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Offline athp2121

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[IC] GMK SoftTouch | IC Form
« on: Tue, 11 May 2021, 18:42:10 »

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GMK  SoftTouch

A pastel set featuring a pink and blue contrast

https://forms.gle/91aV8zCcfpNMYtRf6
Google Form for interest check

Base Kit

268651-1

Base Kit - Japanese Sublegends

271448-2

Spacebars

268587-3

268589-4



40s

268591-5



NorDeUK Layout

268593-6



Keyboard Renders

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268601-10






Info

Manufactured by GMK.
All colours are custom RAL Colours:
  • White: GMK WS2
  • Legend Blue: RAL 210 70 35 Weitsichtblau
  • Light Blue: RAL 210 80 25 Knallbleu
  • Navy Blue: RAL 220 70 35 Ferienblau
  • Pastel Pink: RAL 010 85 20 Inkarnatrose


Let us know what you think!


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Update 3
(17th May 2021)

RAL Colours
  • White: GMK WS2
  • Legend Blue: RAL 210 70 35 Weitsichtblau
  • Light Blue: RAL 210 80 25 Knallbleu
  • Navy Blue: RAL 220 70 35 Ferienblau
  • Pastel Pink: RAL 010 85 20 Inkarnatrose



Update 2
(16th May 2021)

Progress Check

Legends {FIXED}

RAL Colours {TBD}

Kitting
  • Base Kit size adjustment {DONE}
  • 40s Kit {DONE}
  • Spacebars blue/white {DONE}
  • NorDeUK {DONE}

Renders
  • Kits {DONE}
  • Boards {DONE}



Update 1
(11th May 2021)

Hey guys!

Thank you for all your comments so far, they have been really helpful in our design process

I'll start off with a quick introduction and follow with the updates we will make to the kit.

In summary, "we" are two Australian high school students in our final year and have been involved in the keyboard community for a year or two now and have enjoyed the strong culture of the group.

We decided to run a group buy kit because we thought it would be an enjoyable endeavour, working with a community to push a product to market that was of our own design.

The IC thread so far was really just to gauge interest in the colour scheme and we are currently working on expanding our kit's versatility [DONE] and designing novelty keycaps.

The kit itself, though some say was inspired by Noel, was more inspired by the soft texture of pastel colours and the clean look that they give to a keyboard. In addition to this, we really liked the look of the blue legends on pastel pink keycaps.

On the topic of legends, we realise now that the size of the text is quite small and that the font isn't the default GMK style. This was entirely due to our lack of knowledge of setting up designs and rendering but rest assured the final renders and kit will have the default size and font of a GMK keycap set.
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We are also currently taking your layout recommendations into consideration and will reveal the following in due course:
 
- Support for Alice layouts
 - A 40s kit
 - Spacebar kits it both white and the accent colour to decrease the size of the main kit
 - Fixing the issues with the colours of some of the keycaps on the base set

Finally, once we have sorted all these things out we will get more renders of the set to give you guys a better picture of what it will look like.

Thanks for your understanding and we look forward to getting this project rolling

PS: if we undergo short periods of inactivity that is likely due to either a busy school schedule or the disparity of time zones

« Last Edit: Tue, 29 June 2021, 02:34:05 by athp2121 »

Offline frostykoala

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 11 May 2021, 18:47:55 »
Good idea, you might want to think through some kitting decisions. Here are some things I noticed:

Forced Accent Bars are usually frowned upon
No B for Alice users
No 1.25u shift for ISO users
Labelling Kits do assist people in seeing if this set is right for their board
Your legends are all custom with this font and that is usually not the best route to take with GMK

If you would like more help please let me know and I would gladly help, this set can go places but needs some polishing.
« Last Edit: Tue, 11 May 2021, 18:54:20 by frostykoala »

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 11 May 2021, 18:48:43 »
ne 2nd b avail
Will there be a round 2 for SA Nightlight?

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Offline SketchLol

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 11 May 2021, 18:50:29 »
reminds me of noel

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 11 May 2021, 18:52:06 »
why are the legends itty bitty teeny tiny?


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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 11 May 2021, 18:53:01 »
also, who is "us"?? you never introduced yourself


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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 11 May 2021, 18:57:51 »
 :-X

Offline MIGHTY CHICKEN

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 11 May 2021, 18:59:40 »
1.Legends
2. More renders pls
3. That base kit is too massive
4. Blue accent bars, but no blue accent esc, enter etc.

