[IC] GMK Arabian Sea | GB is Live! [June 15 - July 15]

[KucherenkoZZZ]

The font is really weird especially using the letter 'ي' (ya) as an S just makes no sense to me. I appreciate the rise of Arabic GMK sets but idk.

Are we talking about IC presentation font?

[KucherenkoZZZ]

Update: Latin Base and New Kitting

Latin Base:

Now Latin Base is officially a part of GMK Arabian Sea keycap set, it features full ISO-UK support
as well as a new kitting

1) IC Form feedback shown that 82% users don't need numpad in base kit and i can't argue with that
Moving numpad to separate kit will allow us to reduce price which is a great thing, especially with Arabic Base
I will try to make a good price for a numpad so it should be approximately the same price (updated base + numpad kit)
as if you would buy a base kit with numpad in it.

2) 2.00U Shift has been added to both bases

3) R1 pipe is now in alpha color

Also, IC Form is updated, i would really appreciate if you'd take a couple minutes to fill it!

[KucherenkoZZZ]

Do you think it's possible to run it with ePBT ? The lead time is huge, 16 months for some kits and haven't been delivered. And 160 keysets in the queue..

i don't know if they do have arabic subalphas but anyways i'll join i think.

Nah i didn't think about it. ePBT was really good a couple years ago back when they were using Gateron blanks to create a set but now it's not the quality i'm looking for, besides that the prices for their sets are just ridiculous

[Dhaz]

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[Dhaz]

The font is really weird especially using the letter 'ي' (ya) as an S just makes no sense to me. I appreciate the rise of Arabic GMK sets but idk.

Not gonna say that im an expert in arabic language but this symbol ي is the right one according to almost any arabic keyboard that i could find on the internet
The font is gonna be the same as in GMK Classic Arabic and pretty similar to MiTo's arabic pulse add-on

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They're talking about the Arabic fonts used to spell out english words in the render titles and not the fonts on the keyboard itself

[scott_mk]

Very unique, GLWIC

[KucherenkoZZZ]

Very unique, GLWIC

Thank you!

[KucherenkoZZZ]

Update: Novelties Redesign

[Darthbaggins]

Ok, love the color scheme - almost feels like a mix of Nautilus and N. Nightmares (in a good way).  
Can't wait to see this come up for GB.

[asmashedpumpkin]

I really don’t get the novelties, but it looks like you hit everything else out of the park.  I’m looking forward to the GB.👍🏼

[mymeepo]

Stunning set. Really happy about the Latin base set and also like the novelties. Would it be too much to ask for a render on Iron 165 in teal?

[KucherenkoZZZ]

Update: NorDeUk Kit & Spacebars Update

[Bushhawk]

Like the colorway, hope it goes somewhere.

[KEYE]

Any updates? I have been keeping an eye on this thread.

[KucherenkoZZZ]

Any updates? I have been keeping an eye on this thread.

Hi there! So far there is no updates - my lead vendor (and me) is waiting for the response from GMK (regarding arabic molds and some other issues) since June 18th and there is nothing we can do about that.

Pretty much everything else is done, i have a couple more boards renders in different colors and deskmat + possibly there is gonna be a RAMA or Salvul collab. I will be uploading any new updates each 2-3 weeks to keep people interested

Anyway, leave your email in the bottom of IC Form and i'll send you an email when this set reaches GB date

Thanks for your interest i really appreciate this!

[mymeepo]

Another idea… what’s the point of having so many R1 novelties? Wouldn’t it be better to have at least one for R2, R3, and R4? GMK Botanical had that, which gave the option of filling the macro column of a 65% with novelties

[rmendis]

Would definitely be interested if it was a different profile. GMK is everywhere. KAT, KAM, DSA would definitely garner my interest.

Thanks for interest but im having a hard time imagining a sublegends on KAT/KAM or DSA profile, i mean i saw a great wave renders but it's pretty far in terms of quality for these profiles from GMK

I am glad this is GMK profile, as opposed to the others. Looking forward to this one. Wish numpad was part of base without a big price impact.

[KucherenkoZZZ]

Another idea… what’s the point of having so many R1 novelties? Wouldn’t it be better to have at least one for R2, R3, and R4? GMK Botanical had that, which gave the option of filling the macro column of a 65% with novelties

First of all i'm a big fan of R1 row

I don't think that there is "so many" of them, gmk hazakura had 6 novelties for R1
 
Basically i don't mind to add a couple keycaps for R2 and R3 but there is already a lot of keycaps in it and adding more will result in even higher price but i will consider it when we get to the quotes stage
 
P.S There is 2 1U R4 novelties already

[mymeepo]

You’re right about R4. I agree that two 1U’s are enough. Perhaps just one 1U novelty for R2 and R3. Don’t even need new designs, just not the ship as that is accented and would likely be used for ESC. The R1 ones are beautiful.

[Therien]

Love the colors, and the Nord kit 

[fiji water]

hello, i am the the water, please help me. here too much raining aohahdoahd

[KucherenkoZZZ]

Update: TGR Alice Renders

[0x15]

GKLWIC, I'm in... big fan of arabic sublegends after living in the middle east and every work laptop I use having it 

[mr4kino]

Hey mate, any news from GMK?

