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Title: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: Kaptain Mike on Wed, 06 March 2024, 20:19:42
(https://imgur.com/kJEf2cx.jpg)


Hello Everyone and welcome to the IC for GMK Cosmos!
In the dark realms of infinite space lie vibrant bursts of color.

Black sets are timeless classics and essential for most collections so here I aim to bring something new and more distinctive than just another variation of a White on Black set. The base is black and the legends provide subtle hints of multicolor that become visible when viewed under specific lighting conditions for an overall minimal and dark aesthetic.


DISCORD (https://discord.gg/XGJvbTCa9h) | FILL IC FORM (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1BniShsvL-DILysYjrGMKXn4gbxktgVfC2jzpXymOz6o/edit)

Please READ everything. If you don't like dark and low contrast sets, then this is not for you :)
 




KITS


Nebulae (Base Kit)
(https://imgur.com/eXDriOd.jpg)

Cosmic Dust (Add-On Kit)
(https://imgur.com/CM5Iy3I.jpg)

Meteoroids (Macros Kit)
(https://imgur.com/g2sRx9g.jpg)

Darkness (Hangul Subs) Kit
More
(https://c.tenor.com/Q5nrjAajon8AAAAC/tenor.gif)


Kitting Diagram

(https://imgur.com/OZdViDG.jpg)


Close Up
(https://imgur.com/hf2xfY8.jpg)

*Disclaimer: Please note that these are renders and it is very, very difficult to convey this texture/sparkle unless you hit it with direct light, but then it makes the render look strange. Black and anything with a multifaceted "glitter" or iridescence is always going to be tricky. I understand that in some of these it may look similar to GMK Dark with CR on N9, this is due to the lighting. We tried to provide renders in a couple different lighting conditions. Please scroll down to the GMK SAMPLES section to read more.





FEATURES

  • Cherry profile, ABS plastic, thick doubleshot keycaps manufactured by GMK using one of GMK's new custom plastics.
  • Colors: CR base. Multicolor "liquid black" for the legends (referred to as M-LB going forward).
  • Legends won't be super visible. That is by design. I like black sets and it's about the details here. Less is more.
    Get good (coming from someone who is looking down as I type this).
    If this isn’t for you, that is ok.
  • OG Cherry-style Icon-Text modifiers, not Omni mods.
  • Legends on LED keycaps are pad printed.
  • Accent keys will be inverse meaning CR legends on M-LB.
  • Add-on kit has 4-key 40's support, extra B and alice bars and the very elite '95 Windows keys.
  • Any missing spacebars are available elsewhere if you don’t already own them since we are using CR/black.
    EX: GMK Mictlan, Wasabi, Stealth, WoB variants etc.
  • Pricing/Vendors: TBD
  • GB timeline: TBD but ASAP
  • Artisan collabs: TBD. Feel free to reach out if you are interested in a collab.






RENDERS


OC2XL by @dajikeyboards (https://www.instagram.com/dajikeyboards/)
(https://imgur.com/z6eA0CA.jpg) (https://imgur.com/Ok3enb2.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/K9nTVhc.jpg) (https://imgur.com/HY2A2He.jpg)

500C by @merisi.works (https://www.instagram.com/merisi.works/)
(https://imgur.com/1os4QO4.jpg) (https://imgur.com/0CF0TnU.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/GfLLy9k.jpg) (https://imgur.com/FJc1Oac.jpg)

Sonnet by @modekeyboards (https://www.instagram.com/modekeyboards/)
(https://imgur.com/NN33LbG.jpg) (https://imgur.com/xKhqem6.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/GY0w0Mz.jpg) (https://imgur.com/fZNcK0z.jpg)

TKL by @whysoda (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=121846.0)
(https://imgur.com/j1cSnkr.jpg) (https://imgur.com/4ScISlg.jpg)







GMK SAMPLES

GMK sent me samples of some of their new plastics. The two seen here are “liquid black” a and b. One has red specks and the other has blue specks, both have iridescent qualities. Under certain lighting conditions, you can clearly see the blue and red colors while in different lighting it looks mostly like a glossy black. The other cap is a new GMK WoB for comparison. My goal is to have a “liquid black” variant with multicolor specks and iridescence, much like nebulas in space! The renders are trying to convey a multicolor version of these blue and red “liquid blacks” so try to imagine that. I would greatly appreciate your imaginative flexibility.