Offline poglet

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch
« Reply #8 on: Tue, 11 May 2021, 19:07:52 »
Colors look good, seconding comments about legends being too small and a lack of blue accent keys.

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch
« Reply #9 on: Tue, 11 May 2021, 19:18:05 »
holy base kit batman

Offline ID99

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch
« Reply #10 on: Tue, 11 May 2021, 19:44:05 »
GMK leoN

Offline hali

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch
« Reply #11 on: Tue, 11 May 2021, 19:46:15 »
oh kle where would i be without you

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch
« Reply #12 on: Tue, 11 May 2021, 19:53:53 »
Can you please introduce yourself and the other ppl that are associated with this project, I would love to get to know you and the rest of the group. (also the legends are small plz change it)

Offline Bachoo

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch
« Reply #13 on: Tue, 11 May 2021, 20:06:43 »
Needs a bunch more polishing, but I can get behind what you have so far. On top of what frosty mentioned above, the f13 key you have is in the wrong color.

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch
« Reply #14 on: Tue, 11 May 2021, 21:34:26 »
why are the legends itty bitty teeny tiny?

Yeah it's weird they didn't use GMK legends for the renders of a GMK set.

I'd also like to know who they are as well as others mentioned since there's a lotta people just jumping into keyboards for money now.


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Offline SketchLol

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch
« Reply #15 on: Tue, 11 May 2021, 22:04:37 »
why are the legends itty bitty teeny tiny?

Yeah it's weird they didn't use GMK legends for the renders of a GMK set.

I'd also like to know who they are as well as others mentioned since there's a lotta people just jumping into keyboards for money now.
seems kind of a low effort set too. “they” just inverted noel and shoved them on 1 render, doesn’t looks like they even consulted anyone about this set either

Offline hyhy2105

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch
« Reply #16 on: Tue, 11 May 2021, 23:24:09 »
Wow, it looks beautiful and simple. But does it have novelties?

Offline NovaRMK

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch
« Reply #17 on: Tue, 11 May 2021, 23:27:46 »
I-... Uhm... what?

The colors look nice, base kit is... uh... someone help me out here.

Offline athp2121

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch
« Reply #18 on: Tue, 11 May 2021, 23:31:46 »
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« Last Edit: Wed, 12 May 2021, 00:53:58 by athp2121 »

Offline athp2121

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch
« Reply #19 on: Tue, 11 May 2021, 23:33:17 »
I-... Uhm... what?

The colors look nice, base kit is... uh... someone help me out here.

Aha yep, we have realised that it might be just a bit large, I hope our statement clears things up

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch
« Reply #20 on: Wed, 12 May 2021, 07:04:31 »
Glad to see sets in IC taking more of an interest check approach. I think there is slight resemblance to noel in terms of colors used but the application is different. Different enough... I dunno. But as others have pointed out kitting needs some work as a base kit of that size is not gonna be priced well by any means with a manu such as gmk. I recommend to take a look at other gmk sets in IC/GB to reference for kitting. Renders can be improved as well but you seem to be well aware of this. Hoping to see more updates in the future!

edit: also try to be a bit more concise with your wording. It gets to be a bit of a pain when reading a ton of text on an IC.
« Last Edit: Wed, 12 May 2021, 07:07:10 by LittleAad »

Offline Rumblethumps

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch
« Reply #21 on: Wed, 12 May 2021, 11:31:03 »
Well, this one and Noel do look pretty similar, but I missed out on Noel, so I still dig it lol.

Glad to see that the legends will be bigger. The size of the base kit makes me concerned about the price, though.

Offline robsta

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch
« Reply #22 on: Wed, 12 May 2021, 12:35:54 »
International Kit pls, and im so innnnnn, PASTEL LIFE ME AWAY!
« Last Edit: Fri, 14 May 2021, 00:26:26 by robsta »

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch
« Reply #23 on: Thu, 13 May 2021, 09:05:07 »
softtouchDN
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This is the cat and pat!!!!!!!!

Offline KeyboardCult102

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch
« Reply #24 on: Sat, 15 May 2021, 21:21:01 »
Ooh, new renders  :D

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch
« Reply #25 on: Sat, 15 May 2021, 22:11:40 »
softtouchDN

Swing and a solid connection.

