[IC] GMK Umka

[T0mb3ry]

GMK Umka
Following picture displays GMK Umka from GMK Carbon R2 and does not represent the final product due to the row difference.


Hello everyone!

This is an interest check for GMK Umka, which was introduced as a subset of GMK Carbon R2. Since then i got few requests to run it again and here i am doing this small run to provide that opportunity. I do not plan any novelties nor child kits. This will stay as a single base kit.

Group buy information:

• GB time frame: February
• Profile: Cherry
• Material: ABS
• Rows: 1-1-2-3-4-4

Vendors:

• EU: Oblotzky Industries
• NA: Prime Keyboards
• Canada: Deskhero
• South East Asia: Monokai store
• China: TBD
• Australia: Daily Clack

Base kit


Renders or photos will be added in the future.

[ZLightningZAP]

reserved

[martensson]

I love beige sets, but isn't this basically GMK Sixes? :|

[Pwner]

Finally!

[T0mb3ry]

I love beige sets, but isn't this basically GMK Sixes? :|

This set was done long before Sixes and actually Sixes is inspired (stock colors) by Umka.

[SxM Designs]

Sixes and Umka running in the same month cant be good right?

[Afresh]

not sure about decision to run both beige sets at the same time

[Zanhana]

the year is 1983 and I work in a cubicle

[jagger27]

ne 1.5u supers

[ddrfraser1]

Carbon cadet?

[Ciantha]

Any chance of adding 1.75u R2 (backspace), 1.25u R3 (tab), 1.5u R3 (enter) to the base kit for barebones 40s support?

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Sixes and Umka running in the same month cant be good right?

I love beige sets, but isn't this basically GMK Sixes? :|

not sure about decision to run both beige sets at the same time

Not sure if yall are memeing, but Umka was introduced back with GMK Carbon R2 in July 2018. Sixes was introduced over a year after that, and had been paused / frozen for almost 9 months before the November update.

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Love beige, love classics. I'm in regardless, but any chance of R5 on this?

[hayt]

This is clean and simple, I like

[Bunn3y]

Beige is love, beige is life.

[NoxNoxNox]

How about a R5 kit?

[Jaxxstatic]

I had zero interest in GMK Sixes (had to google it just now). It has horrible kitting and it's derivative x 2. No thanks.

GMK Umka's base set is perfect to me. T0mb3ry knocked it out of the park with this one.

[T0mb3ry]

Love beige, love classics. I'm in regardless, but any chance of R5 on this?

How about a R5 kit?

I'd like to keep R0/R5 unique for GMK Carbon R2. That said i am huge fan of R0/R5 and i would love to see more custom keyboards with steeper angle like duck is doing.

[catamscott]

hell yeah, base kit looking good, looking forward to this!

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

Here for my once per T0mb3ry interest check dose of "No":

The 777, playing card suits, and skulls of rolling bones...color inverted for umka

-Card carrying (pun intended) umka mods owner

[T0mb3ry]

Here for my once per T0mb3ry interest check dose of "No":

The 777, playing card suits, and skulls of rolling bones...color inverted for umka

-Card carrying (pun intended) umka mods owner

"No" is trademarket by Zambumon. Can't use without the license

I would have made some novelties if i had good idea for it. Like always i am picky in this case. Rolling bones do not match this theme here as well :/

Also you have the Umka mods from GMK Carbon R2. If i had novelties kit, then i could not support the R0/R5 rows. For example i could not support it in GMK Boneyard

[psxndc]

I do not plan any novelties nor child kits. This will stay as a single base kit.

Group buy information:

• GB time frame: February

There’s no form to fill out, you’ve stated upfront that you aren’t changing kits and are running this in a month, and as another commenter joked, you just say no to any feedback/requests. How are you expecting to gauge “interest”? Count comments on this post?

I’ve seen you take this approach before, and it apparently works for you, but this isn’t an IC, it’s an ad. Just call it what it is.

[T0mb3ry]

I do not plan any novelties nor child kits. This will stay as a single base kit.

Group buy information:

• GB time frame: February

There’s no form to fill out, you’ve stated upfront that you aren’t changing kits and are running this in a month, and as another commenter joked, you just say no to any feedback/requests. How are you expecting to gauge “interest”? Count comments on this post?

