Post by: ARSLOCK on Sun, 29 September 2019, 11:30:52
I'm a big fan of blue and have been wanting to run a classic GMK keyset with stock colors for awhile.
I know there are a lot of GMK blue keysets already, but none of them are as simple as I wanted.
This keyset has no theme: it's just a stock blue keyset.
(https://i.imgur.com/bLX5iYB.jpg)
Working with hiney, we've developed the below kits.
MOQ will be 150 for the base kits.
Kits:
Base kit 1: WS1/V4
(https://i.imgur.com/lWayd5C.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/mUNqz58.jpg)
Base kit 2: V4/WS1
(https://i.imgur.com/lhugW5x.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/jkgKIFA.jpg)
Spacebar kit:
(https://i.imgur.com/fehacUU.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/mLKeSkl.jpg)
The plan is icon + text mods. I really am a fan of monotone keysets, and that's why I want to try 2 base kits. Whenever I get an alpha kit I don't like paying for a lot of keys I never end up using, so I wanted to try for 2 base kits.
Vendors:
NA: https://novelkeys.xyz/
EU: https://mykeyboard.eu/
SEA: https://monokei.co/
ASIA: https://www.zfrontier.com/
Pricing: TBD, shouldn't be too bad since it's all stock colors.
GB Date: May 4-29 2020.
Renders by janglad
(https://i.imgur.com/a2SQaX7.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/DsY3az1.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Eqk5paG.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/4jKPI4n.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/2vhyYPh.jpg)
RAMA Caps:
(https://i.imgur.com/D3NoXII.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/xYykbvr.png)
E-white coating, blue infill. Price TBD
some pics of gmk white-blue from LZ's run (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=82308.msg2252234#msg2252234)
(https://i.imgur.com/RZPCnGF.jpg)
pic by u/airs
Sig banner!
(https://i.imgur.com/d7JlM11.png)
Fill out IC form! (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeaAR_Ktp4LC7RnertVXgqhxpyO_Dk6BT11a6GU_qUkmDASEw/viewform?usp=sf_link)
updated all kits 10/1/19
renders added 10/5/19
updated base kits to correct UK ISO 10/23/19, small banner
gb announcement May 2020 on NovelKeys! 12/17/19
updated kits 3/28/20
RAMA cap 4/2/20
updated kit renders 4/16/20
Post by: logomachy on Sun, 29 September 2019, 11:34:56
Post by: eskimojo on Sun, 29 September 2019, 11:40:16
I think the base kit 1 already exists and was ran by LZ.
Sort of (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=82308.0), it looks like it was Blue on White with a mod addon of White on Blue. Same colours though.
Post by: ARSLOCK on Sun, 29 September 2019, 11:42:07
I think the base kit 1 already exists and was ran by LZ.
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=82308.0
Right we're aware of it, it's also a keyset you can buy with a GMK keyboard https://uniqey.net/en/keyboard-designer#e00d8e697b4a963e75a2ea1f46014624
Personally I'm most interested in the monotone blue, but we thought the base kit 1 would be more popular.
Post by: hineybush on Sun, 29 September 2019, 11:42:11
Post by: adxlk on Sun, 29 September 2019, 11:42:43
Post by: roostrc0gburn on Sun, 29 September 2019, 11:43:56
Post by: TheArcticFox_27 on Sun, 29 September 2019, 11:44:17
Post by: dantambok on Sun, 29 September 2019, 11:47:28
Gib.
what color do you actually see? :p
Post by: Ensaum on Sun, 29 September 2019, 11:54:52
Post by: dallman5 on Sun, 29 September 2019, 12:07:00
+1 for R5 bottom row
Post by: bisoromi on Sun, 29 September 2019, 12:32:58
Post by: SolidCactus on Sun, 29 September 2019, 12:48:00
Post by: walletburner on Sun, 29 September 2019, 13:03:33
Post by: break on Sun, 29 September 2019, 13:59:28
Post by: psxndc on Sun, 29 September 2019, 14:16:13
Post by: Rob27shred on Sun, 29 September 2019, 16:10:32
Post by: konstantin on Sun, 29 September 2019, 16:28:20
Base kit 1:
- The blue R1 \| key is not useful and should be removed.
