Author Topic: [IC] GMK Orange Boi - GB and GB thread are live! (Read 61288 times)

andromache · « **on:** Thu, 30 September 2021, 19:52:58 »

Group buy thread is live!

Update 2/22/22: Group buy will start 3/1/22 and run through 3/31/22. US pricing is as follows (additional proxy pricing TBD):

Base kit: $129.99
Novelty kit(tens): $53.99
Spacebar kit: $25.99
Deskmats: $17.99
HIBI brass artisan: $60.00

GMK Orange Boi is co-designed by me and Typo.mk. This set is inspired by my orange cat Richard as well as orange cats everywhere (including the girl ones, despite the name of this set). One of the goals of this set is to raise money for cats in need! If GMK Orange Boi makes it through group buy, a portion of designer profits will be donated to The Odd Cat Sanctuary, a feline rescue organization that was started to help kittens and cats (as well as an occasional dog) with "challenges" or that have been neglected. Check out their website to learn more and to admire all of the adorable kitties that they’ve rescued!

To follow progress on GMK Orange Boi, follow us on Instagram (Ty, me), and feel free to join my Discord server.

INTEREST CHECK FORM

KITS

Full imgur gallery of kit renders

Old kit renders from the previous iteration of this IC can be viewed here.

**Note that novelty designs will use UV printing for the second color. For all novelty caps, the cream color will be doubleshot and the pastel pink color will be UV printed.

BOARD RENDERS

Keep in mind that slight color differences in board renders can be caused by differences in lighting - the lighting in which we are looking at the IRL color references, as well as the lighting used in the render environments.

KHDD by perryhuynh (renders by pwade, featuring photos of my cat Richard LOOK AT HOW CUTE HE IS!!!)

Cake60 by Hayt (renders by pwade)

Nyaong75 by jmSur, renders by Adi

cypher by Cable Car Designs

Maja by Vulcan x KBDFans

KARA by RAMA in MOMO and MUSK

Paragon by Artemis Design Studios

V4N4G0N by TheVan Keyboards

Full imgur gallery of board renders

COLORS
We have confirmed with GMK that they match to Pantone plastic chips as well as RAL (for RAL they match to the book standard) and selected our colors accordingly.

Orange - Pantone PQ-1625C (Pantone plastic chip)
Pink - Pantone PQ-190C (Pantone plastic chip)
Cream - RAL 080 93 05
Pastel pink (UV print) - RAL 010 90 10

DESKMATS

Types of Orange Boi deskmat designed by Aly from okeydokey studio

Box Cats deskmat designed by Ty

Featuring the Ikki68 Aurora by Wuque

COLLABS

Artisan keycaps:

Arcana Keys
aumipon
Bowbie Keycaps
Bungkee.Caps
CraftedbyAnnie
Luna Keycaps
Namong Art
okeydokey studio
Sandun Art
tinymakesthings
tulipclay

Metal artisan:

HIBI

Brass, rose gold PVD with dual enamel fill

Others:

Mochi’s Cables
Honeybunzcreations resin wristrest
SM Keyboards

VENDORS AND GROUP BUY DATE

Group buy starts March 1, 2022 at the following vendors:

US: CannonKeys
Canada: DeskHero
UK: ProtoTypist
EU: MyKeyboard.eu
SEA: iLumkb
OCE: DailyClack
China and the rest of the world: zFrontier

And don't forget to fill out the IC form!

INTEREST CHECK FORM

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

pwade for the amazing KHDD and Cake60 renders (as well as the idea to render this set on the KHDD in the first place)

ImperfectLink for making KRK so we could do some of our own renders for this project as well.

NoPun and Adi for pointing out the errors in the first few rounds of kitting renders.

My cat Richard for being such good inspiration for this set, plus my two non-orange cats for the moral support.

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Changelog

1/4/22: Second deskmat design

12/6/21: Vendors announced

10/29/21: Added ISO novelty enter to novelty kit, changed base kit ISO enter to orange, added a few new board renders.

