[IC] GMK CYL Prussian Alert - New IC Form & Vendors

[Gtour]

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New Kitting IC Form


If you want, check Geon YT livestream where he shows the samples:
Geon YT livestream
The link redirects to the exact minute where he starts showing the samples


Vendors

EU: Oblotzky
UK: Prototypist
US: Novelkeys
South America: Fancy Customs
KR: Geonworks
CN: KBDfans
OCE: SwitchKeys
SEA: iLumkb
India: NeoMacro


Intro
Hello good lads, this is my first keycap IC.
This set was inspired by a keyboard friend of mine whose favorite shade of blue is Prussian Blue. He was looking forward to GMK Prussian Blue GB, but it got indefinitely postponed. To troll him, I started designing something with the same blue and a simple idea came to my mind – what about an *insert color here* Alert set? At the same time, I wanted to do something a little different and I didn’t like how it looked with the often-used beige as a base, so instead I ultimately chose to use white and grey.

GMK CYL Prussian Alert uses three RAL Design colors:
RAL 230 20 20 – Prussian Blue
RAL 000 65 00 – Mortar Grey
RAL 000 85 00 – Shadow White

Profile:
Cherry Profile Doubleshot ABS (UV Printed Sublegends for Alpha Kit)

If you are interested in becoming a vendor, want to collab or have any suggestions, please fill out the IC forms, join my Discord or add me personally (g_tour). I’m more than happy to have a chat with anyone.


Kitting

Base Kit - Price TBD


Extension Kit - Price TBD


Alpha Kit - Price TBD

Colors are inverted for a more muted look.
You can cover two keyboards (Two ANSI or One ANSI/One ISO) when bought with the Base Kit.
The Cyrillic Sublegends will be the same as GMK WoB Red Cyrillic - Thanks Qarmaa for your kindness!


Base Kit Explained

Why is there a forced Alert Bar in the Base Kit?
With the set not being beige, I removed the R1 Mono Bar completely and went straight with the Alert one in the Base Kit (See KKB Violet Alert as an example which has both in the Base Kit but lacks Numpad and Alice support).
This saves cost and should allow the Numpad, Alice, and R5 support to be in the Base Kit while hopefully maintaining a competitive price. Also, most of the people buying an Alert set want the Alert Bar and not having to buy a separate Alert Kit means less cost to them.

Why no 40’s support in the Base Kit?
With the set being Alert, it doesn’t cater to 40% users so I decided not to include 40’s support in the Base Kit. If you want to put this set on a 40% keyboard there is the option to buy the Extension Kit, where I included the basic 4-Key 40’s support. I chose to make the 1.5U Enter key in Prussian Blue as the main color to make the classic Esc/Enter Accent combo.

I want to give a huge thanks to Foggytypes for helping me with the kitting, you are awesome.


Renders

W1AT by Geon


F1-8X by Geon (RAW)


Amano by h40.io


Frog TKL by Geon


Cake HHKB by Haytco



Samples

Photos shot with artificial light set at 5000k







Note: Prussian Blue is quite literally a crazy color. I spent hours trying to do a photo that would match the in-real-life color and was just not possible (In fact, as you can see, also the color on the RAL Chart does not match Prussian Blue). The IRL color is pretty much the same as what you see in renders: the blue is softer and has a very slight green tint.


What to do next
GB Date & Pricing


I also want to thank Zucanio (The guy who likes Prussian Blue), Khor, Dan, Pigiamons, il Pino and all the fantastic people of MechBoutique.

[Gtour]

Reserved

[baekihyun]

forced alert I like the look of the inverted cyrillic kit but never a fan of UV printed legends personally--would prefer this with kkb if you're set on having different colored subs

[Thevenny]

ah gitur gitur! Nice project!

[nu_types]

Why is there a Cyrillic alphas kit? Prussia did not use the Cyrillic alphabet. Its fine if you just really want Cyrillic. Also, by omitting the number row the Cyrillic alpha kit is incomplete.

[Fraaaan]

Finally an alert set with the alert in base.

Kitting looks pretty good. LED NumLock should probably be blue. I'd just put some size labels on the spacebars and the shift in the addon kit.

[Gtour]

Why is there a Cyrillic alphas kit? Prussia did not use the Cyrillic alphabet. Its fine if you just really want Cyrillic. Also, by omitting the number row the Cyrillic alpha kit is incomplete.

