face. Who's creating the drama here?

Ummm. They are? You say it as if no one would have or should have addressed what was posted... Their goal of posting that information was to start drama.

[Langelandia]

Geez, they just brought up a FYI point, isn't shoving it into anybody's face. Who's creating the drama here?

Ummm. They are? You say it as if no one would have or should have addressed what was posted... Their goal of posting that information was to start drama.

The point isn't to start drama - the point is to make people aware of who they're supporting so they can make a decision as to if they want to support it. I, for one, am happy to know if someone who gets my money is a piece of garbage or not so I can not support said piece of garbage. Y'all choose for yourself. I'll choose for myself.

[totalemon]

  nope not for me

[azzipa]

nice set. i'm in. peace.

[Mr_BeastQuake]

Liberal person from a liberal place, read the imgur post, used brain, maybe agree/disagree on some points. Checked watch, time still moving normally. Sees split spacebar and extra "B", will buy keyset. No lost sleep.

[cyyz]

Shouldn't buy anything made in America along with China if Human Rights are an issue, considering the amount of warcrimes committed.

[baksbaks]

Nice set, GLWS! Slightly ironic how people suddenly champion human rights after buying China made products left and right, but go off kings.

[DukeEsquire]

Chinese CNC companies coming under fire here!

[dededecline]

Nice set, GLWS! Slightly ironic how people suddenly champion human rights after buying China made products left and right, but go off kings.

[Mr_BeastQuake]

Chinese CNC companies coming under fire here!

I always like bad counter arguments to bad arguments.

Like saying all Chinese companies are evil, the best counter to saying the GB runner is evil.

T0mb3ry did develop GMK Yuri... I’d be curious how much he knows about ELECTION FRAUD.

[swagtronx]

This whole 'wElL yOu CaNt BuY fRoM cHiNa' argument is corny. So all Chinese manu's are bad communists that employ children workers? Only buy from American companies, because all U.S. companies are virtuous and just?

Someone pointed something out they found unsavory and even said, 'do what you want, im not supporting this set', that's it.

They didn't go off on others supporting it or anything beyond it, then everyone coming out of the woodwork with this stupid 'China made **** is all bad, you cant buy from them if ur perfect', so goofy.

[thicthock]

This is a whole lot of flak for a beige set.

Is the maker an ass? seems like it. Is he a homophob? Maybe.

If people care they wont buy and if they dont they will. I dont care it was brought up the user said: do what you want.
He didnt get out the pitchforks and order a riot. Thats what the follow up posts did.

Whataboutism in the form of: but china, certainly didnt help the argument.

[Vigrith]

This whole 'wElL yOu CaNt BuY fRoM cHiNa' argument is corny. So all Chinese manu's are bad communists that employ children workers? Only buy from American companies, because all U.S. companies are virtuous and just?

Someone pointed something out they found unsavory and even said, 'do what you want, im not supporting this set', that's it.

They didn't go off on others supporting it or anything beyond it, then everyone coming out of the woodwork with this stupid 'China made **** is all bad, you cant buy from them if ur perfect', so goofy.

Should consider not continuing to clutter the thread on a daily basis if the intent was just to "alert people to the horrible things the designer has said and defended". The point's made, anything past that is gravy and just makes it look worse for you guys and most people will likely just assume you're trolling when you say you're not. The disclaimer, regardless of its veracity or intent, will remain almost at the very top of the thread. If you want to waste everyone's time every time they click on the thread by having them look at a bunch of weirdos (from either side) discussing semantics then fair enough, not unheard of or uncommon on the internet, but that kind of implies you're trying to stir **** that you stated you are not. Does bump and bring attention to something made by someone you guys seem to really dislike too.

[ee]

GMK Ego Death when

[Jaxxstatic]

not worth it

[Jaxxstatic]

I love this base kit. This could be a standardized basekit for stock color keysets, and I wouldn't complain at all.

[Kokaloo]

I love this base kit. This could be a standardized basekit for stock color keysets, and I wouldn't complain at all.

