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[IC] GMK CYL Black & Gold | GB live 'til 20th March - New deskmats/renders!
Rob27shred:
Pittsburgher approved! :thumb:
Rob27shred:
--- Quote from: rgo on Sat, 07 September 2024, 03:03:58 ---GMK Midas is the same as this? No IC post for that yet. Love the look of this set though.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C-QGXE2sOoL/?igsh=MTB5eHJvdW5maDduZQ==
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Not really, from the looks of Midas it's gonna be a dual color set (white alphas, black mods, gold legends) whereas this will be mono colored set (black alphas & mods with gold legends & accent keys). Sure they're similar, but if Monochrome, Wob, & BoW can all coexist I don't see why these two sets can't.
rgo:
--- Quote from: Rob27shred on Sat, 07 September 2024, 14:20:50 ---
--- Quote from: rgo on Sat, 07 September 2024, 03:03:58 ---GMK Midas is the same as this? No IC post for that yet. Love the look of this set though.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C-QGXE2sOoL/?igsh=MTB5eHJvdW5maDduZQ==
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Not really, from the looks of Midas it's gonna be a dual color set (white alphas, black mods, gold legends) whereas this will be mono colored set (black alphas & mods with gold legends & accent keys). Sure they're similar, but if Monochrome, Wob, & BoW can all coexist I don't see why these two sets can't.
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Not sure if you saw the second photo in that post, but there is also a monochrome version which is gold on black …
I hope both sets can co-exist 🙏
IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES:
Big nov extension and spacebar kits are gonna really benefit from getting higher MOQ, and that’s kind of a catch 22, as if the child kit is big, the price is high, and it doesn’t sell terribly well.
If you get a good vendor, they may have advice about this. In the meantime, consider a detailed interest check looking at extension and spacebar kits to see interest in coverage.
It’s a neat design, and unlike other gold on black, this is actually gold, and a full IC.
Bobatype:
- Added NorDeUK kit render
- Adjusted Base kit and Add-On Kit to reflect change to 1-line-legends of 'Scroll Lock' -> 'Scroll', and 'Num Lock' -> 'Num'
--- Quote from: Cringelord on Fri, 06 September 2024, 20:45:17 ---Finally some media keys
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Yes, I'm really hoping the Media kit gets made. Shout out to lukelex who posted the IC for gmk media keys being cool with me proposing something similar to his idea. I'm thinking of adding an additional 1u icon on R4 so it can be used on boards with a single XT column as well, but not super sure what icon to place there. Currently I'm thinking of music note (open playlist/media player) as that seems a bit more useful than a 'stop' or 'loop' etc.
--- Quote from: noahf on Sat, 07 September 2024, 13:05:39 ---**** yeah to this.
I had thought about running a black and gold set back in 2019 but getting the gold right never seemed possible. So im payched gmk is offering metallic and you did this.
Also really enjoy the casino novelties
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Thanks. Yeah, it's awesome that there's a better way to emulate the gold nowadays. Casino felt like a great match to the theme, and yeah I'm contemplating switching to ISO enter for it haha.
--- Quote from: jawoo on Sat, 07 September 2024, 04:26:30 ---Would've loved it even more if it were metal
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mmm yes I'm aware that metal keycaps are a thing and would fit well here, but I much prefer to use plastic keycaps for now. I still have reservations about the sound/price/feel of full metal keycaps. Perhaps something to consider in the future.
--- Quote from: rgo on Sat, 07 September 2024, 16:28:34 ---
--- Quote from: Rob27shred on Sat, 07 September 2024, 14:20:50 ---
--- Quote from: rgo on Sat, 07 September 2024, 03:03:58 ---GMK Midas is the same as this? No IC post for that yet. Love the look of this set though.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C-QGXE2sOoL/?igsh=MTB5eHJvdW5maDduZQ==
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Not really, from the looks of Midas it's gonna be a dual color set (white alphas, black mods, gold legends) whereas this will be mono colored set (black alphas & mods with gold legends & accent keys). Sure they're similar, but if Monochrome, Wob, & BoW can all coexist I don't see why these two sets can't.
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Not sure if you saw the second photo in that post, but there is also a monochrome version which is gold on black …
I hope both sets can co-exist 🙏
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Prior to this IC, I wasn't aware that Manu had been cooking something similar that he titled as Midas, nor was he aware of my project (it was only hinted in my discord, and I wasn't following his socials). It's unfortunate but not surprising that we independently came up with the same/similar colour combination at the same time following GMK revealing its new materials. It appears that we both asked and received same samples from the manufacturer months ago too. I just happened to have posted here earlier than he did. We've since had a discussion and Manu's decided graciously decided to pivot and step away from pushing forward his proposal under GMK.
--- Quote from: IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES on Sun, 08 September 2024, 12:02:23 ---Big nov extension and spacebar kits are gonna really benefit from getting higher MOQ, and that’s kind of a catch 22, as if the child kit is big, the price is high, and it doesn’t sell terribly well.
If you get a good vendor, they may have advice about this. In the meantime, consider a detailed interest check looking at extension and spacebar kits to see interest in coverage.
It’s a neat design, and unlike other gold on black, this is actually gold, and a full IC.
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Thanks for the pointers. Yeah food for thought and will definitely need to discuss with vendors on the best approach on that extension/spacebars add-on kit. CR black spacebars already exist and since I prefer alice/split support in base, it felt a bit awkward to have a black spacebar only kit, and combining them with gold accent spacebars didn't feel like the right move.
In fact, the initial add-on kit was a little bit bigger, but I decided to split the media keys off.
I was also considering M1-M10 macro keys, but don't think there's sufficient demand them, so decided to provide sufficient keys in each novelty kit to at least provide physical coverage for XT-layouts instead (and other layouts that benefit from 2 x 1u 'modifiers' on each row)
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