Thanks for letting me know what I already knew. You answered your question yourself: I just like the look of Cyrillic subs. The Num Row is not there because it would interfere with the Alert theme of the set, but I'm always open to suggestions and if that's what people want I could eventually figure out a way to add it.

[Dmitri]

Clean clean, i only like the classic version more instead of alert, like classic blue or classic red, i also dig the cryllic alpha’s

[Gtour]

Finally an alert set with the alert in base.

Kitting looks pretty good. LED NumLock should probably be blue. I'd just put some size labels on the spacebars and the shift in the addon kit.

Yes, it should definitely be blue. I'm fixing this ASAP, thanks!

[MartinThePolarBear]

Prussian Blue really does need more love. This set looks amazing

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[mmayhem17]

Ditching the beige OGs for custom colors is a mistake imho.
Not a fan of the inverted subs, and also didn't understand the choice for cyrillic subs instead of regional ones, but I guess it's ok?

[nu_types]

Why is there a Cyrillic alphas kit? Prussia did not use the Cyrillic alphabet. Its fine if you just really want Cyrillic. Also, by omitting the number row the Cyrillic alpha kit is incomplete.

Thanks for letting me know what I already knew. You answered your question yourself: I just like the look of Cyrillic subs. The Num Row is not there because it would interfere with the Alert theme of the set, but I'm always open to suggestions and if that's what people want I could eventually figure out a way to add it.

You could just add an alert row to the alphas with the appropriate sublegends?

Edit: I guess that wouldn't work with the two tone legends, unless you wanted to use the beige gray or something for the sublegends.

[LMarci]

Cool set but would've been better if you used standard beige imo

[filefish]

Love this. Please don't go with beige, keep the custom greys! Beige is severely overused.

[mr_foggy]

Finally an alert set with the alert in base.

Kitting looks pretty good. LED NumLock should probably be blue.

this was one of the fundamental points when envisioning the set as a whole, glad it's being well received. such a defining feature shouldn't be separate from the base kit.
thanks for the advice about the accented window numlock, it somehow dodged my attention too.

btw I don't think the standard beige (L9/U9) would work too well with this set, both colors being a tad too warm for prussian blue. if anything, CP would do the job for the alphas, in case sticking to standard colors could help getting this set closer to production.

my main gripe with the alt alphas is that, in my opinion, cyrillic legends should be swapped and put in primary position, while latin alphas should be moved to sublegends, for mere personal preference. gmk has the molds to do so (and keykobo can take the chance to expand their tooling, in case you're not dead set on the manufacturer lol)

[involuntarysoul]

alpha is way too bright

[Kokaloo]

I love *spinning circle of colors* alert

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

I like it.

Have pics of the RAL color standards?

Nopun, hopefully someday ill buy yours too

[mr_foggy]

Nopun, hopefully someday ill buy yours too

same tbh

[ankit]

Honestly pretty nice, I like the kitting but will echo the same sentiments about numrow sublegends in the alpha kit.

My bigger concern is that GMK Blue Alert R2/V2 has already been announced by Diego/Lightning Keyboards and has been confirmed to be running later this year. I think running both would cannibalize each other set's sales w/ how similar they are.

[dvorcol]

Honestly pretty nice, I like the kitting but will echo the same sentiments about numrow sublegends in the alpha kit.

My bigger concern is that GMK Blue Alert R2/V2 has already been announced by Diego/Lightning Keyboards and has been confirmed to be running later this year. I think running both would cannibalize each other set's sales w/ how similar they are.

Where can I get more info on GMK Blue Alert R2? Is there an IC? Couldn't find anything on https://www.lightningkeyboards.com/

[aicyborg]

i resent this on the basis it gives NoPun an excuse to delay GMK Prussian Blue for another year, which is something i want very much

[Lysol_]

I have enough beige, seeing a play(albeit a minor one) on the standard beige + alert theme could be a nice change of pace. also a fan of Cyrillic in general.

[offbrandbiscuit]

I want it

[tactilesbad]

sign me up

not keen on the alt alphas but the basekit looks smashing

[garrdub]

2024, the year of the alert.

i am a fan of the forced alert in the base kit. why else would you get an alert set if you were not going to get the alert row?

[NoPunIn10Did]

Okay, I get it, I get it, it's time to try running GMK Prussian Blue again.

Maybe we can coordinate so that you can reuse the color once it's been matched.