[KucherenkoZZZ]

Hey mate, any news from GMK?

Hey, no news so far. We are waiting for the answer since June 18th, gmk is probably busy af idk

[melwil]

Hey, I really love the color scheme on this, kudos!

One comment about the NorDeUk set; There seems to be a key missing, which is the key that has comma+semicolon on it. It's supposed to be the exact same as period+colon, just with the comma. Instead there's an extra colon+semicolon key in there, which is already included in the latin base. Is that a render error, or will the NorDeUk set actually not have that key? I can probably just put some novelties down there, but it just seems like a slight oversight that could be corrected.

[L4ll1g470r]

Hey, I really love the color scheme on this, kudos!

One comment about the NorDeUk set; There seems to be a key missing, which is the key that has comma+semicolon on it. It's supposed to be the exact same as period+colon, just with the comma. Instead there's an extra colon+semicolon key in there, which is already included in the latin base. Is that a render error, or will the NorDeUk set actually not have that key? I can probably just put some novelties down there, but it just seems like a slight oversight that could be corrected.

Yeah, looks like the ;: is there by accident, but there’s a ,; key missing next to the .:.

Hope this happens, these kinds of sets with Norde support are rare af.

[KucherenkoZZZ]

Hey, I really love the color scheme on this, kudos!

One comment about the NorDeUk set; There seems to be a key missing, which is the key that has comma+semicolon on it. It's supposed to be the exact same as period+colon, just with the comma. Instead there's an extra colon+semicolon key in there, which is already included in the latin base. Is that a render error, or will the NorDeUk set actually not have that key? I can probably just put some novelties down there, but it just seems like a slight oversight that could be corrected.

Hey, I really love the color scheme on this, kudos!

One comment about the NorDeUk set; There seems to be a key missing, which is the key that has comma+semicolon on it. It's supposed to be the exact same as period+colon, just with the comma. Instead there's an extra colon+semicolon key in there, which is already included in the latin base. Is that a render error, or will the NorDeUk set actually not have that key? I can probably just put some novelties down there, but it just seems like a slight oversight that could be corrected.

Yeah, looks like the ;: is there by accident, but there’s a ,; key missing next to the .:.

Hope this happens, these kinds of sets with Norde support are rare af.

You guys have a sharp eye! This is a mistake, i've updated nordeuk render so it should be fixed now

[KucherenkoZZZ]

Update: Dalco 959 Mini Renders

[Nonnegaard]

Pretty sure that the Dalco 959 Mini designer is called DALExSNAIL/DaleSnail (geekhack and Discord respectively).

Good stuff. Not for me, but GLWIC

[KucherenkoZZZ]

Pretty sure that the Dalco 959 Mini designer is called DALExSNAIL/DaleSnail (geekhack and Discord respectively).

Good stuff. Not for me, but GLWIC

My bad, somehow i wrote it wrong, should be fixed now. Thanks for the correction

[konstantin]

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The R4 1u \| key can be removed from this kit because there is already a R4 1u <> key, and you don't need both.

Consider using Meta instead of Menu for the R4 1.25u key, since it's a more versatile legend.

[Enderos]

Amazing colors, will definitely buy!

[melwil]

You guys have a sharp eye! This is a mistake, i've updated nordeuk render so it should be fixed now

Sets with interesting color palettes and international bundles aren't all that commonplace, so it's definitely worth double checking those that do!

Thanks for the quick fix, can't wait to see this get off the ground! (or into to the deep blue yonder)

[L4ll1g470r]

Hey, I really love the color scheme on this, kudos!

One comment about the NorDeUk set; There seems to be a key missing, which is the key that has comma+semicolon on it. It's supposed to be the exact same as period+colon, just with the comma. Instead there's an extra colon+semicolon key in there, which is already included in the latin base. Is that a render error, or will the NorDeUk set actually not have that key? I can probably just put some novelties down there, but it just seems like a slight oversight that could be corrected.

Hey, I really love the color scheme on this, kudos!

One comment about the NorDeUk set; There seems to be a key missing, which is the key that has comma+semicolon on it. It's supposed to be the exact same as period+colon, just with the comma. Instead there's an extra colon+semicolon key in there, which is already included in the latin base. Is that a render error, or will the NorDeUk set actually not have that key? I can probably just put some novelties down there, but it just seems like a slight oversight that could be corrected.

Yeah, looks like the ;: is there by accident, but there’s a ,; key missing next to the .:.

Hope this happens, these kinds of sets with Norde support are rare af.

You guys have a sharp eye! This is a mistake, i've updated nordeuk render so it should be fixed now

Awesome! Really looking forward to this, it's not a question of "should I" but of "how many"

[edwyn]

Love the colors of this set. definitely getting it.

[trumanomar]

Would like to see a Latin alpha kit by itself or the other way around for people who like changing instead of having to buy 2 separate base kits.

[GalacticLion]

Hi. I never posted here before, but this IC grabbed my attention enough.

