[IC] DCS Yue Lao | Cancelled for now.

[revethewolf]

Welcome to the Interest Check for DCS Yue Lao

“An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but will never break.”

This set is inspired by Yue Lao (月老), the god of marriage and love in Chinese mythology and the story of the red thread of fate.

Yue Lao has an image of an old man that appears at night under the moon. Every Qixi Festival (七夕), he will be given a book filled with names of people that are single. And it is his duty to find the best match for each person, then tie the ends of the red thread of fate around their fingers. The two people that are connected by the cord are ‘destined lovers’, and are fated to meet in their lives.

The set will mostly be ABS doubleshot, with the exception of a few novelty keys (namely the enter keys, and the 2.25u left shift key) which will be entirely pad printed due to technological limitations. I lightened the entire colour scheme in order to reflect more on the image of the moon.

Kits

Base Kit

The Base Kit will have simplified Cangjie (a.k.a. Sucheng) sublegends since it's inspired by Chinese mythology. New legends will be made for the alphas.

Numpad Kit

Latin Alphas Kit

Spacebars Kit

Novelties Kit

UPDATED! Modified several keys to comply with technical limits.

As I previously said, most of the set will be ABS doubleshot except for the enter keys and the 2.25u left shift key.
To reflect the tale of the red thread of fate, I designed a left shift novelty key which has a hand with one end of the cord tied to it. I hope to depict an image of the red thread of fate running from the hand on the enter key, under the alphas, and onto the other hand which is on the left shift key

Accent Kit

Due to popular demand, I decided to add a red accent kit!

Alps Kit

NEW KIT!

From SP: Alps doubleshot keys are historically difficult to mold. The stem doesn’t have much plastic to hang onto when we mold a first shot under the key, resulting in stems breaking off the bottom of the key easily. Therefore, please be aware that too much removal of the key from the switch could result in the switch breaking.

Deskmat

Designed by stellaidoscope#0666

Renders

These are just some renders done by me, there will be better renders in the future

U80 by RamaWorks

Phoenix TKL by Cable Car Designs

Fuji65 by CMM Studios

Gentlemen65 by Jkey Designs

Press more for some renders of the old colour scheme

More

U80 by RamaWorks

M-60A by RamaWorks

Fuji65 by CMM Studios

Phoenix TKL by Cable Car Designs

Feel free to give some feedback on the set!

Interest Check Form

If you are interested in doing a collaboration for deskmats, artisans...etc. Feel free to contact me on Discord(ID: revethewolf#1694) and Instagram

Special Thanks

Thank you to the people who are in the KRK Discord server for giving me so much advise and helping me with the kitting

To Do:

Vendors
Add Collaborations (Deskmats, Artisans)
GB Date

Banner/Signature

For those of you who want to support the set, feel free to add this banner to your signature!

[revethewolf]

Chagelog:
- Add F13
- Slight alteration of the mod colors and accent colors
- Change R4 1u alt to code
- Remove 6u spacebar from Spacebars kit
- Fix the rows in base kit
- Add renders of the new colour scheme made by me
- Add Red Accent Kit
- Add Alps Base Kit

[Neely_12]

Will new molds for the sublegends be made? Pretty sure SP doesn't have them.

[revethewolf]

Will new molds for the sublegends be made? Pretty sure SP doesn't have them.

I have asked for a quote and the price didn't seem outrageously high, so I assume they don't have to. But I will ask them again to make sure 

[Update: seems like new molds will be made ]

[panka]

you messed up the rows here, should be R1, R2, R3, R4, R4. other than that it looks pretty nice, especially on grey boards.

[Fraaaan]

ne F13?

Usually you can get quotes from SP very early. Would be nice to see some early pricing estimates along with your MOQs for each kit.

[revethewolf]

(Attachment Link) you messed up the rows here, should be R1, R2, R3, R4, R4. other than that it looks pretty nice, especially on grey boards.

Thank you for pointing that out! I will fix it in a bit 

[revethewolf]

ne F13?

