Author Topic: [IC] The Gentoo - A Penguin Themed 65% Keyboard - Group Buy May 28, 11am EST (Read 85910 times)

adi · « **Reply #50 on:** Wed, 18 August 2021, 23:48:01 »

very poggers, design is clean

CookieFlow · « **Reply #51 on:** Thu, 19 August 2021, 06:09:22 »

For a deep red/maroon/burgundy case (with gold sides) I think many sets work.

Did you consider copper sides?

loviniltra · « **Reply #52 on:** Thu, 19 August 2021, 11:23:31 »

I missed adélie and would love to get a chance with this, hope that there is an option for PVD for other color

Afresh · « **Reply #53 on:** Thu, 19 August 2021, 11:25:46 »

Quote from: Abec13 on Wed, 18 August 2021, 22:24:20

ilumkb and MKEU have been added as the SEA and EU vendors respectively.

great, now please add red/burgundy variant

Cave · « **Reply #54 on:** Thu, 19 August 2021, 16:06:22 »

Quote from: Abec13 on Tue, 17 August 2021, 13:11:24

Quote from: Tunabelly on Tue, 17 August 2021, 07:13:56
is there a way we can have a canadian vendor? duties + shipping sucks whenever we have to order from US company

I will talk to the other vendors! For some reason I can't remember, we almost had a Canadian vendor for the Adelie but it didn't pan out.

Hoping for Canadian vendor as well!

JustMilica · « **Reply #55 on:** Thu, 19 August 2021, 17:36:47 »

Looks clean as hell! Would love for the PVD Silver to be an option for all of the colorways, I'd absolutely get a white one with the PVD Silver 😍

3yatt · « **Reply #56 on:** Fri, 20 August 2021, 22:16:00 »

Thank you Abec. Loved Adelie but was a tad to smol for me. Def buy.

Techdude594 · « **Reply #57 on:** Fri, 20 August 2021, 22:41:05 »

Lookin kinda sus bro.

Adelie was a stunning board, glad to see a larger version with a more accessible layout!

ylothar · « **Reply #58 on:** Sat, 21 August 2021, 02:36:13 »

Quote from: JustMilica on Thu, 19 August 2021, 17:36:47

Looks clean as hell! Would love for the PVD Silver to be an option for all of the colorways, I'd absolutely get a white one with the PVD Silver 😍

I absolutely agree.
It would be great to have this combination too: teal keyboard and white edges (also PVD Silver like some old appliances).

hottrout · « **Reply #59 on:** Sat, 21 August 2021, 04:58:49 »

Well the Adélie is a beautiful little board and very well finished. I would be interested again for sure.

aperumdesign · « **Reply #60 on:** Sat, 21 August 2021, 17:36:20 »

Great looking board, especially the green addition! Would love to see an off-white colourway, and perhaps PVD/polished weight options for all colourways. I actually think polished/PVD accents and weights work better with more keysets. For memory the best looking Adelie was yours in the creamy off-white and PVD brass, so would be cool to see that as an option..

DuellM · « **Reply #61 on:** Sat, 21 August 2021, 19:55:58 »

This is so awesome! hope I can get one

Eoen · « **Reply #62 on:** Sat, 21 August 2021, 21:26:50 »

Excited to see that you brought the design to a 65! Missed out on the Adelie, hopefully second time is the charm.

GentooSG · « **Reply #63 on:** Sun, 22 August 2021, 20:23:55 »

Very interesting

Tunabelly · « **Reply #64 on:** Tue, 24 August 2021, 07:21:20 »

Quote from: Cave on Thu, 19 August 2021, 16:06:22

Quote from: Abec13 on Tue, 17 August 2021, 13:11:24
Quote from: Tunabelly on Tue, 17 August 2021, 07:13:56
is there a way we can have a canadian vendor? duties + shipping sucks whenever we have to order from US company

I will talk to the other vendors! For some reason I can't remember, we almost had a Canadian vendor for the Adelie but it didn't pan out.

Hoping for Canadian vendor as well!

Yes! I think my recent purchases with similar value from US vendors came out to be around $200 in total for shipping + tax + duties. Im glad we might get a canadian vendor. Really love this design

Coneree · « **Reply #65 on:** Thu, 26 August 2021, 12:06:22 »

Exactly how I wished Adelie was! Def keeping up with this project - is there a discord for updates by chance?

GFWD · « **Reply #66 on:** Tue, 31 August 2021, 00:03:28 »

I watched a build stream for the Adelie and it looks amazing. Excited to see a bigger version.

I am also hoping for a Canadain vendor.

MRCRAWFISH · « **Reply #67 on:** Tue, 31 August 2021, 10:42:40 »

Did he say what the general timeline for this board will be? I have an Adelie that I am about to build. Probably the most beautiful boards out there. I will be buying two of these. One for myself and one for my wife. She loves the design of the Adelie, but not so much the 50% form factor. Also, I wish they offered red in this batch but I will probably send it out to get a color change.