- R3 PgUp and R4 PgDn should be added.
- The R4 1.25u Menu key is unnecessary since there is an Fn key of the same row and size.
- The ISO support is wrong: it's halfway between the baseline 4 keys and full ISO-UK. Either add the remaining three R1 `¬, 2", 3£ keys for full ISO-UK, or remove R3 '@, #~ and replace them with R3 \| for baseline support.
- I'd recommend either doing away with numpad sublegends altogether, or having them front printed, like the PrtSc and Pause ones.
- Stepped 1.75u Control is kinda iffy. Most sets choose not to run it, as the non-stepped one is usually enough. Your call.
Base kit 2:
- The blue R1 \| and `~ are straight up duplicates; remove them. You need one R1 \| and that's it.
- 2–6 same as above.
Spacebar kit:
- Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think 1.75c is only used on JD40, and you need two of them to cover that board, so there's not much point in including it.
- Does a 1.25c mold even exist?
- As someone who has a lot of 6u spacebar builds, I think it's okay to have just one of the two options. Most modern PCBs that support 6u will have switch holes for both positions.
Post by: roostrc0gburn on Sun, 29 September 2019, 17:08:03
Post by: konstantin on Sun, 29 September 2019, 17:26:19
what layout even uses R3 PgUp and R4 PgDn? must be something ortho
Anything with a right column (65%, 75%). It's actually probably more popular than R2 PgUp, R3 PgDn nowadays.
Post by: roostrc0gburn on Sun, 29 September 2019, 17:59:19
what layout even uses R3 PgUp and R4 PgDn? must be something ortho
Anything with a right column (65%, 75%). It's actually probably more popular than R2 PgUp, R3 PgDn nowadays.
i use R1 Home R2 Pg Up R3 Pg Dn R4 End. you dont see R3 Pg Up and R4 Pg Dn in many keysets
Post by: rondg on Sun, 29 September 2019, 18:42:56
Post by: konstantin on Sun, 29 September 2019, 19:14:42
you dont see R3 Pg Up and R4 Pg Dn in many keysets
- GMK Oblivion V2
- GMK Mizu
- GMK Peaches n Cream
- GMK Pulse
- GMK Night Runner
- GMK 8008
- GMK 9009 R3
- GMK Crimson Cadet
- GMK Café
- GMK Camping R2
- GMK Firefly
- GMK Phosphorus
- GMK Dracula
- GMK Coral
- GMK Bingsu
- GMK Alter
- GMK Terra
- GMK ASCII
- GMK Delta
- GMK Shark Bait
- GMK Ursa
- GMK Nautilus Nightmares
- GMK Moon Dust
- GMK Future Funk
- GMK Nord
- GMK Rudy
- GMK Yugo
In short, most new sets that are coming out have these keys.
Post by: roostrc0gburn on Sun, 29 September 2019, 19:30:27
Post by: pixelpusher on Sun, 29 September 2019, 21:10:00
Post by: hineybush on Sun, 29 September 2019, 21:29:36
I see some issues with the kits, and I have some suggestions.
Base kit 1:
- The blue R1 \| key is not useful and should be removed.
- R3 PgUp and R4 PgDn should be added.
- The R4 1.25u Menu key is unnecessary since there is an Fn key of the same row and size.
- The ISO support is wrong: it's halfway between the baseline 4 keys and full ISO-UK. Either add the remaining three R1 `¬, 2", 3£ keys for full ISO-UK, or remove R3 '@, #~ and replace them with R3 \| for baseline support.
- I'd recommend either doing away with numpad sublegends altogether, or having them front printed, like the PrtSc and Pause ones.
- Stepped 1.75u Control is kinda iffy. Most sets choose not to run it, as the non-stepped one is usually enough. Your call.
Base kit 2:
- The blue R1 \| and `~ are straight up duplicates; remove them. You need one R1 \| and that's it.
- 2–6 same as above.
Spacebar kit:
- Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think 1.75c is only used on JD40, and you need two of them to cover that board, so there's not much point in including it.
- Does a 1.25c mold even exist?