Usually you can get quotes from SP very early. Would be nice to see some early pricing estimates along with your MOQs for each kit.

Oh damn, seems like I rendered without F13, I will post a new render for the Base Kit in a bit! Thank you for pointing that out!

And in regards to the pricing, I actually already got a quote before I posted the IC, but I haven't set a price yet. It will be up soon 

[pixelpusher]

Not feeling those accent colors.  Why not just go with red? 

[revethewolf]

Not feeling those accent colors.  Why not just go with red?

Well, I just didn't like the red as accents that much... Another thing is I cannot use the red thread for the novelty if I use red accents, so I guess it is also a design choice on my part. But I am thinking of using an even lighter grey for the accent color

[donrevult]

Agreed on the Red accents. Maybe poll it in IC form?

[konstantin]

Nice colors and theme. Reasonable kitting, although I think that the Latin Alphas kit is unlikely to meet MOQ.

If you aren't planning on addding 2× 1.5u Supers to the base kit, you don't need the second 1u Alt. I suggest changing it to R4 1u Code, which is a generic key that can fill a couple of roles (e.g. it can pair with the existing 2u Shift as a 1u Shift for boards that use that layout).

[justinhigley]

It probably isn't worth including a DCS 6u bar in the kit. DCS 6u has nonstandard stab spacing compatible with only a few vintage boards.

[revethewolf]

Nice colors and theme. Reasonable kitting, although I think that the Latin Alphas kit is unlikely to meet MOQ.

If you aren't planning on addding 2× 1.5u Supers to the base kit, you don't need the second 1u Alt. I suggest changing it to R4 1u Code, which is a generic key that can fill a couple of roles (e.g. it can pair with the existing 2u Shift as a 1u Shift for boards that use that layout).

Thank you for pointing that out i will change that in the new Base Kit render after a slight color change 

[revethewolf]

It probably isn't worth including a DCS 6u bar in the kit. DCS 6u has nonstandard stab spacing compatible with only a few vintage boards.

Thank you for pointing that out :] I will add this to the change log 

[revethewolf]

Update: Colour scheme and modified interest check feedback form

[Puddsy]

i see dcs i open my wallet

[teddo]

First ever nine knives reference on caps!! GLWIC

[ibankais]

Love the colors on this updated version!

Any chance of an Alps base kit? This set is perfect for a classic vint-themed board, and the rich color and sublegends are not common with Alps sets.

[revethewolf]

Love the colors on this updated version!

Any chance of an Alps base kit? This set is perfect for a classic vint-themed board, and the rich color and sublegends are not common with Alps sets.

Thank you! I don't have much experience with Alps, but I am open to the idea

[revethewolf]

Update: Renders of new colour scheme.

[revethewolf]

Update: New renders and accent kit revealed! Sorry for not updating for the week, midterms have been kicking my ass 

[kiwoli]

Liking the red thread novelties, I'm ok with just having those and variations of them as a whole novelty kit, a suggestion will be to move the current R4 novelty to R3 Caps/Control, being in-line with the enter accent will be sweet.

Have you given thought to a mono grey set with white and red legends? Accentuating the theme of the red thread would really bring the set to another level.

Would also love to have the numpad in the base kit!

[tuesdaygloom]

I love the theme and colors, count me in for a set!

[revethewolf]

Update: Alps kit revealed!

[BasedCoper]

Looks great. Definitely a pick up. GLWIC

[TragicLoveStory]

I love the design and inspiration behind this, created an account just to show my support!

[tuesdaygloom]

Any updates on this set or when it will be run?

[ritualconfession]

Extremely excited for the Alps kit.

[revethewolf]

Updated 08/21/2022: Sorry for the wait between the updates! I was and still am in a transition period in my life, moving and renovating my new home, getting my first job...etc. It has been quite hectic, but I finally finished updating the novelties, so here's an update!

[tuesdaygloom]

dang im assuming this is dead