[IC] DCS SOWARE Revival - GB starts January 9th!

[ankit]

GB THREAD

DCS SOWARE REVIVAL

Kitting


Renders


daal by hali



definitelynotyeri by hali


exia by rizma

Renders by synthetics#7777

Colors

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Alphas: GKH with BBJ legends
Teal mods: GPA with BBQ legends
Green mods: GPA with VCM legends
Red mods: GPA with RDD legends
Yellow mods: GPA with YY legends
Blue mods: GPA with BDH legends

I have color chips on hand, just need to help color grading my photos and will post shortly.
This set is doubleshot ABS and utilizes all stock colors from Signature Plastics.

Deskmat
Rough texture, 900mm x 400mm - Designed by Synthetics and myself


More photos available below

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Pricing
Priced at 50 MOQ given the current market climate. Kitting is very small to account for this.
Expect pricing to be around $130.

Base ~ $115 @ 75 MOQ
Deskmat ~$20?
Running Q1 2023

Vendors
US - Thockeys (lead)
EU - keygem
CN - zFrontier
OCE - DailyClack
SEA - Hex Keyboards
UK - proto[typist]

DISCORD
IC FORM


thanks

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synthetics for the dope renders! Please consider commissioning him for board/keyset renders!    synthetics#7777
hali for being hali
puddsy for being cool about me running this
aiwanei for being my favorite vendor ever 
Melissa from SP for having to deal with me
Sleepdealer for his valuable PCB input on this project
you for being the only person who clicked this more tab

[ankit]

Changelog
2022-11-04 - added zFrontier as a vendor
2022-11-06 - added dailyclack as a vendor
2022-11-16 - added keygem as a vendor
2022-11-17 - added hex as a vendor
2022-12-16 - added deskmat photos
2022-12-22 - added proto[typist] as vendor

FAQ
Fill out the IC and I’ll try to answer any frequent questions here!

Pictures


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Checkout these cool pictures of OG Soware courtesy of yui! My version does not share the same mono f-row and some legends have been modernized.[/b]

[kyuut]

thank you ankitty

[Fraaaan]

soware more like sogoodkeyset haha glwic ankit

[caap]

sick! 

glwic mr ankit

[Soums]

looking forward to this one   

[Qwapa]

thank you ankitty

[whirlwind]

This looks proper 

[blunt]

:babaseduce:

[Krelbit]

this looks like this should have been a private gb but you have no friends

[roostrc0gburn]

yeah 50moq wtf those are rookie numbers you gotta pump those up

[dededecline]

This price/moq/kitting absolutely is not it

[Kokaloo]

this looks like this should have been a private gb but you have no friends

Can we be friends I like anime and gacha games too I swear

[HoodrowThrillson]

50 moq monka

[Puddsy]

This price/moq/kitting absolutely is not it

low MOQ/SP pricing

[dededecline]

This price/moq/kitting absolutely is not it

low MOQ/SP pricing

I get that but if you have to cut ANSI support to get something made it probably shouldn’t exist in the first place

[Kokaloo]

dcs dark sky lite? Weird. I'm telling puddsy about this I know he won't appreciate you cloning his original ideas.

[nostr]

This price/moq/kitting absolutely is not it

low MOQ/SP pricing

I get that but if you have to cut ANSI support to get something made it probably shouldn’t exist in the first place

6.25u shouldn't exist in the first place

[Soums]

This price/moq/kitting absolutely is not it

low MOQ/SP pricing

I get that but if you have to cut ANSI support to get something made it probably shouldn’t exist in the first place

Think it depends on who ends up buying the product. If the overlap between ANSI users and DCS soware buyers doesn't exist or is minimal, then ANSI support does not mean as much.

[Fraaaan]

This price/moq/kitting absolutely is not it

low MOQ/SP pricing

I get that but if you have to cut ANSI support to get something made it probably shouldn’t exist in the first place

Is 2.25u left shift, 2.25u horizontal enter and 1.5u pipe not ANSI?

[keeganzero]

R3 Control legend should be cyan

[Puddsy]

This price/moq/kitting absolutely is not it

low MOQ/SP pricing

I get that but if you have to cut ANSI support to get something made it probably shouldn’t exist in the first place

adding just the 6.25u bar and 1.25u mods increases the price by more than 25%, which basically kills any chance of this getting made

it's a catch 22

[ankit]

As mentioned in the original post, I will adjust pricing and MOQ if there is more interest for this set. Kitting was made intentionally small to account for this MOQ.
This is just what I think the demand will be for a niche colorway in an unpopular but beloved profile, I would love to be wrong about it.