Scriba · « **Reply #68 on:** Wed, 01 September 2021, 06:53:20 »

Very nice, good job

Eoen · « **Reply #69 on:** Wed, 01 September 2021, 08:54:39 »

Quote from: MRCRAWFISH on Tue, 31 August 2021, 10:42:40

Did he say what the general timeline for this board will be? I have an Adelie that I am about to build. Probably the most beautiful boards out there. I will be buying two of these. One for myself and one for my wife. She loves the design of the Adelie, but not so much the 50% form factor. Also, I wish they offered red in this batch but I will probably send it out to get a color change.

Probably still quite a while. He mentioned that the PCB is still being designed and hasn't even started the prototyping process. My guess would be that this runs sometime in Q2 next year.

Abec13 · « **Reply #70 on:** Thu, 02 September 2021, 14:14:16 »

Quote from: aperumdesign on Sat, 21 August 2021, 17:36:20

Great looking board, especially the green addition! Would love to see an off-white colourway, and perhaps PVD/polished weight options for all colourways. I actually think polished/PVD accents and weights work better with more keysets. For memory the best looking Adelie was yours in the creamy off-white and PVD brass, so would be cool to see
Quote from: Afresh on Thu, 19 August 2021, 11:25:46
Quote from: Abec13 on Wed, 18 August 2021, 22:24:20
ilumkb and MKEU have been added as the SEA and EU vendors respectively.

great, now please add red/burgundy variant

Quote from: CookieFlow on Thu, 19 August 2021, 06:09:22
For a deep red/maroon/burgundy case (with gold sides) I think many sets work.

Did you consider copper sides?

Quote from: JustMilica on Thu, 19 August 2021, 17:36:47
Looks clean as hell! Would love for the PVD Silver to be an option for all of the colorways, I'd absolutely get a white one with the PVD Silver 😍

that as an option..

I am trying to push for extra weight options to be offered as extras. TBD!

As for the red, we can't have it all. I thought, we have to keep the white and black, blue often does better than red, so red got nixed for green. Perhaps for a r2!

Abec13 · « **Reply #71 on:** Thu, 02 September 2021, 14:17:55 »

Quote from: MRCRAWFISH on Tue, 31 August 2021, 10:42:40

Did he say what the general timeline for this board will be? I have an Adelie that I am about to build. Probably the most beautiful boards out there. I will be buying two of these. One for myself and one for my wife. She loves the design of the Adelie, but not so much the 50% form factor. Also, I wish they offered red in this batch but I will probably send it out to get a color change.

Quote from: Coneree on Thu, 26 August 2021, 12:06:22

Exactly how I wished Adelie was! Def keeping up with this project - is there a discord for updates by chance?

Quote from: Eoen on Wed, 01 September 2021, 08:54:39

Quote from: MRCRAWFISH on Tue, 31 August 2021, 10:42:40
Did he say what the general timeline for this board will be? I have an Adelie that I am about to build. Probably the most beautiful boards out there. I will be buying two of these. One for myself and one for my wife. She loves the design of the Adelie, but not so much the 50% form factor. Also, I wish they offered red in this batch but I will probably send it out to get a color change.

Probably still quite a while. He mentioned that the PCB is still being designed and hasn't even started the prototyping process. My guess would be that this runs sometime in Q2 next year.

The PCB is about done now. Vendors have been arranged. Hopefully to order protos of boards and PCBs for a GB that is sometime this year. Making no promises, these are just my wishes

konstantin · « **Reply #72 on:** Thu, 02 September 2021, 18:25:41 »

I am definitely interested. I very nearly pulled the trigger on the Adélie, but now that I've seen how the design looks in a 65% form factor, I am sold.

Quote from: RoyalOak88 on Tue, 17 August 2021, 06:14:04

Give us the possibility of choosing the weight type for each color and also to buy as extra and I think more people will be pleased.

Quote from: JustMilica on Thu, 19 August 2021, 17:36:47

Looks clean as hell! Would love for the PVD Silver to be an option for all of the colorways, I'd absolutely get a white one with the PVD Silver

+1, I would love to have the option to choose a PVD silver weight with a green or a navy board (like on the Adélie). Please make this a reality.

Xherion · « **Reply #73 on:** Thu, 02 September 2021, 20:21:13 »

No hotswap will be offered?

zacho · « **Reply #74 on:** Thu, 02 September 2021, 21:56:30 »

White with PVD Black Brass for that penguin look surely

Abec13 · « **Reply #75 on:** Sun, 05 September 2021, 20:00:27 »

Quote from: Xherion on Thu, 02 September 2021, 20:21:13

No hotswap will be offered?