- As someone who has a lot of 6u spacebar builds, I think it's okay to have just one of the two options. Most modern PCBs that support 6u will have switch holes for both positions.
might remove the blue \| key if that's the case
r3 pgup/dn sure, i dont use it and dont care for it but we'll see
i like menu key
i dont care to add those extra three num keys, i'd rather add the bare minimum to keep the set cost down for the 75%+ that won't use iso
yea will likely remove numpad sublegends, and remove the front print on the PrtSc and Pause
removing stepped control
yea we did a copy/paste of the blue set, those will be removed ty
2-6 same as above
1.75c will be there because why not
yes a 1.25c mold exists, otherwise we wouldn't include it
yea true on the spacebars, someone always complains though ;)
Post by: IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES on Sun, 29 September 2019, 22:04:52
Post by: pixelpusher on Sun, 29 September 2019, 22:30:49
Pixelpusher, any of those keys in your blue cap portfolio use V4?
Yep. True Olivetti is V4 blue
[attachimg=1]
Post by: ARSLOCK on Tue, 01 October 2019, 17:34:24
Looking at the upcoming slate of keyset gb, we are thinking about launching in February 2020.
Post by: pixelpusher on Tue, 01 October 2019, 17:51:59
10/1: updated the kits off of your suggestions.
Looking at the upcoming slate of keyset gb, we are thinking about launching in February 2020.
Oh thank god. So much to compete with! Now can we convince all creators out there to just stop coming up with cool ideas for a year or so.
Post by: IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES on Tue, 01 October 2019, 18:15:36
I got metropolis and voyage, when they arrive happy to mail you a cap I won't use for what I believe is the biggest blue cap collection anywhere.
Post by: pixelpusher on Tue, 01 October 2019, 18:33:02
Thanks pixelpusher! Think that's my favorite of all blues. I have a set of what I believe are the true Olivetti alphas and I like that blue a lot.
I got metropolis and voyage, when they arrive happy to mail you a cap I won't use for what I believe is the biggest blue cap collection anywhere.
Ha. Thanks. Yeah, and those are only the ones that are close in color to striker. I have many other types of blue sets (lots of light blue and cyan)
Blue is best! V4 is arguably the best “blue” out there.
Post by: konstantin on Tue, 01 October 2019, 19:47:30
10/1: updated the kits off of your suggestions.
Psst, you still have those R3 '@ and #~ ISO keys in your base kit, as well as the marginally useful 1.75c spacebar in the spacebar kit. As far as the ISO keys go, remove those two and replace them with a R3 \|. Then for the R4 ISO key you have two options: either stick with R4 \| (in which case there will be a duplicate key), or change it to R4 <>.
By the way, you should update the KLE to use | instead of ¦ for the pipe legends.
Yep. True Olivetti is V4 blue
(Attachment Link)
That blue cap collection is awesome!
Post by: hineybush on Wed, 02 October 2019, 07:56:02
10/1: updated the kits off of your suggestions.
Psst, you still have those R3 '@ and #~ ISO keys in your base kit, as well as the marginally useful 1.75c spacebar in the spacebar kit. As far as the ISO keys go, remove those two and replace them with a R3 \|. Then for the R4 ISO key you have two options: either stick with R4 \| (in which case there will be a duplicate key), or change it to R4 <>.
By the way, you should update the KLE to use | instead of ¦ for the pipe legends.Yep. True Olivetti is V4 blue
(Attachment Link)
That blue cap collection is awesome!
we like ¦
ill do more research on iso stuff, you can make your own keyset layouts if you'd like
Post by: Mcnos on Wed, 02 October 2019, 11:28:19
Post by: vins.ent on Thu, 03 October 2019, 03:00:23
Post by: depletedvespene on Thu, 03 October 2019, 07:38:23
10/1: updated the kits off of your suggestions.
Psst, you still have those R3 '@ and #~ ISO keys in your base kit, as well as the marginally useful 1.75c spacebar in the spacebar kit. As far as the ISO keys go, remove those two and replace them with a R3 \|. Then for the R4 ISO key you have two options: either stick with R4 \| (in which case there will be a duplicate key), or change it to R4 <>.