10/16/21: Made minor changes to color references and re-did color-matching and updated all renders accordingly + added a colors section to the IC; adjusted novelty colors to address contrast issues.

andromache · « **Reply #1 on:** Thu, 30 September 2021, 19:54:31 »

Reserved

Nuclear Nachos · « **Reply #2 on:** Thu, 30 September 2021, 19:56:15 »

v cool

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MechWild · « **Reply #3 on:** Thu, 30 September 2021, 20:00:19 »

I have the perfect board for this.

ramuzona · « **Reply #4 on:** Thu, 30 September 2021, 20:02:23 »

yes i like this

novelflyer · « **Reply #5 on:** Thu, 30 September 2021, 20:02:39 »

Cute

purryoverlord · « **Reply #6 on:** Thu, 30 September 2021, 20:04:26 »

yup, on board

chaoskills08 · « **Reply #7 on:** Thu, 30 September 2021, 20:08:17 »

I literally don't see a reason to not purchase this. Count me in! Very cute set.

misswaffle · « **Reply #8 on:** Thu, 30 September 2021, 20:08:38 »

Cute cute cute, another amazing set from you!!

misononyan · « **Reply #9 on:** Thu, 30 September 2021, 20:15:40 »

gib dunkin donuts novelty

themasterphi · « **Reply #10 on:** Thu, 30 September 2021, 20:28:42 »

Novelties and deskmats are so cute! I really like how you named Kit(tens) and have the x butthole esc

ambulated · « **Reply #11 on:** Thu, 30 September 2021, 20:36:57 »

The colors and novelties are great!! Looking forward to this <3

TyPo.mk · « **Reply #12 on:** Thu, 30 September 2021, 20:46:52 »

Quote from: misononyan on Thu, 30 September 2021, 20:15:40

gib dunkin donuts novelty

I think you mean Thockin Donuts

Quote from: themasterphi on Thu, 30 September 2021, 20:28:42

Novelties and deskmats are so cute! I really like how you named Kit(tens) and have the x butthole esc

Not going to lie I was very proud of thinking of kittens…

IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES · « **Reply #13 on:** Thu, 30 September 2021, 21:14:13 »

This is wonderful!

Have color standards for these?

Skok · « **Reply #14 on:** Thu, 30 September 2021, 21:22:40 »

yee yee I'll take a regular iced mocha with cream and sugar

minicap · « **Reply #15 on:** Thu, 30 September 2021, 21:48:08 »

such a cute set, those novelties!! 🥺 really excited to see Aly's deskmat too! glwic, Andro & Ty 🐈

HungHingDaiLo · « **Reply #16 on:** Thu, 30 September 2021, 21:59:57 »

Cute set

yooj.key · « **Reply #17 on:** Thu, 30 September 2021, 22:20:05 »

This is so cute I love how everything turned out!!!
also super smart to use the KHDD for the cat pics 🐱

Ella · « **Reply #18 on:** Fri, 01 October 2021, 02:34:31 »

Everyone loves Richard

JohnYYZ · « **Reply #19 on:** Fri, 01 October 2021, 03:16:49 »

Cute! Will probably get one.

GLWIC

surplusofchairs · « **Reply #20 on:** Fri, 01 October 2021, 04:34:32 »

Novelties and deskmat are adorable!

baka jiken · « **Reply #21 on:** Fri, 01 October 2021, 04:53:17 »

Yooo its so cute

VitaminJay · « **Reply #22 on:** Fri, 01 October 2021, 06:43:56 »

this is so cute. filled out internet check.

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andromache · « **Reply #23 on:** Fri, 01 October 2021, 08:10:08 »

Quote from: IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES on Thu, 30 September 2021, 21:14:13

This is wonderful!

Have color standards for these?

Yes! All three colors are matched to coated Pantones. Will update the IC with this info + photos of swatches this weekend or next week!

Puddsy · « **Reply #24 on:** Fri, 01 October 2021, 10:50:31 »

Quote from: andromache on Fri, 01 October 2021, 08:10:08

Quote from: IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES on Thu, 30 September 2021, 21:14:13
This is wonderful!

Have color standards for these?

Yes! All three colors are matched to coated Pantones. Will update the IC with this info + photos of swatches this weekend or next week!

pls use plastic chips not paper ones, this is the #1 mistake people make

the cat novelties are bomb

Bub · « **Reply #25 on:** Fri, 01 October 2021, 14:38:52 »

bless richard

hali · « **Reply #26 on:** Fri, 01 October 2021, 14:44:18 »

Serval · « **Reply #27 on:** Fri, 01 October 2021, 14:56:15 »

What a qt. GLWIC!