It's possible for it to be better.

[Jaxxstatic]

I love this base kit. This could be a standardized basekit for stock color keysets, and I wouldn't complain at all.

It's possible for it to be better.

That is better.

[dvorcol]

[Emir]

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holy ****

[AlexG]

Nice clean set!

[pcire]

Like usual, I’m going to wait till the last day to get a set 

[Kokaloo]

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holy ****

Guess you shouldnt have been intimidated by the big bois

[Emir]

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holy ****

Guess you shouldnt have been intimidated by the big bois

That's not what happened. I have respect for t0m, he has always answered any question I've had along the way and running both simultaneously would've been plain stupid.

Anyone who has seen me around would know that I don't shy away from anything in this hobby, for better or for worse. :)

[hottrout]

Very useful set, ordered.

[dvorcol]

[dvorcol]

[mbezzi]

What's the MOQ?

[katasup]

Plz don’t tell me that it is going to be canceled

[vladimir108]

What's the MOQ?

Minimum Order Quantity

[mbezzi]

Yes, I can't find the number

[T0mb3ry]

Yes, I can't find the number

MOQ ist 250 because of custom colors.

[DukeEsquire]

Hopefully vendors will pick up extras.

[azzipa]

28 Feb, pic related. And yeah, I’m in. Hopefully.

[dvorcol]

Set will be made.

[DaaDaa]

any chance of a round 2?

[T0mb3ry]

any chance of a round 2?

There will be some extras available.

[DaaDaa]

thats great news. thank you for letting me know. where would they be (i mean on which vendor's website?)  can i buy by contacting you?

[T0mb3ry]

thats great news. thank you for letting me know. where would they be (i mean on which vendor's website?)  can i buy by contacting you?

I don't sell any sets personally. But you can choose from following vendor list depending on your region.

Vendors:

• EU: Oblotzky Industries
• UK: Prototypist
• NA: Prime Keyboards
• Canada: Deskhero
• South East Asia: Monokai store
• China: zFrontier: CN Store/EN Store
• Australia: Daily Clack

Once the vendors start to offer extras i will leave a comment in this thread about it. You can also follow the vendor of your choice on Instagram for notifications.

[buumb]

hi tombr3y, was the "YMKA" name on the GMK sleeve done on purpose? Instead of "Umka" that is. Just curious

[T0mb3ry]

hi tombr3y, was the "YMKA" name on the GMK sleeve done on purpose? Instead of "Umka" that is. Just curious

Yes, it was done on purpose. It's written in Russian (Cyrillic) "УМКА".

A small back ground to this. There is a soviet cartoon called "Umka". It's very light hearted and lovely as it is about a friendship between a human child and white bear cub. That white bear cub is called "Umka" and many think the cub is named because he is very curious. Umka some sort of sound like a "Smart one" cuz it sounds similar to "умный" (a smart one). But Umka stands for "Bear" in Chuckchi language. That said i kept it in Russian and i like the word play of a smart bear. That's why the bear on the packaging is carrying a keyboard. I hope that gives a proper explanation.

thats great news. thank you for letting me know. where would they be (i mean on which vendor's website?)  can i buy by contacting you?

Right now, vendors are offering some extras.

[keybo_hobo]

Yeah and the only reason i consider buying this set because of my dog's name.

[diorite]

Just snagged an extra on a decent sale. This is such a gorgeous set, can't believe it didn't sell better. Basically looks amazing on any board. I hope to see boneyard get rerun so I can own it's counterpart, as well. Also, glad I dodged all the cringe political posts. So annoying when people try to inject their political views and ideologies into everything, including fun hobbies and leisurely pastimes that have nothing to do with them. Great work on this set, happy to own it. Keep it up.

[Nuap]

Just snagged an extra on a decent sale. This is such a gorgeous set, can't believe it didn't sell better. Basically looks amazing on any board. I hope to see boneyard get rerun so I can own it's counterpart, as well. Also, glad I dodged all the cringe political posts. So annoying when people try to inject their political views and ideologies into everything, including fun hobbies and leisurely pastimes that have nothing to do with them. Great work on this set, happy to own it. Keep it up.