I’ve seen you take this approach before, and it apparently works for you, but this isn’t an IC, it’s an ad. Just call it what it is. [/list]

There is no rule which describes what an interest check needs to have. This here is an interest check. Because it represents here my project and thus try to gauge the interest. Purpose solved.

Of course you can make suggestions or ask for keys you would love to see. But it does not mean i have to include those in my project.

[Emir]

Hmm this situation sure does suck

[Emir]

Sixes is now running in June. Good luck with gb!

[psxndc]

There is no rule which describes what an interest check needs to have. This here is an interest check. Because it represents here my project and thus try to gauge the interest. Purpose solved.

Of course you can make suggestions or ask for keys you would love to see. But it does not mean i have to include those in my project.

I’m just saying there’s no form, there’s one mock up with no renders, and only one vendor. You’re established so apparently you get a pass, but less well-known folks here regularly get excoriated for lackluster ICs that have more than this.

Like I said, this ad-posing-as-an-IC approach works for you, so you do you. But you posted it, so that’s my feedback.

[T0mb3ry]

Sixes is now running in June. Good luck with gb!

Thanks! I appreciate that.

There is no rule which describes what an interest check needs to have. This here is an interest check. Because it represents here my project and thus try to gauge the interest. Purpose solved.

Of course you can make suggestions or ask for keys you would love to see. But it does not mean i have to include those in my project.

I’m just saying there’s no form, there’s one mock up with no renders, and only one vendor. You’re established so apparently you get a pass, but less well-known folks here regularly get excoriated for lackluster ICs that have more than this.

Like I said, this ad-posing-as-an-IC approach works for you, so you do you. But you posted it, so that’s my feedback.

Renders and vendors will come in the future as i said.

This is not a big project, i would love to do, but more of an opportunity for people to get their hands on Umka as it was quite expensive but desired in GMK Carbon R2 (Umka mods were sold for 170$). Thus i'd like to keep it as small as possible. This is actually the trend in other ICs for GMK sets as you can see.

[Slayer77]

Alice support and F13 in base, I am very interested!

Edit: would love to see old windows key added to the base if possbile.

[HoodrowThrillson]

There is no rule which describes what an interest check needs to have. This here is an interest check. Because it represents here my project and thus try to gauge the interest. Purpose solved.

Of course you can make suggestions or ask for keys you would love to see. But it does not mean i have to include those in my project.

I’m just saying there’s no form, there’s one mock up with no renders, and only one vendor. You’re established so apparently you get a pass, but less well-known folks here regularly get excoriated for lackluster ICs that have more than this.

Like I said, this ad-posing-as-an-IC approach works for you, so you do you. But you posted it, so that’s my feedback.

I don't think there's anything necessarily wrong with this IC. Some people choose to IC with a turn key item, others post an IC with just a mere idea.

The ICs that get flamed are usually missing something that's key (no renders and/or no real kitting, unrealistic expectations, etc.)

[maximize]

I would have made some novelties if i had good idea for it. Like always i am picky in this case. Rolling bones do not match this theme here as well :/

What theme?

Also, how considerate of you to run at the same time as Sixes.

[T0mb3ry]

What theme?

Umka means "polar bear" in Chukchi language.

[tanghus]

nvm.

[T0mb3ry]

Ok. I'd like to see some numbers.

Preferred row constellation?

I hope preferences have changed over time but i don't think its the case.

[Owl]

There is no rule which describes what an interest check needs to have. This here is an interest check. Because it represents here my project and thus try to gauge the interest. Purpose solved.

Of course you can make suggestions or ask for keys you would love to see. But it does not mean i have to include those in my project.

I’m just saying there’s no form, there’s one mock up with no renders, and only one vendor. You’re established so apparently you get a pass, but less well-known folks here regularly get excoriated for lackluster ICs that have more than this.



Like I said, this ad-posing-as-an-IC approach works for you, so you do you. But you posted it, so that’s my feedback.

I am going to have to agree with this. Many IC's have had this amount of material, maybe more, and get spammed with Krelbit copy pasta lol. On top of that, not sure why this advertisement gets a pass since Olivia++ was locked for being essentially an advertisement as well. It doesn't really bother me but this kind of inconsistency in standards is what we can come to expect with a forum with absolutely no formal guidelines on how to structure posts.