This is a fun idea. Personally I'd love it if the Cyrillic was the Ukrainian layout instead of the Russian one, but neither of them is Prussian, so whatchagonnado.

[Gtour]

Okay, I get it, I get it, it's time to try running GMK Prussian Blue again.

Please do it so that Zucanio can finally stop waiting. I'm in for a set as well.

Maybe we can coordinate so that you can reuse the color once it's been matched.

I'm down for sure

[MoltenKhor]

Blue

[DeMechanica]

I too am crying about GMK Prussian Blue to this day. Nice to not feel alone!

[irithyll]

I’m a fan of the decision to go with white and grey!

[m202307]

I'd be in for the base kit and alt Russian Cyrillic alphas if it ran with Key Kobo.  If it's GMK I'd pick it up in stock only, if it were on sale for ~$80ish and the alt alphas were also available and on sale.

[involuntarysoul]

need a set of 20 relegendable for full f-row coverage

[Gtour]

need a set of 20 relegendable for full f-row coverage

I would love to, but I don't think it's ever going to reach MOQ as it's not requested at all. The two Relegendables in the Extension kit are there as a bonus, they act like a sort of Artisan for places like F13 or to use on boards that need R1 1U Backspace for example.

[firimp]

The lighter gray definitely looks better than the original alert beige. Looking forward to seeing the manufactur switched to KKB. Although the fulfillment date of GMK has been significantly improved, I just don't want to see bent spacebars and potentially crooked modifiers anymore.

[Zeus501]

Looking forward to this!

[Robert.Lussier5]

Cyrillic numpad to add to the alpha kit? please and thanks!

[tactilesbad]

-- forget it im dumb

[mr_foggy]

I'd be in for the base kit and alt Russian Cyrillic alphas if it ran with Key Kobo.  If it's GMK I'd pick it up in stock only, if it were on sale for ~$80ish and the alt alphas were also available and on sale.

no manu change

need a set of 20 relegendable for full f-row coverage

nope

The lighter gray definitely looks better than the original alert beige. Looking forward to seeing the manufactur switched to KKB. Although the fulfillment date of GMK has been significantly improved, I just don't want to see bent spacebars and potentially crooked modifiers anymore.

original dcs red alert was white btw
and no manu change, if this runs it will be gmk

[AMZ]

Count me in!

[FrostyR]

Looks awesome.
Only thing is runner must do a good job color matching. Why not make it easier to achieve success by using standard(or previously used colors) for the white and the grey.
Blue of course must be a custom color.
GLWIC!

[saferider4969]

Really nice set, I am in

[mr_foggy]

Looks awesome.
Only thing is runner must do a good job color matching. Why not make it easier to achieve success by using standard(or previously used colors) for the white and the grey.
Blue of course must be a custom color.
GLWIC!

this is what’s currently being done.

[Gtour]

Looks awesome.
Only thing is runner must do a good job color matching. Why not make it easier to achieve success by using standard(or previously used colors) for the white and the grey.
Blue of course must be a custom color.
GLWIC!

Like Foggy said, it's what I'm currently doing. I tried using standard colors and imo it doesn't look as good. The color sampling will take some time, but I'm sure it will be worth it. I will update the IC when I have more news about it.

[FrostyR]

Brilliant! Let’s go!

[whysoda]

Looks awesome.
Only thing is runner must do a good job color matching. Why not make it easier to achieve success by using standard(or previously used colors) for the white and the grey.
Blue of course must be a custom color.
GLWIC!

Like Foggy said, it's what I'm currently doing. I tried using standard colors and imo it doesn't look as good. The color sampling will take some time, but I'm sure it will be worth it. I will update the IC when I have more news about it.

Color matching is always super tricky, although I do think the cooler toned hues of the white and grey you have in your renders looks great as is! I have full confidence that you'll get the right color samples though, and can't wait for this set so I can burn a larger hole in my wallet

[Gtour]

Color matching is always super tricky, although I do think the cooler toned hues of the white and grey you have in your renders looks great as is! I have full confidence that you'll get the right color samples though, and can't wait for this set so I can burn a larger hole in my wallet

I'm glad you like the set! You did a fantastic job with WS Akuamarin

[Gtour]

New update: The Cyrillic sub-legends on the Alpha Kit will be the same as GMK WoB Red Cyrillic. Thanks Qarmaa for your kindness!

[Faraday]

Very pretty colors, I dig it!

[ppatches24]

Ok i need this