(https://imgur.com/kGCWRVV.jpg) (https://imgur.com/ts4wwEO.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/flS8Y6K.jpg) (https://imgur.com/zgKjBiC.jpg)




THANKS TO:
  • Special thanks to whysoda for being the crucial piece in bringing my idea to virtual life with her renders and guidance!
  • BlindAssassin111, Vheissu, Matt, OCM, Ankit, PogurtWogurt for guidance and feedback - even if minimal I really appreciate it.
  • GMK for working with me and sending me samples of their new plastics.


QUESTIONS/COMMENTS/CONCERNS

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to drop me a DM over on Discord @kaptainmike

PLEASE NOTE: Future collabs TBD based on IC performance




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Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: Kaptain Mike on Wed, 06 March 2024, 20:20:46
Reserved
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: ankit on Wed, 06 March 2024, 20:32:34
hell yes ily mike
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: packman86 on Wed, 06 March 2024, 20:32:41
Those GMK samples are looking super exciting!
In for 2 sets!
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: fruitykeeb on Wed, 06 March 2024, 20:34:26
mike bought every wob set and is yearning for more. i like :thumb:
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: BlindAssassin111 on Wed, 06 March 2024, 20:34:32
Can't wait, tis a very nice set.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: mcmcmc on Wed, 06 March 2024, 20:34:54
 :cool:
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: LightningXI on Wed, 06 March 2024, 20:38:58
Those GMK samples are looking super exciting!
In for 2 sets!


+1 for Carl Sagan ref

also in for one
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: Trackpoint on Wed, 06 March 2024, 20:40:16
Really neat set! I'm curious though, why choose insert as one of the three accent keys?
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: Soums on Wed, 06 March 2024, 20:41:27
can't wait, going to go in on this...  :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: Hinkerbottom on Wed, 06 March 2024, 20:42:23
naise
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: juaninamilli on Wed, 06 March 2024, 20:47:13
Nebulae? More like Nebu-bae, amirite
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: TyPo.mk on Wed, 06 March 2024, 20:52:04
Hello I would purchase this product :)
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: deepspacerailgun on Wed, 06 March 2024, 20:52:29
Samples look even better in person! GLWIC!!!
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: Woovie on Wed, 06 March 2024, 21:04:42
10/10 WTB  :thumb:
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: kyuut on Wed, 06 March 2024, 21:08:30
very nice mike ;D
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: LightningXI on Wed, 06 March 2024, 21:17:05
Really neat set! I'm curious though, why choose insert as one of the three accent keys?

Some people prefer having an accent on that key, especially on TKL setups. These folks may choose to put an artisan on Insert instead of Esc or the top-right cluster, and so on... It's a key that's not used (often, if at all) in practice, so it makes it practical to put an accent there.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: Cringelord on Wed, 06 March 2024, 21:27:20
Wished you could have a render that didn't look like CR on N9 but I'll buy this nonetheless.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: mul7i on Wed, 06 March 2024, 21:43:35
very seggsy yum yum in my tum tum
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: Sissy on Wed, 06 March 2024, 21:45:29
GMK Dark is one of my favourite sets so this really appeals to me.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: unwashed_heathen on Wed, 06 March 2024, 21:48:26
Very interested, GLWIC! Any chance of adding support for single macros column to macros kit?
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: Natetypesfast on Wed, 06 March 2024, 21:51:41
man such a sick set - sign me up.  Also I would kill for that Sonnet accent.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: VAMP on Wed, 06 March 2024, 21:55:02
oooh i love this!
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: Patty on Wed, 06 March 2024, 21:55:28
i cannot resist sparkly sets

im in
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: caap on Wed, 06 March 2024, 22:39:25
man, just when i thought I could stop joining group buys, you come and make this set.