As for the set. It's pretty palatable. Will look good on most things. Kitting makes it pretty accessible as well.

[LXVRGS]

ne cadet alphas avail

[hkiri]

Ok. I'd like to see some numbers.

Preferred row constellation?

I hope preferences have changed over time but i don't think its the case.

I personally prefer R5 but if this still should be compatible with your latest round of GMK Boneyard this has to be 1-1-2-3-4-4!

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

I’m gonna buy this whole thing for an F13 key and we dont even get a polar bear nov. Least I get to rep R0 here in the poll.

Do all R5’ers like R0?

[sourmk]

Recent owner of R2 Boneyard and Umka mods, adore the set. Would love to see an R2 / V2 of your salty kit, maybe with some old and new colors, could even do a stand alone buy maybe. Good luck, cheers!

[treeleaf64]

Wait so this is basically carbon but without the weird colors?

Treeleaf approves it good job

[udller]

it would have been nice in that poll, to have more options. i like r5 as ive tried it on blue alert, but i dont wont r0 as it would mess up 65% to much.

[Jaxxstatic]

I think I came off harsh on Sixes. I don't like broken-down kits, but there are many who do.
This large base kit will certainly be more expensive, but it's what I prefer.

I'm really glad consumers will have options.
With the way the community has been recently, even if Umka and Sixes ran at the same time, I could see both sets making MOQ without problem, especially depending on vendors.

[LightningXI]

I’m gonna buy this whole thing for an F13 key and we dont even get a polar bear nov. Least I get to rep R0 here in the poll.

Do all R5’ers like R0?

I like R5 but R0 not as much.

[hillmu]

must buy and need novs

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[T0mb3ry]

Just bringing the poll down so people have no need to search it.
Preferred row constellation?

it would have been nice in that poll, to have more options. i like r5 as ive tried it on blue alert, but i dont wont r0 as it would mess up 65% to much.

Indeed better would have been if i had asked also for the "Old School" rows (1-1-2-3-4-5).

Anyway you can't mess up 65% with R0 because R0 is used only on the F-row. The number row is still R1.

[Awayhugepickle]

Wish I had enough experience with different row profiles to offer feedback but I just don't right now. Maybe in a year or so I will though.

[nug]

Please consider Daily Clack as Oceania vendor

[treeleaf64]

I’m gonna buy this whole thing for an F13 key and we dont even get a polar bear nov. Least I get to rep R0 here in the poll.

Do all R5’ers like R0?

I like R5 but R0 not as much.

Agree r0 very tall. Havent used r5 in a while, I dont remember what it felt like
Id be interested in both r4 and r5 since i think this set would look soooo awesome once shined up

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You all nitpicking IC vs. advertisement:

When you successfully run as many GBs as T0mb3ry, you don’t need to broadly collect interest or demonstrate an ability to complete a project. People DM you feedback, or you’re constantly discussing ideas with other designers.

This is GMK Umka, a re-run from a cornerstone set. This isn’t something someone whipped up, inspired by furniture, during the pandemic (read: me ). Umka has been a thing for 2.5 years at this point. Umka mods flip hard on MM. I don’t know that the lack of a Google Form here means it’s a half-baked project.

If newer designers get spammed with Krelbit’s copypasta it’s because running a keyset GB requires organization and effort. The onus falls on the runner to demonstrate it in their IC. When you have a track record, you can demonstrate it as evidence of organization and effort. This is no different than a job, in that regard.

Anyway, count me in for traditional Cherry. I prefer 1-1-2-3-4-5 myself after using OG doubleshots, and I only use ASCII on F-row less boards.

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

Alright alright
No skulls, no polar bear novs, no playing card suits, no aromatic rings, no cadet alphas because you did that already...
...
...ASCII alpha kit?

[thelaughingman]

hell yeah, base kit looking good, looking forward to this!

I wanted Umka in Carbon R2 but could not justify the price then. Now a fullset but no R0/R5 so I'll pass once again. GL!

[Diamagisk]

Love it!

[T0mb3ry]

Please consider Daily Clack as Oceania vendor

Check the vendors in the first post. Daily Clack will be the vendor for Umka in Australia and Oceania. 