As others said, the font used for the Arabic sub-legends is not that nice and modern compared to the English legends, and it's a very noticeable difference for Arabs like me. I would advise you change the font to something that matches the style of the English legends, like Helvetica Nue.

Here's an example on how the sub-legends should look like:



Either way I love the colors, and I also love the name you picked.

[KucherenkoZZZ]

Hi. I never posted here before, but this IC grabbed my attention enough.

As others said, the font used for the Arabic sub-legends is not that nice and modern compared to the English legends, and it's a very noticeable difference for Arabs like me. I would advise you change the font to something that matches the style of the English legends, like Helvetica Nue.

Here's an example on how the sub-legends should look like:

Either way I love the colors, and I also love the name you picked.

Hi, thanks for the input!
Unfortunately there is no options for the font used in sublegends
This font is the only one GMK has for arabic, it's gonna be same as in GMK Pulse arabic add-on and GMK Classic Arabic.
The only question on the table right now is either it's gonna a be double-shot or UV-Print
Plus i'm not sure that this font would fit GMK sublegends requirements not mentioning it's not free to use

[KucherenkoZZZ]

Update: Deskmat Revealed | Waiting for quotes

[KucherenkoZZZ]

Update: LandCaps Artisans

[avatarziko]

Would love if this became a thing. It's on https://candykeys.com/group-buys/updates!

[shendoo]

Looks really good ! Will def keep an eye (too bad it's GMK though but I get it)

[KucherenkoZZZ]

Would love if this became a thing. It's on https://candykeys.com/group-buys/updates!

Oh, someone curious found my lead vendor ha-ha

It will definitely become a thing, i've sent final vectors for arabic sublegends couple weeks ago, so we are just waiting for the quotes now, hopefully new info will be released within 2 weeks from now

Looks really good ! Will def keep an eye (too bad it's GMK though but I get it)

I know that a lot of people are disappointed with GMK production timeline these days and i really get it. But the thing is i don't really see a good competitor out there, maybe only a EPBT/JTK but their production time is no better (see epbt samurai as an example) and the prices are not far away from GMK either.

Any other chinese manufacture that popping up all over lately i consider lack a quality: keycap surface roughness, legends size and misalignments, crocked stems, color inconsistence. Some people would not even see those imperfections at the first glance but to me this is a huge red light when it comes to keycaps. So the way i see it - we are stuck with GMK at least for now and foreseeable future, especially if you want to have a quality set of plastic for your keeb.

I'm hoping that in 2022 GMK will keep their promises regarding factory capacity expansion and the keycaps will be made in like 5-6 months after GB

[KucherenkoZZZ]

Update: HIBI Artisan

[sup3r170va]

Is there any indication when the GB will start, and what the prices are like?

Also, are there other vendors? I’m hoping for Monokei or ILumkb from SEA.

[leexy]

Great looking set with great kitting
 
better than metropolis or any zabumon set

[KucherenkoZZZ]

Is there any indication when the GB will start, and what the prices are like?

Also, are there other vendors? I’m hoping for Monokei or ILumkb from SEA.

Hi there, i've sent the last arabic sublegends vectors on 29th november 2021 and we are still waiting for the quotes from GMK. My estimates we should get them in a week or too, as well as set up a GB dates. Leave your email in IC Form and you will get an email.
Also, Ilumkb is a vendor for a SEA region

Thank you for your interest, and stay tuned for updates

Great looking set with great kitting
 
better than metropolis or any zabumon set

I appreciate your kind words man, thanks

[konstantin]

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The R4 1u \| key can be removed from this kit because there is already a R4 1u <> key, and you don't need both.

Consider using Meta instead of Menu for the R4 1.25u key, since it's a more versatile legend.

To add on top of my previous kitting suggestions, the R1 End and PgDn keys can be removed from both base kits and instead placed into the numpad kit.
This is because those two keys are practically never used without a numpad (usually it's on 1800/CP/96-key boards). When designers decide to split the numpad off from the base kit, they sometimes forget to move those keys as well. But moved they should be.
Here are a few examples from other GMK sets: MoDo 2 base/numpad, Minimal 2 base/numpad, Stealth base/numpad, Firefly base/numpad, ThinkCaps base/numpad.

[KucherenkoZZZ]

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The R4 1u \| key can be removed from this kit because there is already a R4 1u <> key, and you don't need both.

Consider using Meta instead of Menu for the R4 1.25u key, since it's a more versatile legend.

To add on top of my previous kitting suggestions, the R1 End and PgDn keys can be removed from both base kits and instead placed into the numpad kit.
This is because those two keys are practically never used without a numpad (usually it's on 1800/CP/96-key boards). When designers decide to split the numpad off from the base kit, they sometimes forget to move those keys as well. But moved they should be.
Here are a few examples from other GMK sets: MoDo 2 base/numpad, Minimal 2 base/numpad, Stealth base/numpad, Firefly base/numpad, ThinkCaps base/numpad.

Hi there, thank you for the kit suggestions, i've fixed most of the stuff
R4 1u i decided to leave both options (<> and pipe) because there is some people that wants a pipe and some that wants arrows
Also i prefer Menu legend instead of Meta