[IC] GMK Blue Mod Set (Final Render & Pricing Received) Going Live April 3rd!

[billnye]

I like this discussion. It does seem to be going ten different directions at once, but like billnye said it's the initial discussion phase.

Electric blue looks awesome.

Currently I have sent GMK an email asking if they could make a pdf or something of all the legends they have available. I really want to do something with the electric blue, but I'm not sure yet.

Once the GMK guys get back from holiday hopefully this can get moving again!

[quochung1989]

Do the spacebars have to be random like last time? Id rather pick a color. 

If we do those I'll just do black and beige unless there is a large demand for another color.

Oh man. I thought White Beige set from old Cherry keyboard use White spacebar. Can you add it?

[billnye]

Do the spacebars have to be random like last time? Id rather pick a color. 

If we do those I'll just do black and beige unless there is a large demand for another color.

Oh man. I thought White Beige set from old Cherry keyboard use White spacebar. Can you add it?

My bad I meant white

[quochung1989]

Do the spacebars have to be random like last time? Id rather pick a color. 

If we do those I'll just do black and beige unless there is a large demand for another color.

Oh man. I thought White Beige set from old Cherry keyboard use White spacebar. Can you add it?

My bad I meant white

Ok, very great : thumb: I had White Beige set from Cherry G80-3000. And spacebar have some scratch, so I need new spacebar. Hope this GB 'll happen soon.

[jameslr]

Any chance a mini white on purple mod set could be done? There still seems to be a lot of interest in it as I see people wtb it in classifieds quite frequently. Nobody wants to get rid of theirs either (at least not for anything less than what a full GMK set costs). A purple Tsangan kit would be great.

[billnye]

Any chance a mini white on purple mod set could be done? There still seems to be a lot of interest in it as I see people wtb it in classifieds quite frequently. Nobody wants to get rid of theirs either (at least not for anything less than what a full GMK set costs). A purple Tsangan kit would be great.

Maybe.

I would prefer to do a design that hasn't been done before!

[Puddsy]

Purple on white mods? Something like purple on beige?

[billnye]

Purple on white mods? Something like purple on beige?

I think this could be really nice!

Anyone else interested in this?

[Dreamre]

Black spacebars please .

[Joey Quinn]

Purple on white mods? Something like purple on beige?

+1

[LechnerDE]

Purple on white mods? Something like purple on beige?

+1

Sure thing 

+1

[nubbinator]

I'd love to see Yolch or something else more original that could work well with existing sets and be a little subtle.  That or go balls to the wall crazy.

What would look awesome with the OG beige and cream Cherry sets is 3B with N9 or CR legend.

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[xandr]

I would really like to see something like the aforementioned diamond or even the windows flag on 1.5x to go with 1x alt for us Mac people. Don't know whether GMK has anything other than Caps, Ctrl and Alt on 1.5x for the bottom row though.

[Sent]

Disclaimer:  I am quite tipsy, at the moment.  Still, I'd like to see CMYK colors on beige or gray mods with short right shift.  I need this desperately in my life. I also require more beer.

[CommonCurt]

Purple on white mods? Something like purple on beige?

I think this could be really nice!

Anyone else interested in this?

I'd be down with purple on beige 

[quochung1989]

Disclaimer:  I am quite tipsy, at the moment.  Still, I'd like to see CMYK colors on beige or gray mods with short right shift.  I need this desperately in my life. I also require more beer.

+1

[billnye]

I was brainstorming with Photekq last night and we came up with an idea that I think could look really nice!


(photocred to MythicalWagyu, great shot man! )

Recreating the mods in this picture, but with the N7 green from GMK. Then at a later time, doing a TA replica set, with the replica side text in AE.

Does that sound like a good idea to you guys? I haven't seen many gbs using that color, so I think it would be nice to see something new.

[billnye]

I'd love to see Yolch or something else more original that could work well with existing sets and be a little subtle.  That or go balls to the wall crazy.

What would look awesome with the OG beige and cream Cherry sets is 3B with N9 or CR legend.

For reference:

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That sounds good! I think doing a set to match the Dolch set is a good idea. Yolch or red Dolch.

[nubbinator]

I don't think the contrast would be there for red Dolch.  Orange Dolch a la the Toshiba T3100 would look better, but it would also be similar looking to the charred orange set.

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N7 may also be a little dark for TA, but I'd have to work on a better mock up with a more accurate color.