[prognostics]

Kind of disappointed that this one was prioritized over Sixes. One base kit running instead of 8 kits for more board coverage seems like this set could use more work imo.

[jimboytacos]

Is GMK Nines the same color as GMK Carbon?

[pcire]

Is GMK Nines the same color as GMK Carbon?

No. Neither Nines nor Sixes use the same color as GMK Carbon. Both sets are based on Carbon, but use GMK stock colors

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Kind of disappointed that this one was prioritized over Sixes. One base kit running instead of 8 kits for more board coverage seems like this set could use more work imo.

I mean, Sixes is running in June. It even has its own IC thread where you can share effusive comments for its kitting.

[sup3r170va]

Is the colour U9 for base and N9 for all the lettering etc? Thanks.

[Slayer77]

Recent owner of R2 Boneyard and Umka mods, adore the set. Would love to see an R2 / V2 of your salty kit, maybe with some old and new colors, could even do a stand alone buy maybe. Good luck, cheers!

I second this! Need more salt novelties in different colors.

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[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

Is the colour U9 for base and N9 for all the lettering etc? Thanks.

No. That's GMK Sixes. It's similar, though.

[Freeaboo]

Carbon cadet?

YES. Oblotsky collab pls??

Wait this already ran with carbon r2. I can't live without it. Time to scour r/mm for this specific kit lol

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[azzipa]

The simplicity of this set works for me. Traditional profile (1-1-2-3-4-4) also works for me, but I'm not a fan of f-row and can make my peace with 1-2-3-4-5. Either way, not sure my vote matters: T0mb3ry makes the final decision. FWIW, Trad is losing 20/80 as of this morning.

[yaya]

The simplicity of this set works for me. Traditional profile (1-1-2-3-4-4) also works for me, but I'm not a fan of f-row and can make my peace with 1-2-3-4-5. Either way, not sure my vote matters: T0mb3ry makes the final decision. FWIW, Trad is losing 20/80 as of this morning.

Also not a R0 fan, sold my Umka mods from R2 because of this.  Hoping this stays traditional 1-1-2-3-4-4

[T0mb3ry]

I'll keep the traditional rows for this project due to the lower costs. I want to keep it affordable. Full rows will definitely be more expensive from my experience (more plastic and the og rows will require at least 5 additional keys).

I'd like to thank people for voting anyway. The result speaks for it self. I'll definitely consider it in the next possible project (which i did not done with full cherry rows before - in case of a rerun).

[krautcat]

Sad!

Wanna see Umka in Cherry 1-1-2-3-4-5 but unfortunately not this time.

GLWGB, I will think about this set because I am interested in Sixies too.

[treeleaf64]

Only thing that is stopping me from buying this is the long lead times of GMK  I feel very weird knowing that I will be approximately 5% older by the time the keyset arrives

[zekth]

I will be approximately 5% older by the time the keyset arrives

That's an odd way to count time flying by

[KaosJ]

Definetely in! 

This will look very good with U80 Soya, also always wanted a full cream-carbon set. 

[azzipa]

OK, sign me up! 

I'll keep the traditional rows for this project due to the lower costs. I want to keep it affordable. Full rows will definitely be more expensive from my experience (more plastic and the og rows will require at least 5 additional keys).

I'd like to thank people for voting anyway. The result speaks for it self. I'll definitely consider it in the next possible project (which i did not done with full cherry rows before - in case of a rerun).

[NovaRMK]

I love beige sets, but isn't this basically GMK Sixes? :|

Very similar to GMK Sixes. This is a bit more yellow and sixes is a bit more olive, but still practically identical

[SwitchKeys]

easy cop

[Havattack]

Nice, not my style, but nice. If I was in charge of designing a keyboard for the masses, I'd use something like this for the key caps. Something a lot of people will like, and that i can't imagine anyone hating.

[DERBS]

Would you consider n e 3u bars?

[krautcat]

Very similar to GMK Sixes. This is a bit more yellow and sixes is a bit more olive, but still practically identical

Ahem, once again, this set was designed long before GMK Sixies. So it's more correct to say that GMK Sixies is similar to GMK Umka. GMK Umka was singled out separately from the other set it was part of in 2018.