Hotswap is unlikely. I personally prefer soldering.

g_hack_it · « **Reply #76 on:** Sun, 05 September 2021, 20:35:15 »

Quote from: Abec13 on Sun, 05 September 2021, 20:00:27

Hotswap is unlikely. I personally prefer soldering.

Bummer, this is unfortunately a deal breaker for me

Will it be possible to mill-max the pcb?

Dinerenblanc · « **Reply #77 on:** Mon, 06 September 2021, 17:12:01 »

Quote from: g_hack_it on Sun, 05 September 2021, 20:35:15

Quote from: Abec13 on Sun, 05 September 2021, 20:00:27

Hotswap is unlikely. I personally prefer soldering.

Bummer, this is unfortunately a deal breaker for me

Will it be possible to mill-max the pcb?

Same here. No hotswap is a deal breaker for me. Beautiful design though.

ForestFairyForestFun · « **Reply #78 on:** Mon, 06 September 2021, 23:16:08 »

no hotswap, no problem! i know what switches i like

Azaleir · « **Reply #79 on:** Wed, 08 September 2021, 04:29:02 »

I would love to see the Navy + PVD silver colorway from the Adélie. But overall it looks so damn gorgeous!

endjy · « **Reply #80 on:** Thu, 09 September 2021, 12:05:55 »

must in

kameron · « **Reply #81 on:** Thu, 09 September 2021, 15:55:53 »

love the design great board once again

Tunabelly · « **Reply #82 on:** Fri, 10 September 2021, 23:42:14 »

please consider deskhero for your Canadian vendor.

He's done some big drops without any problem before and he's interested in this keyboard as well.

oh and he just got an adelie for his personal build too

kwiizu · « **Reply #83 on:** Wed, 22 September 2021, 04:54:49 »

is it any news about this keeb?
protobuild or date?

Snoop_Gee · « **Reply #84 on:** Wed, 22 September 2021, 07:54:43 »

i like this style of Keyboard but just a few features that im hoping for
RGB
hot-swappable
and the colour scheme of white with chrome side plates.

pdlif · « **Reply #85 on:** Wed, 22 September 2021, 10:39:10 »

pls consider a canadian vendor

milka158 · « **Reply #86 on:** Wed, 22 September 2021, 16:10:57 »

Would love to see Navy + Silver as well!

hottrout · « **Reply #87 on:** Thu, 23 September 2021, 04:14:41 »

Quote from: milka158 on Wed, 22 September 2021, 16:10:57

Would love to see Navy + Silver as well!

Just like my Adélie, it is a great combo.

ThiccAntecc · « **Reply #88 on:** Thu, 23 September 2021, 20:08:53 »

Ok, start the GB and you can have all my money!

Abec13 · « **Reply #89 on:** Wed, 29 September 2021, 14:25:55 »

After some discussion, Deskhero will be our Canadian vendor. Additionally, weights will be offered as extras for the group buy. As for the amount of variability, that cannot be specified yet.

GFWD · « **Reply #90 on:** Wed, 29 September 2021, 19:08:50 »

That is awesome! I am looking forward to this even more now that I won't have to pay duty.

sup3r170va · « **Reply #91 on:** Thu, 30 September 2021, 02:59:03 »

Quote from: Abec13 on Wed, 29 September 2021, 14:25:55

After some discussion, Deskhero will be our Canadian vendor. Additionally, weights will be offered as extras for the group buy. As for the amount of variability, that cannot be specified yet.

Nice. Looking forward!

speedyzy · « **Reply #92 on:** Fri, 01 October 2021, 15:58:02 »

another pengu

Cutiejea · « **Reply #93 on:** Fri, 01 October 2021, 20:55:21 »

Did the board came out yet? Cuz I'd like to buy it!!! FOR THE PENGUINSSSS

Navyjai · « **Reply #94 on:** Fri, 22 October 2021, 01:03:24 »

Can't wait for the Groupbuy of this board! Beautiful

F13 · « **Reply #95 on:** Sun, 31 October 2021, 04:16:19 »

This board goes on my wishlist.

Rilow · « **Reply #96 on:** Sun, 31 October 2021, 08:07:16 »

Really hope sandblasted will be an option with black

Xury46 · « **Reply #97 on:** Sun, 31 October 2021, 20:41:00 »

I love this so much, is there any chance we could get split spacebar support like on the Adélie?

rzzzhikharevich · « **Reply #98 on:** Mon, 01 November 2021, 16:06:25 »

Adelie but with a numeric row is certainly on my wishlist!

SmitH1y · « **Reply #99 on:** Tue, 02 November 2021, 10:10:39 »

smooth boi, loving the design

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Author Topic: [IC] The Gentoo - A Penguin Themed 65% Keyboard - Group Buy May 28, 11am EST (Read 85910 times)