Yeah the set is definitely a sleeper hit. So versatile. I'm greatful to be able to own it.

[ELE.WORKS]

This color looks too monotonous, it would be better to add an embellishment color

[YoungManKim]

This color looks too monotonous, it would be better to add an embellishment color

This was designed as a monotone set. What are you on about?

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

What if you took the legend color grey and made the mods that color, but then gave those keys orange legends, not beige legends? Keep the alphas the same. That would be a banger set.

[Nuap]

This color looks too monotonous, it would be better to add an embellishment color

Uhhh... learn to read the room mate 

[diorite]

This color looks too monotonous, it would be better to add an embellishment color

that’s kind of the point. the embellishment color will typically be the board itself and an understated neutral set like this always looks great on a gorgeous board like the one above you.

Do you also hate wob, bow, beige, etc? not everything has to have bright saturated colors to look nice. not everyone wants some flashy colors all over their desk setup. not everything has to adhere to the rigid accent scheme of standard sets.

[Rhienfo]

This color looks too monotonous, it would be better to add an embellishment color

This was an offshoot of gmk carbon, like everyone else has said that's kinda the point. I'm like 99% sure that carbon is rerunning so if you can get multiple colours with it.

Yeah the set is definitely a sleeper hit. So versatile. I'm greatful to be able to own it.

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I don't know why but when I first looked at the image I thought it was a beige set lol, umka and purple look so good together, great build.

[CONIN]

This color looks too monotonous, it would be better to add an embellishment color

Most probably you don't know how or where this set was born.

I'm like 99% sure that carbon is rerunning...

Yup!, T0mb3ry himself said so, but has not given a solid date so far. I'd love to believe before 2023 ends.

[Rhienfo]

Most probably you don't know how or where this set was born.

Could you tell me how/where the set was born? I remember seeing it when I first joined the hobby with gmk penumbra and wanting them really bad but they were out of stock, I remember hearing from t0mb3ry about it (I think on the bro caps discord), but I was like maybe I misremembered.

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

Go back nearly a decade-SA Carbon ran in early 2015 or so. Alphas would look like Umka, mods were dark grey w orange text-I made a facetious post above about accents basically suggesting that GMK Carbon be made...which was run in 2016, and rerun as an R2 in 2018. For a coupla reasons, R2 didn't sell well; split up alphas and mods get to be expensive. One of the priciest kits per key was an Umka mods set, which let you pair w your Carbon alphas to make a kit that looked like this, but had R0 and R5. Yes it was 160$. Here's the kits that ran, and their prices.

https://matrixzj.github.io/docs/gmk-keycaps/Carbon-R2/

So people liked the mono looks but didnt buy them. T0mb3ry made boneyard (which was also the name of the standalone alphas kit from Carbon R2 GB like Umka mods were) and included some new novs, and would be a cheaper way to get the mono charcoal look, just with R1-R4 instead of the R0-R5 profile. GMK Umka - this set - came after. There was another alt alphas kit in Carbon R2-all orange, called Beezare, but that (sadly) never had a base kit run. Emir liked the all grey kit of Carbon 2 as well, and to cut prices/set it apart/colors looked nice...got stock colors N9 and u9, and GMK Nines was born.

TL;DR The set is the mono version of a really classic GMK set; which after 6 years and...a lotta caps, is still my favorite.

[CONIN]

Could you tell me how/where the set was born? I remember seeing it when I first joined the hobby with gmk penumbra and wanting them really bad but they were out of stock, I remember hearing from t0mb3ry about it (I think on the bro caps discord), but I was like maybe I misremembered.

I assume "ELE.WORKS" is an alternate profile of yours, or your misread my reply.

[Rhienfo]

Could you tell me how/where the set was born? I remember seeing it when I first joined the hobby with gmk penumbra and wanting them really bad but they were out of stock, I remember hearing from t0mb3ry about it (I think on the bro caps discord), but I was like maybe I misremembered.