Armyofkeyboards · « **Reply #28 on:** Fri, 01 October 2021, 15:30:03 »

Those novelties... Yes please

speedyzy · « **Reply #29 on:** Fri, 01 October 2021, 15:56:16 »

looks good

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Saks · « **Reply #30 on:** Sat, 02 October 2021, 06:26:18 »

Filled the IC form, please consider adding 1.75u enter for Neko compatibility!

TyPo.mk · « **Reply #31 on:** Sat, 02 October 2021, 08:56:29 »

Quote from: Saks on Sat, 02 October 2021, 06:26:18

Filled the IC form, please consider adding 1.75u enter for Neko compatibility!

Hello, because of the 1.25 tab this board already has physical coverage for neko, you’ll just have to use caps lock or 1.75 (icon) control as enter

We don’t plan on adding more 40’s coverage than we already have in order to keep this base kit affordable

Saks · « **Reply #32 on:** Sat, 02 October 2021, 11:39:01 »

Quote from: TyPo.mk on Sat, 02 October 2021, 08:56:29

Quote from: Saks on Sat, 02 October 2021, 06:26:18
Filled the IC form, please consider adding 1.75u enter for Neko compatibility!

Hello, because of the 1.25 tab this board already has physical coverage for neko, you’ll just have to use caps lock or 1.75 (icon) control as enter

We don’t plan on adding more 40’s coverage than we already have in order to keep this base kit affordable

I understand not willing to add to keep prices lower
Would match great the Neko, but will still consider buying the set

nmzpz · « **Reply #33 on:** Sat, 02 October 2021, 12:44:08 »

i love it

vishydesigns · « **Reply #34 on:** Sat, 02 October 2021, 22:59:54 »

-boxes- · « **Reply #35 on:** Sun, 03 October 2021, 00:20:26 »

Loveeee

spartaman64 · « **Reply #36 on:** Sun, 03 October 2021, 21:27:25 »

=^._.^=

haydoselefantes · « **Reply #37 on:** Sun, 10 October 2021, 01:23:33 »

You can see from my avatar this is an instant buy for me. Love the concept, love the novelties, love the mats! Can’t wait for the GB!

bkrownd · « **Reply #38 on:** Mon, 11 October 2021, 03:34:51 »

OMG the cute is epic!

Hedgey · « **Reply #39 on:** Mon, 11 October 2021, 10:00:51 »

Colorway isn't necessarily for me, but I wanted to comment and say that I REALLY appreciate the "4 key support" for 40's.

I know it sounds stupid, but having that R2 Esc key for legend/row compat is really appreciated for me.

andromache · « **Reply #40 on:** Sat, 16 October 2021, 18:46:30 »

Obligatory update bump - slight adjustments have been made to colors and novelty designs (to address contrast issues), and additional details on colors have been added to the IC. Up next: we'll be adding an ISO novelty design soon!

Thanks everyone for all of the feedback so far.

aaronlau · « **Reply #41 on:** Mon, 18 October 2021, 14:03:36 »

Cat Novelties are cute

TyPo.mk · « **Reply #42 on:** Fri, 29 October 2021, 11:01:25 »

Bumping for iso nov!

atisitkungza12 · « **Reply #43 on:** Fri, 29 October 2021, 17:14:29 »

meow~~~

Yella Fella · « **Reply #44 on:** Fri, 29 October 2021, 18:01:44 »

That’s 2 sets for me.

JohnYYZ · « **Reply #45 on:** Fri, 29 October 2021, 20:21:01 »

Awww, I love the ISO nov

TyPo.mk · « **Reply #46 on:** Sun, 31 October 2021, 11:53:38 »

Quote from: JohnYYZ on Fri, 29 October 2021, 20:21:01

Awww, I love the ISO nov

Quote from: aaronlau on Mon, 18 October 2021, 14:03:36

Cat Novelties are cute

Thank you!

Quote from: Hedgey on Mon, 11 October 2021, 10:00:51

Colorway isn't necessarily for me, but I wanted to comment and say that I REALLY appreciate the "4 key support" for 40's.

I know it sounds stupid, but having that R2 Esc key for legend/row compat is really appreciated for me.

Glad you appreciate it!

Saru · « **Reply #47 on:** Sun, 31 October 2021, 16:56:31 »

Cat novelties are so cute! Love the keyboard renders as well!

