those fake carbon made me feel much better after I missed the skidata.
because if I got the skidata so many keycaps would get wasted to made it look like carbon.
I need the carbon to heal me right now because I'm so much pain form Skidata markup </3
now, if I paid 300$ I can get 2 sets of GMK Carbon instead of Skidata base set and color pack and no keycap would get wasted as well.
Thanks for made it happen <3
I honestly don't think you got the right idea. Carbon with the custom colour MOQ might make it more expensive than Skidata, and there's no way you will be getting "two sets" for the price of one, as SKIDATA+ was originally priced at cost (during the GB).
I'm posting with the intents of stopping misinformation from happening, so I will be objective with what I have to say.
Also, I want to point out, custom colours may seem like a good idea for the sake of having a custom colour, but it will potentially be more risky to run due to the custom plastic compound mixture, which might not be as robust as the standard GMK colours which have undergone extensive testing and reformulation to prevent lightbleed and other issues.
I wish GMK Carbon success and have every intent as a GMK fan of wanting to see it succeed, but I must to point out that Skidata colours are literally the same as the mockups posted (90% or higher match), and that going with a custom GMK compound might end up becoming complete disaster.
Even if the orange wasn't so similarly matching, is there really a market or need for another Orange set?
Once again:
1) If you insist on using a custom colour, you have to understand the downsides of it.
The colour is not extensively tested by GMK and may have issues.
Some issues being lightbleed and swirls on the plastic:
Do you really want something that will turn out like that? Going with a custom colour will potentially look like that. It would be absolutely garbage.
2) If you do not go with a custom colour, then you literally have the same colours as Skidata+.
I don't think it's worthwhile to make such a similar set, as you can already find a used beige set and pair it up with Skidata+.
Just my thoughts on the options. Either way, I don't think enough research has been done by the OP, and your options aren't great. In fact, it is a really bad idea to go with custom colours, but if you go with the standard orange, then you will literally have Skidata+.
Just wanted to share my experience from all the research I have conducted, and hope this helps.