It is with some considerable sadness that we have decided we must cancel this Group Buy. Among other things, surprise multi-thousand-dollar charges have popped up, and we can't sustain it.
If anyone really, really wants Sindarin/Elvish keycaps, we would be happy to send a copy of the layout file over to WASD Keyboards. They have indicated to me that they can laser etch sets onto their customizable ABS keycaps.
Other than that, it has been fun to work on, and frankly, it was this collaboration that connected Matt3o and samwisekoi. Thus, the Sindarin loss was Retro DSA's gain.
Announcing the 87-Key PBT Elvish (Sindarin) Keycap Set in Pearl and Green.WATCH THIS SPACE FOR AN UPDATE COMING SOON! - Ron | samwisekoi | 2013-05-31Designed by Matt3o and samwisekoi, this keycap set is designed to be as close to the keyboard a computer-literate Elvish person in Middle Earth would use to type in Sindarin. The characters of Middle Earth are called Tengwar; Sindarin is the Elvish language that used them. You can use them for Elvish if you have a Tengwar font installed, perhaps with AutoHotKey or equivalent to help. Or you can transliterate English into Tengwar. Tolkien wrote a guide in the LOTR books that tells you how to do just that.
Or, this can be the ultimate Otaku keyboard -- only your Elvish co-workers will even be able to understand it.
But everyone who read or saw the Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit will think it is cool.
These are the legends for this group buy.
Actual plastic samples from SP.This keycap set is dye-sub PBT and SP's spacebars are ABS, so color-matching the spacebar is an issue, and will be discussed in this thread and then decided and announced as soon as possible.
Colors have been discussed and decided. They are shown above. For the people with color rings, they are GTF, WCS, and VCD.We
now have final pricing from SP for 89-key* sets:
Order count as of 23-Mar-2013 08:00 PDT.25 sets $109.15 per set
<-- 32 (we are here)50 sets $95.65 per set
75 sets $91.15 per set
100 sets $88.90 per set
*89 keys is base + mods + spacebar + extra
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So we want to hit 50 sets. Here is the semi-fancy Google Doc for ordering:
>>>> http://goo.gl/aH9Cz <<<<Finally, for those of you who have been asking about 104-key variants and other things, we have designed legends for them, but wanted to run this buy with a very simple selection of keys. But if you really want expansion packs, and have friends who want them as well, we can have them made at the same time.
Stay tuned for further updates and get your orders in so we know who is really interested!
Thanks very much indeed,
- Matt3o and samwisekoi
p.s. That Escape Key? It says Geek Hack in Elvish. You can't get THAT anywhere else! (Will be replaced or made optional in some way, as requested.)