TyPo.mk · « **Reply #48 on:** Fri, 05 November 2021, 20:07:56 »

Nailing down some final details but we should have a vendor list for you all soon! Super pumped!

key_nes · « **Reply #49 on:** Sun, 07 November 2021, 18:39:43 »

💛🤍

solomonshv · « **Reply #50 on:** Sun, 07 November 2021, 23:50:31 »

hard to tell from the renders, but might be a little too close to gmk mac and cheese. i means, gmk peaches and cream.

i'll be in at least for the novelties if this runs. glwic

TyPo.mk · « **Reply #51 on:** Mon, 08 November 2021, 08:01:15 »

Quote from: solomonshv on Sun, 07 November 2021, 23:50:31

hard to tell from the renders, but might be a little too close to gmk mac and cheese. i means, gmk peaches and cream.

i'll be in at least for the novelties if this runs. glwic

Hello, personally I feel Orange Boi is pretty drastically different from both PnC (top) as delivered and PnC lite (bottom)

illusixn · « **Reply #52 on:** Mon, 08 November 2021, 08:07:43 »

Quote from: solomonshv on Sun, 07 November 2021, 23:50:31

hard to tell from the renders, but might be a little too close to gmk mac and cheese. i means, gmk peaches and cream.

i'll be in at least for the novelties if this runs. glwic

i agree, this set is literally a 1:1 of PnC if PnC used completely different colors

not sure where the designers of this get off committing such blatant plagiarism

Yella Fella · « **Reply #53 on:** Wed, 10 November 2021, 19:46:54 »

I’m in for two.

Dyto69 · « **Reply #54 on:** Thu, 11 November 2021, 04:43:11 »

Nice to see a new original good looking set. GLWIC!

BloremBipsum · « **Reply #55 on:** Thu, 11 November 2021, 09:00:41 »

this is so dang cute

Shiono · « **Reply #56 on:** Wed, 01 December 2021, 15:51:59 »

Such a cute set! Definitely gonna pick it up even though I don't know what board it will go on just yet! See you in GB

andromache · « **Reply #57 on:** Mon, 06 December 2021, 08:39:52 »

Update bump!!

Obligatory orange cat tax:

Bub · « **Reply #58 on:** Mon, 06 December 2021, 10:28:53 »

Congrats on landing great vendors for this set. Excited to see it will be running sooner rather than later. Just a personal opinion, i'd consider dropping accent arrows from nov kit. Might be an expensive kit as is.

achow · « **Reply #59 on:** Mon, 06 December 2021, 12:10:43 »

gives me peaches and creams vibes with brighter colors

bkrownd · « **Reply #60 on:** Mon, 06 December 2021, 14:46:44 »

Watching GMK production times slip further and further into the future I'm really getting uncomfortable with buying into any GMK sets. Makes me sad.

KingXF · « **Reply #61 on:** Tue, 07 December 2021, 00:14:05 »

mangostan · « **Reply #62 on:** Tue, 07 December 2021, 00:22:07 »

omgggg cute boi love this

Azekk · « **Reply #63 on:** Thu, 09 December 2021, 00:50:48 »

I recently lost my orange cat, I love this so much

kameron · « **Reply #64 on:** Thu, 09 December 2021, 13:03:50 »

love the renders on khdd very creative glwic

stacksofkeyboards · « **Reply #65 on:** Fri, 10 December 2021, 11:09:38 »

Looks super cute! GLWGB.

Bub · « **Reply #66 on:** Tue, 21 December 2021, 09:57:47 »

i think a hiragana sublegend kit would look AWESOME with this set

andromache · « **Reply #67 on:** Tue, 04 January 2022, 08:14:21 »

Bumping thread with the new deskmat design!! I added it to the OP, but here it is as well:

Types of Orange Boi deskmat designed by Aly from okeydokey studio

marshmellohs · « **Reply #68 on:** Tue, 04 January 2022, 08:43:51 »

The new mat (really all the mats) is so cute!! My favorite is fluffy boi hehe

This is such a cute set <3

Ella · « **Reply #69 on:** Tue, 04 January 2022, 09:11:55 »

Quote from: andromache on Tue, 04 January 2022, 08:14:21

Bumping thread with the new deskmat design!! I added it to the OP, but here it is as well:

Types of Orange Boi deskmat designed by Aly from okeydokey studio

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I bet this keycap set with this deskmat is going to make my keyboard sound so thoccy

Cylent · « **Reply #70 on:** Tue, 04 January 2022, 09:20:58 »

I love the mat. at this rate i am going to end up buying the caps because i love all the products around it....goddamit andromache why are you baiting my wallet with so much cute ****!

minicap · « **Reply #71 on:** Tue, 04 January 2022, 11:45:07 »

omg the new deskmat is just too adorable, i love it!! 🥺

LittleAad · « **Reply #72 on:** Tue, 04 January 2022, 15:29:15 »

I did not like the previous deskmat. This new deskmat is WAY better IMO.

bkrownd · « **Reply #73 on:** Tue, 04 January 2022, 15:57:35 »

Super cute deskmat!