By the way, you should update the KLE to use | instead of ¦ for the pipe legends.Yep. True Olivetti is V4 blue
(Attachment Link)
That blue cap collection is awesome!
we like ¦
ill do more research on iso stuff, you can make your own keyset layouts if you'd like
Ah, the | vs ¦ war is heating up... finally (?). And it's gonna be nasty, so bare with me while I present facts first and opinions later:
1) | and ¦ are two separate characters (U+007c VERTICAL LINE and U+00A6 BROKEN BAR). The former has been there from the beginning of ASCII and the latter started up life as a visual anomaly (this is not a joke), that afterwards got a life of its own (much like the "grave accent" that later became the "unrelated" backquote).
2) The | character is heavily used in programming, which is why many national layouts have it readily available, sometimes even in the base layer (see the Spanish (Latin America) layout); meanwhile, the ¦ character sees little actual usage, and is of interest only for typographers.
3) The UK English national layout is governed by a standard, that mandates that ¦ must be placed in the R4 key between Shift and Z, in Shift layer, so we should be talking about the \¦ key. The same standard places the | character in the `¬ key in the AltGr layer (`¬|).
4) Current usage, however, has changed: since before Windows XP, Microsoft implements the UK English national layout by flipping the assignments for | and ¦; implementations in other operating systems have followed suit.
5) Other national layouts (Italian, Portuguese and US English are the most notable examples) also have a \| key, but those have always been about the pipe character and not the broken bar. It's the UK English national layout that is an anomaly in this regard.
So...
You may have noticed that I'm very much a "let's do what the standard says, FFS", and in this particular case, we need to be clear on a few things and separate the issues:
0) It's not a matter of "visual style": | and ¦ are separate characters.
1) For the R1 1.0U and R2 1.5U \| keys, the symbol used should be | and not ¦, because those two keys are meant for keyboards with the US English national layout.
By the way, it's wrong to say that the R1 \| key is not useful - it gets used in HHKB style keyboards, where the 2U Backspace key is split into two 1U alphas (\| and `~).
2) For the R4 1.0U \| key... if we go with the UK Enlish national layout standard, it should be \¦, but current usage mandates \| instead. Given that the document's position is an oddity, and current usage has changed, I would suggest going with the latter.
Post by: depletedvespene on Thu, 03 October 2019, 07:44:02
1) Please complete the UK English support by adding the missing R1 keys.
2) Consider adding the 1.0U R3 \| key for the benefit of US English over ISO or ANSISO.
3) I wanted to suggest the addition of accented Esc and Enter keys with a deeper shade of blue to the base 2 kit, but seems that V4 is the darkest stock blue GMK has. :-/
4) The space bar kit is great. Don't change anything from it. :-)
Post by: konstantin on Thu, 03 October 2019, 08:17:36
By the way, it's wrong to say that the R1 \| key is not useful - it gets used in HHKB style keyboards, where the 2U Backspace key is split into two 1U alphas (\| and `~).
Correct, but a mod colored R1 \| isn't useful, which is what I was talking about.
4) The space bar kit is great. Don't change anything from it. :-)
Do you know any boards that use 1.75u space other than Vortex Core and JD40 (which requires two of them)?
Post by: ARSLOCK on Thu, 03 October 2019, 08:30:16
I wanted to suggest the addition of accented Esc and Enter keys with a deeper shade of blue to the base 2 kit, but seems that V4 is the darkest stock blue GMK has. :-/
I was thinking about maybe a green N7 accent key, or the lighter blue N5, but decided to just skip accents all together. If there's interest we can think about adding an accent esc/ansi enter.
Post by: eskimojo on Thu, 03 October 2019, 08:42:41
Do you know any boards that use 1.75u space other than Vortex Core and JD40 (which requires two of them)?
The Minitomic (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=97889.0) does.
Post by: konstantin on Thu, 03 October 2019, 09:40:31
The Minitomic (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=97889.0) does.
Thank you Eski, very cool
Post by: hineybush on Thu, 03 October 2019, 09:45:26
s10/1: updated the kits off of your suggestions.