[billnye]

I don't think the contrast would be there for red Dolch.  Orange Dolch a la the Toshiba T3100 would look better, but it would also be similar looking to the charred orange set.

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N7 may also be a little dark for TA, but I'd have to work on a better mock up with a more accurate color.

Regarding N7, there isn't much of an option for a dark green color. It's either N7 or AE the lime green.

I wish GMK had the color selection of SP :(

[LechnerDE]

I was brainstorming with Photekq last night and we came up with an idea that I think could look really nice!

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(photocred to MythicalWagyu, great shot man! :D)

Recreating the mods in this picture, but with the N7 green from GMK. Then at a later time, doing a TA replica set, with the replica side text in AE.

Does that sound like a good idea to you guys? I haven't seen many gbs using that color, so I think it would be nice to see something new.

Love that idea!

The white on green mods will also go well with vintage black on beige Cherry alphas!

I have the white on green ESC from one of Ivan's GBs and just looks awesome - please do this!

[nubbinator]

Ivan never did N9 green. N9 is much darker than the one he did.  It's why I suggested 3B to go with OG Cherry.  I'll try to get shots with N9 and 3B next to TA and OG so you can see.


And I definitely know about the GMK restrictions Bill.  It's sad that the options are so limited.  I still kind of want to see an eraser pink or at least Esc key since, for some reason they have an eraser pink color. 

[billnye]

Ivan never did N9 green. N9 is much darker than the one he did.  It's why I suggested 3B to go with OG Cherry.  I'll try to get shots with N9 and 3B next to TA and OG so you can see.


And I definitely know about the GMK restrictions Bill.  It's sad that the options are so limited.  I still kind of want to see an eraser pink or at least Esc key since, for some reason they have an eraser pink color.

The pink is definitely cool. Ivan got pink on white arrow keys from GMK last Christmas I think let me find the picture. It looks like it would match octopink pretty well!

[LechnerDE]

Ivan never did N9 green. N9 is much darker than the one he did.  It's why I suggested 3B to go with OG Cherry.  I'll try to get shots with N9 and 3B next to TA and OG so you can see.


And I definitely know about the GMK restrictions Bill.  It's sad that the options are so limited.  I still kind of want to see an eraser pink or at least Esc key since, for some reason they have an eraser pink color.

Oh, I thought it was N9. Thanks for correcting me 

Anyway, I think any green would go well with white / beige

[nubbinator]

Do you not have a color ring bill?  The pink is really practically eraser pink.  It's not a great Octopink match, but it would be fun for something.

[billnye]

Do you not have a color ring bill?  The pink is really practically eraser pink.  It's not a great Octopink match, but it would be fun for something.

No that's the hard part I don't have one. I'm meeting up with dubs next week so I'll get to look at his.

I thoight octopink was the really oink color. Maybe I'm thinking of a different one haha

[Photekq]

There's more than one pink. 3C, the salmon/eraser one, and UN33656 which is a sort of hot pink similar to this :

[nubbinator]

Octopink is really pink, but it's a bright pink.  GMK pink is more pastel.  GMK pink is close to this color:

There's more than one pink. 3C, the salmon/eraser one, and UN33656 which is a sort of hot pink similar to this :

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That's the magenta from the CMYK kit.  It really doesn't match Octopink.

[billnye]

Octopink is really pink, but it's a bright pink.  GMK pink is more pastel.  GMK pink is close to this color:

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There's more than one pink. 3C, the salmon/eraser one, and UN33656 which is a sort of hot pink similar to this :

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That's the magenta from the CMYK kit.  It really doesn't match Octopink.

Yea I was thinking of the pink pho mentioned, UN33656. I still think the white on green will be nice. I'll look at it next to classic beige next week.

[nubbinator]

As promised, shots with the GMK greens and some OG sets.  Colors from right to left are 3B, N7, and AE.


OG Cherry Cream from beige and cream ABS:



OG Cherry BoW ABS:



OG Dolch ABS:



OG TA Green Dyesub on light grey:



OG TA Blue Dyesub on light grey:



For ****s and giggles, magenta and eraser pink side by side:

[billnye]

As promised, shots with the GMK greens and some OG sets.  Colors from right to left are 3B, N7, and AE.


OG Cherry Cream from beige and cream ABS:

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OG Cherry BoW ABS:

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OG Dolch ABS:

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OG TA Green Dyesub on light grey:

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OG TA Blue Dyesub on light grey:

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For ****s and giggles, magenta and eraser pink side by side:

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Thanks for the pics nubs!