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch
« Reply #26 on: Sat, 15 May 2021, 22:23:00 »
Your accent legends are different from your other legends. I recommend changing your other legends to match so they are actually legible.

Have you colormatched yet? Your close up render shows the legends as being turquoise on my monitor, idk if that's intentional.

RN it looks like you just inverted Noel and made it hard to read. Nevertheless, I missed Noel and hope this set develops into something that's legible and pretty. GLWIC!

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch
« Reply #27 on: Sun, 16 May 2021, 10:21:54 »
Gmk blanks?

Offline kevin8u

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch
« Reply #28 on: Mon, 17 May 2021, 22:00:38 »
Missed out on Noel, can’t wait to see how this set does.

Offline robsta

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch | IC Form + Novelties IC Form
« Reply #29 on: Mon, 17 May 2021, 23:33:58 »
in my opinion its nice as noel, maybe better, didnt saw a "pink bluish" set with international kit, so i think it will do good

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch | IC Form + Novelties IC Form
« Reply #30 on: Fri, 28 May 2021, 22:29:45 »
The colour contrast is much better now. Looking forward to the GB

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch | IC Form + Novelties IC Form
« Reply #31 on: Sat, 29 May 2021, 00:08:01 »
Such a cute set i would love to see this!

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch | IC Form + Novelties IC Form
« Reply #32 on: Sat, 29 May 2021, 03:40:39 »
I really like this set. Maybe add an F13 key, and consider a hangul or hiragana alpha kit?
Otherwise this looks really good  :thumb:

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch | IC Form
« Reply #33 on: Thu, 12 August 2021, 12:36:36 »
updates on this? I missed noel sooo

Offline athp2121

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch | IC Form
« Reply #34 on: Fri, 13 August 2021, 08:37:18 »
updates on this? I missed noel sooo
Just a quick one; GMK has had some massive delays and the vendors said we would need to wait till q4 this year/q1 next year to get in touch with them. In the meantime I have reached out to a new key cap manufacturer called Tomatocaps that make a similar profile to cherry with crisp alphas and a satisfying sound and we are making a test batch. We will likely start with a groupbuy with those early next year and with a turn around time of about 3 months, should be arriving at least by June if not earlier. Later on if the community still wants, we can run a GMK set too but the cherrycaps show a lot of promise.

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch | IC Form
« Reply #35 on: Fri, 20 August 2021, 07:25:56 »
updates on this? I missed noel sooo
Just a quick one; GMK has had some massive delays and the vendors said we would need to wait till q4 this year/q1 next year to get in touch with them. In the meantime I have reached out to a new key cap manufacturer called Tomatocaps that make a similar profile to cherry with crisp alphas and a satisfying sound and we are making a test batch. We will likely start with a groupbuy with those early next year and with a turn around time of about 3 months, should be arriving at least by June if not earlier. Later on if the community still wants, we can run a GMK set too but the cherrycaps show a lot of promise.

For tomato caps, they are untested in my view. Need to see and feel it in person. Domikey also recently moved to tripleshot ABS, but their quality are still clearly below GMK.

Offline athp2121

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch | IC Form
« Reply #36 on: Fri, 20 August 2021, 21:41:11 »
updates on this? I missed noel sooo
Just a quick one; GMK has had some massive delays and the vendors said we would need to wait till q4 this year/q1 next year to get in touch with them. In the meantime I have reached out to a new key cap manufacturer called Tomatocaps that make a similar profile to cherry with crisp alphas and a satisfying sound and we are making a test batch. We will likely start with a groupbuy with those early next year and with a turn around time of about 3 months, should be arriving at least by June if not earlier. Later on if the community still wants, we can run a GMK set too but the cherrycaps show a lot of promise.

For tomato caps, they are untested in my view. Need to see and feel it in person. Domikey also recently moved to tripleshot ABS, but their quality are still clearly below GMK.

Yep, I totally understand where you're coming from. It is still fairly new in the keyboard user-space, and it will be using a new custom-designed mould, but considering the quick turnarounds, I don't see why we couldn't send out kits to some streamers to have them tested and reviewed before we complete a group buy.

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Re: [IC] GMK SoftTouch | IC Form
« Reply #37 on: Sat, 21 August 2021, 07:47:53 »
I'm feeling the sublegends should be a bit more blue and less green.