I want to this own this set and am willing to put up with kitting compromises

[Puddsy]

R3 Control legend should be cyan

lot of sets recently have started matching the control to the other control color, seems like people like it

in a bigger GB could probably justify both, but not this time methinks

[Kokaloo]

This price/moq/kitting absolutely is not it

low MOQ/SP pricing

I get that but if you have to cut ANSI support to get something made it probably shouldn’t exist in the first place

Think it depends on who ends up buying the product. If the overlap between ANSI users and DCS soware buyers doesn't exist or is minimal, then ANSI support does not mean as much.

As the hobby grows and has grown you would think inclusive kitting would be more sought after than exclusive. But whatever it takes to get something made that somebody wants, as it's their vision, but we do still create in an environment where support from the community is necessary, at least I think so or otherwise why bother posting an ic.

[Moods]

Looks fantastic Ankit! Lovely stuff <3

[Jampot_298]

there is definitely interest from me! great set

[dededecline]

This price/moq/kitting absolutely is not it

low MOQ/SP pricing

I get that but if you have to cut ANSI support to get something made it probably shouldn’t exist in the first place

Is 2.25u left shift, 2.25u horizontal enter and 1.5u pipe not ANSI?

ANSI bottom row (1.25/1.25/1.25/6.25/1.25/1.25/1.25/1.25)

[marcowhatever]

sp is cool with this running? No permission from anyone needed?

[roostrc0gburn]

This price/moq/kitting absolutely is not it

low MOQ/SP pricing

I get that but if you have to cut ANSI support to get something made it probably shouldn’t exist in the first place

Is 2.25u left shift, 2.25u horizontal enter and 1.5u pipe not ANSI?

ANSI bottom row (1.25/1.25/1.25/6.25/1.25/1.25/1.25/1.25)

boo this man

[Alchemist Keyboards]

Looks good dude - GL! 

[puggo69]

this is ok mr ankit

[xjejex]

thank you ankitty, in for one set

[MSA_Vision]

GLWIC and I mean it! 

[kyuut]

This price/moq/kitting absolutely is not it

low MOQ/SP pricing

I get that but if you have to cut ANSI support to get something made it probably shouldn’t exist in the first place

what would be a better solution? genuinely curious. i can't say i support removing basic support from sets, but truth is that most DCS sets that ran recently have done terribly, the demand from the community simply doesn't seem to be there. while pricing is high for what you get, at least this has a bigger chance of getting made for the people that actually want and miss the colorway. it's a unfortunate situation but it's not we are in the peak boom of the hobby where anything would've gotten made 

[LMarci]

Very cool, glwic

[LaserCrafter]

This price/moq/kitting absolutely is not it

low MOQ/SP pricing

I get that but if you have to cut ANSI support to get something made it probably shouldn’t exist in the first place

Is 2.25u left shift, 2.25u horizontal enter and 1.5u pipe not ANSI?

ANSI bottom row (1.25/1.25/1.25/6.25/1.25/1.25/1.25/1.25)

only good keycap set that uses 6.25u bottom row is OG pom and that's it

[finalarcadia]

im in

[vhaarr]

R3 Control legend should be cyan

dafuq you smokin lol

6u space and norde ankit pls

[denibhoxha]

the truest kitting

[pr0ximity]

Only real problem with the kitting is the inclusion of ISO.

Great set, I’m down.

[Krelbit]

guys really out here talkin smack on this hyper specialized kitting when this is probably one of the few dcs kits that will reach natural moq in the next half year

[Pontus]

Looks quite nice, although I think it would be even nicer with center alpha legends like the ones on DCS dolch 

[Baka Bot]

Ansi simply doesn't exist

[Kokaloo]

guys really out here talkin smack on this hyper specialized kitting when this is probably one of the few dcs kits that will reach natural moq in the next half year

You're right there should be more sp sets ran at 50 moq

[HappyB0T]

I'm fine with a smol kit aimed at TKL. Price is fine for MOQ. If you want better kitting or a better price - wait until vendors are up to their eyeballs in GMK base kits.

SP is probably relieved to see a low MOQ. So when they have to remake stuff it will only be 100.

[blunt]

Thanks for no 40s and ANSI bottom row support

[wired]

Looks good!

[TyPo.mk]

Base kit is simply too large, remove iso and split BS support

[Chorple]

Any chance at a cherry legends base?