Psst, you still have those R3 '@ and #~ ISO keys in your base kit, as well as the marginally useful 1.75c spacebar in the spacebar kit. As far as the ISO keys go, remove those two and replace them with a R3 \|. Then for the R4 ISO key you have two options: either stick with R4 \| (in which case there will be a duplicate key), or change it to R4 <>.
By the way, you should update the KLE to use | instead of ¦ for the pipe legends.Yep. True Olivetti is V4 blue
(Attachment Link)
That blue cap collection is awesome!
we like ¦
ill do more research on iso stuff, you can make your own keyset layouts if you'd like
Ah, the | vs ¦ war is heating up... finally (?). And it's gonna be nasty, so bare with me while I present facts first and opinions later:
1) | and ¦ are two separate characters (U+007c VERTICAL LINE and U+00A6 BROKEN BAR). The former has been there from the beginning of ASCII and the latter started up life as a visual anomaly (this is not a joke), that afterwards got a life of its own (much like the "grave accent" that later became the "unrelated" backquote).
2) The | character is heavily used in programming, which is why many national layouts have it readily available, sometimes even in the base layer (see the Spanish (Latin America) layout); meanwhile, the ¦ character sees little actual usage, and is of interest only for typographers.
3) The UK English national layout is governed by a standard, that mandates that ¦ must be placed in the R4 key between Shift and Z, in Shift layer, so we should be talking about the \¦ key. The same standard places the | character in the `¬ key in the AltGr layer (`¬|).
4) Current usage, however, has changed: since before Windows XP, Microsoft implements the UK English national layout by flipping the assignments for | and ¦; implementations in other operating systems have followed suit.
5) Other national layouts (Italian, Portuguese and US English are the most notable examples) also have a \| key, but those have always been about the pipe character and not the broken bar. It's the UK English national layout that is an anomaly in this regard.
So...
You may have noticed that I'm very much a "let's do what the standard says, FFS", and in this particular case, we need to be clear on a few things and separate the issues:
0) It's not a matter of "visual style": | and ¦ are separate characters.
1) For the R1 1.0U and R2 1.5U \| keys, the symbol used should be | and not ¦, because those two keys are meant for keyboards with the US English national layout.
By the way, it's wrong to say that the R1 \| key is not useful - it gets used in HHKB style keyboards, where the 2U Backspace key is split into two 1U alphas (\| and `~).
2) For the R4 1.0U \| key... if we go with the UK Enlish national layout standard, it should be \¦, but current usage mandates \| instead. Given that the document's position is an oddity, and current usage has changed, I would suggest going with the latter.
this is great info, ty
in the grand scheme of this set i prefer the split one yeah for visuals. i get they're separate characters. it can and will still be bound to |. and yea we'll adjust more stuff
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Post by: ARSLOCK on Sat, 05 October 2019, 14:06:33
Post by: Willhurt2008 on Tue, 08 October 2019, 15:36:57
Post by: SolidCactus on Tue, 08 October 2019, 16:22:28
Post by: PremierMushroom on Tue, 08 October 2019, 19:23:20
Post by: vi0till on Thu, 10 October 2019, 10:14:17
I'll take base 2 kit + accent, anytime.I wanted to suggest the addition of accented Esc and Enter keys with a deeper shade of blue to the base 2 kit, but seems that V4 is the darkest stock blue GMK has. :-/
I was thinking about maybe a green N7 accent key, or the lighter blue N5, but decided to just skip accents all together. If there's interest we can think about adding an accent esc/ansi enter.
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Post by: ARSLOCK on Wed, 23 October 2019, 06:23:01
Post by: harlekein on Wed, 23 October 2019, 09:09:07
Do you know any boards that use 1.75u space other than Vortex Core and JD40 (which requires two of them)?
The Minitomic (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=97889.0) does.
Still useless, because none of the other keys cater to that layout.
this is great info, ty
in the grand scheme of this set i prefer the split one yeah for visuals. i get they're separate characters. it can and will still be bound to |.
Wow...
Post by: hineybush on Wed, 23 October 2019, 11:06:03
Do you know any boards that use 1.75u space other than Vortex Core and JD40 (which requires two of them)?
The Minitomic (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=97889.0) does.