looks great mike! will be here to support when it runs :thumb:
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: twitchytheinsideman on Thu, 07 March 2024, 00:01:22
finally a gmk blanks set :thumb:
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: LaserCrafter on Thu, 07 March 2024, 00:09:20
we are one step closer to gmk blanks
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: majin on Thu, 07 March 2024, 01:01:17
such a nice set, can’t wait to have it in hands!
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: keepoto on Thu, 07 March 2024, 01:24:23
nice now we have GMK Nebula, GMK Universe and GMK Cosmos, what's next?
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: xLeHoy on Thu, 07 March 2024, 01:47:04
nice now we have GMK Nebula, GMK Universe and GMK Cosmos, what's next?
Good question, I've heard of a few things
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: sirieous on Thu, 07 March 2024, 01:52:48
Wicked, would be very down
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: cthalupa on Thu, 07 March 2024, 02:09:22
Really nice use of the effects plastics.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: MSA_Vision on Thu, 07 March 2024, 02:27:46
You about to make me buy a black board, Mike…

Count me in :D
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: Manukbs_ on Thu, 07 March 2024, 03:57:10
Really really good
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: sw3ps on Thu, 07 March 2024, 04:46:57
Pls add an international kit.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: Udyrstruidor on Thu, 07 March 2024, 06:19:26
Based kitting
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: mr_foggy on Thu, 07 March 2024, 08:10:02
black
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: Jae-3soteric on Thu, 07 March 2024, 09:07:48
Yes. Great theme and lovely execution so far
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: obzkure on Thu, 07 March 2024, 10:23:04
Great work with this Mike! Those sample keycaps from GMK showing the effect are very cool.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: MartinThePolarBear on Thu, 07 March 2024, 10:34:07
Love the details here

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Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: Farhandsome on Thu, 07 March 2024, 10:54:29
Dude!! This is awesome - love the inclusion of a macro kit. No complaints on the kitting. +1 for windowed keys.

You are also incredibly handsome.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: tuesdaygloom on Thu, 07 March 2024, 11:07:37
This looks so fun!
Can we get r0 and r5?
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: fzlo on Thu, 07 March 2024, 11:41:32
Wow! Insane work!
Definitely bus this one

International would be awesome!
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: dirtywretch on Thu, 07 March 2024, 13:14:27
nice now we have GMK Nebula, GMK Universe and GMK Cosmos, what's next?

GMK NGC 1232.

In the meantime, I'd be down for Cosmos.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: Prim3 on Thu, 07 March 2024, 16:21:06
 :thumb:
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: whohackedme on Thu, 07 March 2024, 22:39:57
Great design idea! Any chance of entertaining the idea of making a kit where all the alphas sparkly and the mods aren't? I think if it's on alphas instead of mods, then it'll look like you're peaking into space and your keyboard is the telescope :)
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: tuesdaygloom on Thu, 07 March 2024, 22:55:35
can we also get a blank 1u spacebars too
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: spingo on Fri, 08 March 2024, 07:42:18
That's really cool! Good use of that new plastics material!
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: norb on Sat, 09 March 2024, 05:21:48
some novelties would be dope, maybe even in accent-style with the liquid black as primary color  :thumb:
regardless of that i think i'll be grabbing a set!
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: packman86 on Sun, 10 March 2024, 19:09:57
This looks so fun!
Can we get r0 and r5?

+1 for R5 :)
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: Kaptain Mike on Mon, 11 March 2024, 15:41:21
Reserved
Dinner for 2 please.

Really neat set! I'm curious though, why choose insert as one of the three accent keys?

Just like LightningX1 said :) I really like seeing a TKL with a single artisan or accent key to replace the Insert key instead of the more common Esc. By including it here I hope to introduce a whole lot more people to it.