Stop comparing it with GMK Sixies. Hope everybody understands it. Thanks.

[owais]

Definitely interested. Was hoping to try 1-1-2-3-4-5, but maybe in another set.

[Nonnegaard]

I love beige sets, but isn't this basically GMK Sixes? :|

well, nines is just boneyard. these gmk carbon subsets are really simple, but its alright

[T0mb3ry]

Would you consider n e 3u bars?

I've considered this in the beginning. However at this moment there are not many boards utilizing those spacebars and i have decided not to include those in the base kit.

[sup3r170va]

Hi. Can I confirm the colour for this set is U9 alphas with N9 (and not CR) legends? Thanks

[T0mb3ry]

Hi. Can I confirm the colour for this set is U9 alphas with N9 (and not CR) legends? Thanks

This set is using custom colors from GMK Carbon. Compared to stock colors. U9 is more like light gray. The custom beige this set is using is more pronounced beige.
The custom gray is lighter than N9.

[DERBS]

Would you consider n e 3u bars?

I've considered this in the beginning. However at this moment there are not many boards utilizing those spacebars and i have decided not to include those in the base kit.

Thats too bad, would love to see more support for 3u especially since the split 3-1-3 space bars look so good and Sp111 is getting a rerun if I remember correctly

[azzipa]

Please help a brother out. It seems this color is a bit elusive and photos range from beige with a slight green/olive tint to creamy white. Which image is a more accurate representation of the color? The image on the left/top is from the OP and the image on the right/bottom is from the (mass)Drop release for GMK Carbon

   

[T0mb3ry]

Please help a brother out. It seems this color is a bit elusive and photos range from beige with a slight green/olive tint to creamy white. Which image is a more accurate representation of the color? The image on the left/top is from the OP and the image on the right/bottom is from the (mass)Drop release for GMK Carbon

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The color is in between of both. Left picture is obviously dark because i shot it in the shadows. The right one is overexposed a little bit and it appears to look more white. Did i mentioned people should not trust photos? I do it all the time because we have here a good example.

[azzipa]

Thanks. Appreciate the quick response! And I do not trust photos (which is why I asked). Looking foward to supporting this run.

Please help a brother out. It seems this color is a bit elusive and photos range from beige with a slight green/olive tint to creamy white. Which image is a more accurate representation of the color? The image on the left/top is from the OP and the image on the right/bottom is from the (mass)Drop release for GMK Carbon

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The color is in between of both. Left picture is obviously dark because i shot it in the shadows. The right one is overexposed a little bit and it appears to look more white. Did i mentioned people should not trust photos? I do it all the time because we have here a good example.

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You don't need it but I want to fanboy out and throw you a bump by asking for updates. February is coming!!

[T0mb3ry]

You don't need it but I want to fanboy out and throw you a bump by asking for updates. February is coming!!

Thanks! I appreciate it

Indeed as i said the GB will start in February. We got already quotes from GMK and we are about to decide the MOQ goal and the resulting pricing.

[azzipa]

You guys are both gonna kill my wallet... Umka in February then Red Alert in March. Maybe GoB. Dang.

You don't need it but I want to fanboy out and throw you a bump by asking for updates. February is coming!!

[pcire]

It’s February already. Any updates?

[T0mb3ry]

It’s February already. Any updates?

If all goes well, the group buy will start this Friday (5th February).

[azzipa]

soon^tm

It’s February already. Any updates?

If all goes well, the group buy will start this Friday (5th February).

[lewisflude]

So, I'm primarily an ANSI user nowadays. But just wanted to say I think the ISO support could do with some revision, as it seems to be a "worst of all worlds" approach with the duplicated <> on the ISO key and the <, >. keys. Would be curious what other options might look like!

[T0mb3ry]

Group buy is live!

And i am closing this thread.

So, I'm primarily an ANSI user nowadays. But just wanted to say I think the ISO support could do with some revision, as it seems to be a "worst of all worlds" approach with the duplicated <> on the ISO key and the <, >. keys. Would be curious what other options might look like!

There are two types of ISO compats: PC and Terminal. PC has |\ instead of <>. It does not matter which type you choose, you will always have duplicates.