Still useless, because none of the other keys cater to that layout.this is great info, ty
in the grand scheme of this set i prefer the split one yeah for visuals. i get they're separate characters. it can and will still be bound to |.
Wow...
?
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Post by: Rayndalf on Thu, 24 October 2019, 22:03:11
Post by: IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES on Thu, 24 October 2019, 22:06:14
Iovercallhistiocytes: as the non letter alphas of GMK Handarbeit proceed in a diagonal line down the right of the keyboard, V4 blue space bars might be a viable split spacebar color for the set.
Post by: ARSLOCK on Thu, 31 October 2019, 08:59:12
Nobody:
Iovercallhistiocytes: as the non letter alphas of GMK Handarbeit proceed in a diagonal line down the right of the keyboard, V4 blue space bars might be a viable split spacebar color for the set.
That's an interesting idea I combined a few SA keysets like that myself.
https://imgur.com/gallery/mL06L
Post by: ARSLOCK on Tue, 05 November 2019, 08:32:53
Based on the IC form, a couple of thoughts: are you guys interested in a R5 add-on kit?
Any interest in a monotone white/blue colorway like LZ offered?
Considering doing 2 alphas kits and 2 mods kits, but that might be more expensive...
Post by: AdidasShoe42 on Tue, 05 November 2019, 16:12:01
10/1: updated the kits off of your suggestions.
Looking at the upcoming slate of keyset gb, we are thinking about launching in February 2020.
Wow this will likely be my next set! To save plastic from being wasted on all your friends here who use 60/65/75% boards, any chance we can split off the numpad into a separate kit? It will also help keep the cost down for the base kit. :)
Post by: hineybush on Tue, 05 November 2019, 16:18:56
10/1: updated the kits off of your suggestions.
Looking at the upcoming slate of keyset gb, we are thinking about launching in February 2020.
Wow this will likely be my next set! To save plastic from being wasted on all your friends here who use 60/65/75% boards, any chance we can split off the numpad into a separate kit? It will also help keep the cost down for the base kit. :)
I like numpad
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Post by: ARSLOCK on Tue, 05 November 2019, 16:25:10
10/1: updated the kits off of your suggestions.
Looking at the upcoming slate of keyset gb, we are thinking about launching in February 2020.
Wow this will likely be my next set! To save plastic from being wasted on all your friends here who use 60/65/75% boards, any chance we can split off the numpad into a separate kit? It will also help keep the cost down for the base kit. :)
I like numpad
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looking at mid jan - mid feb 2020 now
but with the numpad, it's gonna stay put. otherwise you may have to buy a numpad kit to moq, and you end up with extra numpads you can't sell later. not many ppl buy a standalone numpad and it doesn't add much cost to the base kit to include it.
Post by: ARSLOCK on Mon, 11 November 2019, 11:27:16
some pics of the sample caps in different lighting environments.
working on finalizing the kits so fill out the Fill out IC form! (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeaAR_Ktp4LC7RnertVXgqhxpyO_Dk6BT11a6GU_qUkmDASEw/viewform?usp=sf_link) pricing etc coming soon.
Post by: GMK_Andy on Mon, 11 November 2019, 13:00:14
Post by: Rob27shred on Wed, 13 November 2019, 10:26:31
Post by: AdidasShoe42 on Fri, 06 December 2019, 13:28:56
Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/0oNJ2XC.jpg)
some pics of the sample caps in different lighting environments.
working on finalizing the kits so fill out the Fill out IC form! (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeaAR_Ktp4LC7RnertVXgqhxpyO_Dk6BT11a6GU_qUkmDASEw/viewform?usp=sf_link) pricing etc coming soon.
Any of them there updates for us boss? ;D
Post by: ARSLOCK on Tue, 17 December 2019, 17:37:41
In order to use Novel Keys as the NA vendor, we have to push the gb back a few months. Sorry for the delay.
This means we have more time to make tweaks on kits, maybe work on some other stuff (deskmats? artisans?) to go along with the group buy, and get some more renders together. We also can confidently offer both base kits which was always important to me.
Thanks again to hiney for working out all this business stuff. I'm looking forward to it and we'll keep you guys updated!