Wished you could have a render that didn't look like CR on N9 but I'll buy this nonetheless.

I do understand your sentiment. I wish I had real samples of my design in hand but for now we have these renders and the other sample keys to help convey my idea. I appreciate everyone's imaginative flexibility and I hope you all see what my vision for this set is.

Very interested, GLWIC! Any chance of adding support for single macros column to macros kit?
Pls add an international kit.
Great design idea! Any chance of entertaining the idea of making a kit where all the alphas sparkly and the mods aren't? I think if it's on alphas instead of mods, then it'll look like you're peaking into space and your keyboard is the telescope :)
Pls add an international kit.
can we also get a blank 1u spacebars too
some novelties would be dope, maybe even in accent-style with the liquid black as primary color  :thumb:
regardless of that i think i'll be grabbing a set!
This looks so fun!
Can we get r0 and r5?

There is always a chance if there is enough demand. As long as you filled out the IC form found at the top of the post, I will be able to keep better track of demand. Thank you all for the support so far!

we are one step closer to gmk blanks

That was always the plan but then this idea took precedence. GMK CR on CR is next  :cool:



Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: FiEND on Mon, 11 March 2024, 17:23:58
yes this is good i would buy it day one please make it happen
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: whysoda on Tue, 12 March 2024, 13:22:13
Who is this "whysoda" person you speak of? Never heard of them.

In all seriousness, so glad I was able to help you bring this to life! Fingers and toes crossed for the IC <3
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: Parallax Keyboards on Tue, 12 March 2024, 22:52:02
I’m in 👍
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: extrapriusplease on Wed, 13 March 2024, 11:10:21
Very hyped for this Mike! Looks great :cool:
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: NightFox99 on Thu, 14 March 2024, 06:40:50
Would like to see ESFR kit (french and spanish) via EU vendor "Eloquent clicks". Thanks
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: talltail on Thu, 14 March 2024, 09:03:25
Easy buy, so down.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: Poesjuh on Thu, 14 March 2024, 11:42:11
Ngl I’d prefer to say the base color and legend color swapped :P


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Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: monkeybread44 on Sat, 16 March 2024, 07:21:39
(https://i.imgur.com/bFwXL4c.jpeg)
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: Dmitri on Sat, 16 March 2024, 09:44:47
Way to dark
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: Kaptain Mike on Sat, 16 March 2024, 11:19:33
Ngl I’d prefer to say the base color and legend color swapped :P

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Maybe we just add some more accent keys  ;)

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(https://i.imgur.com/bFwXL4c.jpeg)


That's what I'm talking about, these will be the best GMK "Blanks" ever ;) Thank you for your support!

Way to dark

This is not dark enough. The world world needs more dark, low contrast sets hehe Jokes aside, this is supposed to be a really dark set and I understand that this is not for everyone :thumb:
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: JFKroflcopter on Wed, 20 March 2024, 22:44:05
This set looks great - eager to pick this up
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: EdgeOfInfinity on Thu, 21 March 2024, 15:35:37
haven't been tempted by GMK in a while, but this is nice.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: EdgeOfInfinity on Thu, 21 March 2024, 15:37:05
oh shoot really hope that macro kit makes it too!
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: eufiewufie on Fri, 22 March 2024, 14:11:35
love it
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: Kaptain Mike on Fri, 22 March 2024, 19:41:13
Feedback has been great and I wanted to thank everyone who filled out the form and shared GMK Cosmos with others. Looks like people really want to see more multicolor liquid black caps, among other things. I got you  :cool:
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: cthalupa on Sun, 24 March 2024, 15:37:18
Feedback has been great and I wanted to thank everyone who filled out the form and shared GMK Cosmos with others. Looks like people really want to see more multicolor liquid black caps, among other things. I got you  :cool:
Naisu. Looking forward to it!
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: Exquite on Sun, 24 March 2024, 21:12:51
Looks like the keycap from HHKB
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: baconspoon on Wed, 27 March 2024, 09:30:24
I love this idea. Would almost certainly buy if not for current kitting. No spacebars in liquid black accent seems like a missed opportunity. I would probably cut the 3u bars and Win95 keys from Meteoroids and just push the rest into the base kit. Then you could add a comprehensive accent bars kit, or maybe one kit with big bars (6, 6.25, and 7u) and a separate mini bars kit. I can't imagine many Alice users will want to buy Meteoroids for split bars and a B. Anyone who wants the windowed lock keys probably doesn't need any other key in the kit. And 40s users are not big fans of buying a large child kit that's basically just 4-key support. You really need a more comprehensive 40s kit for that to make sense.