The TA green looks really nice with GMK N7

[MGH]

Interested

[nubbinator]

It doesn't look bad with it.  I still think 3B looks the best with the greatest number of sets.

[MOZ]

3B looks good to me particularly with beige and dolch. I don't know about color calibration, but is what I had imagined for the Green Tea V2.

[ideus]

Keep the sets affordable, meet some actual needs for non standard layouts -think in those at GH that like and use GMK sets- make them in neutral colors and add some variety with a few novelties that go well with classic ones.

[billnye]

Keep the sets affordable, meet some actual needs for non standard layouts -think in those at GH that like and use GMK sets- make them in neutral colors and add some variety with a few novelties that go well with classic ones.

That's the plan

[Puddsy]

Keep the sets affordable, meet some actual needs for non standard layouts -think in those at GH that like and use GMK sets- make them in neutral colors and add some variety with a few novelties that go well with classic ones.

Like purple on beige!!

[Chemisery]

Will be in for symmetry! 

[Sent]

Keep the sets affordable, meet some actual needs for non standard layouts -think in those at GH that like and use GMK sets- make them in neutral colors and add some variety with a few novelties that go well with classic ones.

Like purple on beige!!

This proposal is growing on me.

[nubbinator]

I'm not keen on purple on beige.  It wouldn't really be all that contrasty or look all that different from black on beige:






N5 or V4 Blue on U9 would have more contrast.

[quochung1989]

Like V4 legends for Olivetti

[Photekq]

Like V4 legends for Olivetti

V4 is the closest to original Olivetti too.

[cseng]

my wallet is ready.

[billnye]

I'm going to ask GMK for a mockup of CR on 3B for a mods set. This color set is meant to match Photekq's upcoming classic beige replica set. Thanks to nubbinator for suggesting the 3B color

There will be 1 kit for sale and it will include these caps:

Shift (4 keys):  1.25, 1.75, 2.25, 2.75  B profile
Control (2 keys):   1.5  A profile
Control (2 keys): 1.25 B profile
Control (1 key): 1.75 full touch C profile
Alt (2 keys): 1.5  A profile
Alt (2 keys): 1.25 B profile
Alt Gr (1 key): 1.5  A profile
Alt Gr (1 key): 1.25 B profile
Windows (2 keys): , 1  A profile
Windows (2 keys): 1.25 B profile
Menu (1 key): 1.25 B profile
Fn (1 key) 1.0 B profile
Tab (1 key):  1.5 D profile
Caps Lock (2 keys):  1.75 Stepped, 1.75 Full-touch C profile
Enter (2 keys):  ANSI 2.25 C profile, ISO C profile
Backspace (2 keys):  2.0 E profile, 1.5 D profile
\| (1 key): 1.5, D profile   
`~(1 key): 1.0, E profile
Escape (1 key): E profile

TKL compatibility:
Arrow (3 keys): 1.0 A profile
Arrow (4 keys): 1.0 B profile
Del, End, Pg Dn: D profile
Insert, Home, Pg Up: E profile
Prt Sc, Scroll Lock, Pause: E profile
F5-8: E profile

If you guys have any suggestions for extras feel free to speak up. Legends will be same as original Cherry ANSI. (see image below)

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[quochung1989]

Hope you can add key  below:
Winkeyless with B profile: Ctrl 1.5x; Alt 1.5x; Alt Gr 1.5 x; Windows 1x (only my opinion because I like B than A profile )
Optional with Delete; End; Page Down (E profile for 1800 layout). There is group buy about leeku 1800. So I think there are more people interested keycaps for 1800 layout

[ideus]

1.75u Control Full Touch C Profile.

[bueller]

I was more a fan of AE mods, 3B doesn't do it for me at all.

[billnye]

1.75u Control Full Touch C Profile.

Oh yea forgot that. Will add in.

[billnye]

Hope you can add key  below:
Winkeyless with B profile: Ctrl 1.5x; Alt 1.5x; Alt Gr 1.5 x; Windows 1x (only my opinion because I like B than A profile )
Optional with Delete; End; Page Down (E profile for 1800 layout). There is group buy about leeku 1800. So I think there are more people interested keycaps for 1800 layout

I will add in 1800 compatibility. I wasn't planning on adding winkeyless B profile, but if more people are interested I will.

[billnye]

I was more a fan of AE mods, 3B doesn't do it for me at all.

Wait until you see the mockups! I hope you will change your mind