Post by: IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES on Tue, 17 December 2019, 21:46:00
Post by: Starston3 on Tue, 17 December 2019, 23:15:20
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Post by: ARSLOCK on Tue, 21 January 2020, 07:37:54
Could you add two 1.5u Super and two 1u Alt keys to the base for tsangan compat for mac users. Like GMK minimal?Show Image(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191218/84110c965fa5b955ba26c6f6c6755c21.jpg)
Trying to keep the base kit small but let me talk to hiney about this.
Just since I'm bumping, what would you guys like to see with a deskmat etc? Especially since there is no theme here, would anyone want just a color matched deskmat to the blue, if that's possible of course.
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Post by: datfroyodoe on Tue, 21 January 2020, 19:28:35
https://www.fashiontrendsetter.com/v2/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/PANTONE-19-4052-Classic-Blue-1.jpg
Post by: DrHigsby on Wed, 22 January 2020, 13:15:07
As a deskmat idea, I’d love to see a color matched blue to white gradient.
Post by: DrHigsby on Wed, 29 January 2020, 14:10:50
Big update: The set will now run in May on Novel Keys! https://novelkeys.xyz/
In order to use Novel Keys as the NA vendor, we have to push the gb back a few months. Sorry for the delay.
This means we have more time to make tweaks on kits, maybe work on some other stuff (deskmats? artisans?) to go along with the group buy, and get some more renders together. We also can confidently offer both base kits which was always important to me.
Thanks again to hiney for working out all this business stuff. I'm looking forward to it and we'll keep you guys updated!
Have you considered adding an ortho mods kit? I’ve been thinking about if I picked up this kit, what kind of keeb would I put it in. I’ve got a blue anodized alum 15x5 ortho board that this Keyset would look absolutely stunning in.
Post by: konstantin on Fri, 31 January 2020, 13:36:54
:)
Post by: AdidasShoe42 on Fri, 31 January 2020, 13:51:30
Big update: The set will now run in May on Novel Keys! https://novelkeys.xyz/
In order to use Novel Keys as the NA vendor, we have to push the gb back a few months. Sorry for the delay.
This means we have more time to make tweaks on kits, maybe work on some other stuff (deskmats? artisans?) to go along with the group buy, and get some more renders together. We also can confidently offer both base kits which was always important to me.
Thanks again to hiney for working out all this business stuff. I'm looking forward to it and we'll keep you guys updated!
Excellent! I am definitely in. Two requests for your consideration:
1. Text-only modifiers (like the recent GMK Oblivion)? Looks super clean as opposed to the arrows+text for things like "Shift" or "Enter" or "Tab" etc.
2. A 1.5u "Command" key for those of us who use Macs :)
Post by: ARSLOCK on Sat, 28 March 2020, 17:27:45
Small update to the base kits: (b and F13!)
(https://i.imgur.com/lWayd5C.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/lhugW5x.png)
spacebars kit is the same.
and we have a channel with updates on the hiney discord (https://discord.gg/KcH6Cr2)
Post by: konstantin on Sat, 28 March 2020, 18:38:12
yes hiney it's in every other set
Post by: ARSLOCK on Thu, 02 April 2020, 14:40:40
(https://i.imgur.com/D3NoXII.png)
Price TBD
also thanks to u/beamingrobot for being the SEA proxy!
Post by: BuddhaBen on Sat, 04 April 2020, 00:37:36
Definitely picking up a base set and RAMA. Any chance we could get the RAMA 'O' too?
Post by: Module on Sat, 04 April 2020, 09:52:21
Post by: synthtastic on Wed, 08 April 2020, 14:09:42
Post by: ARSLOCK on Thu, 16 April 2020, 08:16:01
(https://i.imgur.com/lPzeToD.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/mfc3JWC.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/fx7H4KX.jpg)
renders by janglad
we're only a few weeks away now from the buy now, it starts in May!
https://imgur.com/a/vxWS2c1 renders in an album, and the kit renders have been added on the top post.
Post by: SolidCactus on Thu, 16 April 2020, 08:16:56
Post by: udller on Thu, 16 April 2020, 10:58:05
Post by: BuddhaBen on Thu, 16 April 2020, 22:55:21
Post by: hineybush on Thu, 16 April 2020, 22:58:17
Any word on prices?
should have soon!