I assume "ELE.WORKS" is an alternate profile of yours, or your misread my reply.

Nah I'm not that person, I think I misread your reply, I knew about carbon and wanted more info on umka, because I didn't know too much about it, in hindsight a lot of the info was in the opening thread and I just missed it. Sorry If I confused you.

[diorite]

Go back nearly a decade-SA Carbon ran in early 2015 or so. Alphas would look like Umka, mods were dark grey w orange text-I made a facetious post above about accents basically suggesting that GMK Carbon be made...which was run in 2016, and rerun as an R2 in 2018. For a coupla reasons, R2 didn't sell well; split up alphas and mods get to be expensive. One of the priciest kits per key was an Umka mods set, which let you pair w your Carbon alphas to make a kit that looked like this, but had R0 and R5. Yes it was 160$. Here's the kits that ran, and their prices.

https://matrixzj.github.io/docs/gmk-keycaps/Carbon-R2/

So people liked the mono looks but didnt buy them. T0mb3ry made boneyard (which was also the name of the standalone alphas kit from Carbon R2 GB like Umka mods were) and included some new novs, and would be a cheaper way to get the mono charcoal look, just with R1-R4 instead of the R0-R5 profile. GMK Umka - this set - came after. There was another alt alphas kit in Carbon R2-all orange, called Beezare, but that (sadly) never had a base kit run. Emir liked the all grey kit of Carbon 2 as well, and to cut prices/set it apart/colors looked nice...got stock colors N9 and u9, and GMK Nines was born.

TL;DR The set is the mono version of a really classic GMK set; which after 6 years and...a lotta caps, is still my favorite.

never knew nines was inspired by boneyard. neat. technically spawned sixes then too. Hopefully boneyard will be a possible kitting configuration when carbon reruns. never cared much for orange but umka/boneyard are chef’s kiss. I also have nines/sixes so I guess it’s just my style. All these sets go really well on so many boards.

[Rhienfo]

Go back nearly a decade-SA Carbon ran in early 2015 or so. Alphas would look like Umka, mods were dark grey w orange text-I made a facetious post above about accents basically suggesting that GMK Carbon be made...which was run in 2016, and rerun as an R2 in 2018. For a coupla reasons, R2 didn't sell well; split up alphas and mods get to be expensive. One of the priciest kits per key was an Umka mods set, which let you pair w your Carbon alphas to make a kit that looked like this, but had R0 and R5. Yes it was 160$. Here's the kits that ran, and their prices.

https://matrixzj.github.io/docs/gmk-keycaps/Carbon-R2/

So people liked the mono looks but didnt buy them. T0mb3ry made boneyard (which was also the name of the standalone alphas kit from Carbon R2 GB like Umka mods were) and included some new novs, and would be a cheaper way to get the mono charcoal look, just with R1-R4 instead of the R0-R5 profile. GMK Umka - this set - came after. There was another alt alphas kit in Carbon R2-all orange, called Beezare, but that (sadly) never had a base kit run. Emir liked the all grey kit of Carbon 2 as well, and to cut prices/set it apart/colors looked nice...got stock colors N9 and u9, and GMK Nines was born.

TL;DR The set is the mono version of a really classic GMK set; which after 6 years and...a lotta caps, is still my favorite.

never knew nines was inspired by boneyard. neat. technically spawned sixes then too. Hopefully boneyard will be a possible kitting configuration when carbon reruns. never cared much for orange but umka/boneyard are chef’s kiss. I also have nines/sixes so I guess it’s just my style. All these sets go really well on so many boards.

The bone base kit of carbon does look good. Maybe it's because it was one of the first gmk sets I every saw (Along with penumbra but don't think that will ever rerun) but it feels more plain than carbon, The orange adds a lot more to it and makes it look less plain. Another thing is that I prefer text+icon for both carbon and bone but bone weirdly never had Text+Icon for it (but that's a preference thing though)