Anyway, like I said, love the idea. Wish it was kitted for me. GLWIC.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: SacredMundane on Wed, 27 March 2024, 11:23:27
I love this idea. Would almost certainly buy if not for current kitting. No spacebars in liquid black accent seems like a missed opportunity. I would probably cut the 3u bars and Win95 keys from Meteoroids and just push the rest into the base kit. Then you could add a comprehensive accent bars kit, or maybe one kit with big bars (6, 6.25, and 7u) and a separate mini bars kit. I can't imagine many Alice users will want to buy Meteoroids for split bars and a B. Anyone who wants the windowed lock keys probably doesn't need any other key in the kit. And 40s users are not big fans of buying a large child kit that's basically just 4-key support. You really need a more comprehensive 40s kit for that to make sense.

Anyway, like I said, love the idea. Wish it was kitted for me. GLWIC.
+1, I was going to ask for more accents including the 40s enter. Even cool with forced accents because the iridescence is kind of the point.


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Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: _rubik on Wed, 27 March 2024, 13:59:30
+1, I was going to ask for more accents including the 40s enter. Even cool with forced accents because the iridescence is kind of the point.

+1 on 40s kitting. 1u tab, ctrl, shifts, backspace, etc. They might be lurking the kitting, but squinting isn't making it much easier to read  ;D
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: fortissim2 on Wed, 27 March 2024, 17:49:08
WTB + GLWIC, i will learn the backflip if the hangul set is just hangul (no alphas) but we'll see :p
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: Kaptain Mike on Fri, 29 March 2024, 17:23:40
Kitting feedback has been very helpful. The more requests I get, the more confident I'll be making changes to kitting. Also waiting on new GMK samples so pretty excited to see those!
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: AngryAardvark on Fri, 29 March 2024, 17:26:04
Kitting feedback has been very helpful. The more requests I get, the more confident I'll be making changes to kitting. Also waiting on new GMK samples so pretty excited to see those!

Alice support in the base kit please!
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: TheSilverCord on Sun, 31 March 2024, 01:41:12
Beautiful looking set, very keen on these!

Best of luck with the IC, hope to see a GB for it soon .
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: monstermandude on Wed, 03 April 2024, 06:57:13
If there was one more glitter keycap this kit could use I think there should be a glitter spacebar option to match the alternative enter/esc/insert
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: Kaptain Mike on Thu, 04 April 2024, 09:28:49
Working on getting new samples made. Once I have those, I should be able to release more info that I am very excited about  :cool:
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: norb on Fri, 05 April 2024, 12:48:59
it has been a long time since i've been hyped so much for samples!
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: talltail on Sat, 06 April 2024, 10:21:16
Working on getting new samples made. Once I have those, I should be able to release more info that I am very excited about  :cool:

Hell yes, can't wait.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: save_me on Sun, 07 April 2024, 23:59:56
Made an account to to express interest after simply lurking. Will be perfect substitute for the Dark set I have been thirsting over.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: _rubik on Mon, 08 April 2024, 00:05:31
Made an account to to express interest after simply lurking. Will be perfect substitute for the Dark set I have been thirsting over.

You love to see it. Welcome!
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Cosmos
Post by: fops on Thu, 11 April 2024, 14:57:00
while I'm personally interested in the glitter-black color option and am happy to see it in use black on black is not super appealing to me. keeping tabs on this to see how samples look.