Post by: Ultimatum on Fri, 17 April 2020, 00:11:15
Post by: hineybush on Fri, 17 April 2020, 00:26:18
Need accent caps.
What color?
Post by: Midori on Fri, 17 April 2020, 00:27:19
Need accent caps.
+1 I would like orange accents
Post by: Ultimatum on Fri, 17 April 2020, 01:24:57
Need accent caps.
What color?
I want dark blue. ;)
Post by: hineybush on Fri, 17 April 2020, 01:26:20
Need accent caps.
What color?
I want Dark blue. ;)
weren't planning any accents as the goal of this is an "eco kit". maybe one day
Post by: amarotea on Sun, 19 April 2020, 00:05:33
Post by: Baionlenja on Sun, 19 April 2020, 12:51:29
Post by: yicaoyimu on Sun, 19 April 2020, 15:23:02
(https://i.imgur.com/U5d58MB.jpg)
Post by: pixelpusher on Sun, 19 April 2020, 16:22:53
Post by: ARSLOCK on Thu, 23 April 2020, 08:52:17
V4 is a stock color for a reason. It is a fantastic all-around blue. I will probably pick up both base sets.
thanks for the support pixelpusher!
so we have an updated vendors list and official GB start date from Novel Keys on Monday, May 4.
GB Date: May 4-29 2020.
Vendors:
NA: https://novelkeys.xyz/
EU: https://mykeyboard.eu/
SEA: https://monokei.co/
ASIA: https://www.zfrontier.com/
also, we're doing another RAMA cap:
(https://i.imgur.com/xYykbvr.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/DpdTz1F.png)
Thanks hiney for making this happen, and thanks everyone for the interest in this set, I'm excited to see it come to fruition.
Post by: Xqht on Thu, 23 April 2020, 12:14:41
Just want to know if you are able to add 1.25 Fn key on R4 for us who using Anne pro 2 or Pok3r ...
Post by: oscdawg on Thu, 23 April 2020, 12:57:45
V4 next to GMK Striker, in case anyone is curious.Thanks! I was wondering this exact same thing. Love this shade of blueShow Image(https://i.imgur.com/U5d58MB.jpg)
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Post by: amarotea on Thu, 23 April 2020, 22:42:22
Post by: BruceDinh on Fri, 24 April 2020, 22:07:29
Post by: hineybush on Fri, 24 April 2020, 22:14:56
Im in, but rama cap is seem don't makesense with meX and O because they are the standard rama caps and we wanted to do them
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Post by: CrazyAssMonkey on Fri, 24 April 2020, 22:32:51
Im in, but rama cap is seem don't makesense with me
The simple fact that we want rama caps makes no sense ;D
Post by: BuddhaBen on Sun, 26 April 2020, 01:22:16
Noticed the group buy date moved up a couple of days. Any update on pricing?
Post by: akina on Wed, 29 April 2020, 17:14:55
Post by: cinnabolt on Wed, 29 April 2020, 17:22:01
its april 29th and the group buy isnt opened, riiiiiiiip
The GB starts on May 4th.
Post by: akina on Wed, 29 April 2020, 17:33:53
its april 29th and the group buy isnt opened, riiiiiiiip
The GB starts on May 4th.
ohhh oops i only saw the 4-29.... ooops
Post by: huey on Fri, 01 May 2020, 07:39:22
Post by: Anovas on Sat, 02 May 2020, 09:37:48
Post by: ARSLOCK on Sat, 02 May 2020, 10:03:06
Any chance for an Australian vendor? Love this look!
Daily clack will be selling it!
Post by: Anovas on Sat, 02 May 2020, 10:04:40
Post by: Delirious on Sat, 02 May 2020, 11:18:34
Post by: Fklr on Sun, 03 May 2020, 20:11:26
Prices:
Classic Blue (both kits) - $140.00 USD
Space bar Kit - $40.00 USD
RAMA O and X - $46.00 USD
Post by: num on Sun, 03 May 2020, 23:34:44
Post by: ARSLOCK on Mon, 04 May 2020, 06:10:33
Thanks everyone for their support!