TyPo.mk · « **Reply #74 on:** Tue, 04 January 2022, 17:35:33 »

Quote from: LittleAad on Tue, 04 January 2022, 15:29:15

I did not like the previous deskmat. This new deskmat is WAY better IMO.

Listen here you little….

Quote from: Cylent on Tue, 04 January 2022, 09:20:58

I love the mat. at this rate i am going to end up buying the caps because i love all the products around it....goddamit andromache why are you baiting my wallet with so much cute ****!

Just wait until you see the rest of our collabs

Zekeworks · « **Reply #75 on:** Thu, 06 January 2022, 20:32:50 »

wow，cats are so cute.

IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES · « **Reply #76 on:** Fri, 07 January 2022, 16:48:48 »

Gonna spend a long while thinking of what board to put this on…

andromache · « **Reply #77 on:** Thu, 20 January 2022, 09:26:51 »

OP has been updated with our collaboration list!

Here's a few additional renders by pwade as well, on the MB44 and Satisfaction75:

Bub · « **Reply #78 on:** Thu, 20 January 2022, 09:59:25 »

andro always pullin out the HEAT on the collab list

TyPo.mk · « **Reply #79 on:** Thu, 20 January 2022, 10:38:37 »

Quote from: Bub on Thu, 20 January 2022, 09:59:25

andro always pullin out the HEAT on the collab list

Hey I got one or two of them >:-(

BloremBipsum · « **Reply #80 on:** Thu, 20 January 2022, 11:22:00 »

Very cute! I love it

Mandabanker007 · « **Reply #81 on:** Thu, 20 January 2022, 21:09:38 »

whee74 · « **Reply #82 on:** Fri, 21 January 2022, 04:12:59 »

those ISO novelties are so nice

IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES · « **Reply #83 on:** Wed, 26 January 2022, 12:34:37 »

Can’t wait to see the Hibi for this set

TyPo.mk · « **Reply #84 on:** Wed, 26 January 2022, 12:47:56 »

Quote from: IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES on Wed, 26 January 2022, 12:34:37

Can’t wait to see the Hibi for this set

Ask and ye shall receive

andromache · « **Reply #85 on:** Thu, 03 February 2022, 11:26:14 »

Thread bump for GB date announcement! Also the HIBI reveal which Ty posted above.

LittleAad · « **Reply #86 on:** Thu, 03 February 2022, 18:29:00 »

very swag. Thanks andro for these awesome collabs and announcements. GLWGB to you.

Hawkenfreude · « **Reply #87 on:** Thu, 17 February 2022, 15:10:17 »

Ginny patiently waiting for GB

hali · « **Reply #88 on:** Thu, 17 February 2022, 15:11:54 »

so when are those new renders coming

twitchytheinsideman · « **Reply #89 on:** Mon, 21 February 2022, 23:37:43 »

Pricing?

andromache · « **Reply #90 on:** Tue, 22 February 2022, 08:41:47 »

Quote from: twitchytheinsideman on Mon, 21 February 2022, 23:37:43

Pricing?

Just added US pricing to the OP! Proxy pricing is still TBD, but the US pricing should provide a decent baseline/estimate for what to expect from the other vendors.

twitchytheinsideman · « **Reply #91 on:** Mon, 28 February 2022, 00:14:13 »

Can you tell me, what color is this white?

IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES · « **Reply #92 on:** Mon, 28 February 2022, 01:16:02 »

Cream - RAL 080 93 05

From the colors section fairly far down on the first post

andromache · « **Reply #93 on:** Tue, 01 March 2022, 12:31:51 »

ICYMI - group thread is live!!

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=116403.0

bonus cat pic

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Author Topic: [IC] GMK Orange Boi - GB and GB thread are live! (Read 61288 times)