[IC] GMK Lilac on Black | Group buy live September 1st!

[Sax_______]

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Group September 1st - October 5th


Welcome to the Interest Check for my first keycap set, GMK LoB (Lilac on Black). This is a very simple keycap set that came out of me realizing I really want a simple Lilac on Black set and there being none at all.


For any questions you can find me on Discord as Sax#2295

UPDATES:

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11/24
-Revamped katakana sublegends, I noticed several of the legends were wrong so I decided to use an existing asset for them
-Made small fixes on some errors in numpad (It was missing a barred 5 and the scoop had no scoop)
-Updated renders with katakana subs to show the new sublegends

11/02
-Removed renders with mono katakana alphas and added a render with accent space bar

10/31
-Dropped the Mono Katakana kit. Unfortunately running two alt alphas kits would very likely result in one not reaching MOQ, and the Mono Katakana set just wasn't popular enough to risk keeping it.
-Added NorDeUK kit to further increase compatibility, one of the main goals for this set was to have as much compatibility with as few kits as possible, the base kit will maintain basic ISO support.
-Added a Row 2 escape key for the basic 40s support.
-Revamped the Space Bar kit, removed the unnecessary 1.75u space bars as well as 1 of the 1.25u space bars, added a 1u space bar and Accent color 6.25u and 7.00u space bars, also removed the non centered 6.00u space bar as it was not necessary.

2022

08/04
-Added Hibi collab

Please fill out the IC form below if you are interested in this set, any feedback is appreciated.
INTEREST CHECK FORM






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Canada: Ashkeebs
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UK: Prototypist
Europe: Candykeys
CN/Intl: KBDFans
Oceania: Switchkeys
SEA: Zion Studios
South Korea: Swagkeys
Japan: Basekeys





To Vheissu for guiding me through the design process and giving me the idea in the first place.
To Zetina for giving me pointers and help when learning blender to make the renders myself because I'm a stubborn idiot.
And to my friends in the KatanaKaji server for supporting me and providing feedback

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[mixistor]

reserved

[darthcapn]

Love the base kit kitting and the colors. Definitely a yes for me. If I was to change one thing, I would add an alt mods kit, I have had this issue with a lot of sets where there is an alphas kit besides the main kit and buying them just leaves us with additional alphas being useless. If an alt mods kit is offered one can buy additional alphas and the mod kit to get an additional set without wasting anything!

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[Vorge]

Im certain I will get this, I agree I would like to have some extra mods so I can use the alt alphas in more keyboards, but other than that I really like the set, GLWIC

[vishydesigns]

didnt we just get pink on black lol

[MIGHTY CHICKEN]

Ooh that looks good, although I would def drop one of the alpha kits maybe plus add a 1u bar to spacebars

[zhol]

me likey

[Mena]

Nice looking set. Any deskmats planned?

[Kinesiologist]

simple and clean, i like it

[wahfuhls]

stepped control and r4 caps pls looks great tho

[wanf]

looks an awful lot like black lotus with the modifiers kit

[MrBingo]

Reserved

[Woovie]

Killer colors, I love it

[herbologist]

I enjoy the set over all! I'm not sure that two different alt alphas would hit moq, so maybe consider that. An extension kit would be nicer than two alt alphas imo, even though they tend to fair poorly on gmk.

[totalemon]

Wowwww that's gorgeous. This is gonna make a great companion to pink on navy <3

[kkd_20]

It would be nice if you add accented spacebar. nice color combination. GLWIC

[stidal]

sax moment

[doggo1dance]

looks an awful lot like black lotus with the modifiers kit

no.

[Hakatype]

me likey

I likey as well

[ADPenrose]

Think I''ll hace to sell a kidney or two 'cause good god it looks great.

[Dyto69]

Something on black just can't look bad. I really like the Base kit, I hope your pricing is going to be good. GLWIC

[DrSocha]

Love it, icon mods would be ideal, but since purple is my favorite it's very tempting. Lilac pattern mat and aluminum/brass artisan collab would be a nice addition as well, GL.

[VXQN]

Please include a 1U spacebar to go with the two 3Us.

[mr_foggy]

cool but not a fan of the alpha-only child kits. I'd pick up the katakanas if it was a full fledged base kit, like GMK Dualshot and DMG R3 just did. please consider it.

[Hyphen]

I love this! I asked in the IC, but as a Mac user who uses WKL, could there perhaps be a 1.5u super/code key in the base set? Or perhaps an icon mods kit or specific mac os kit?

[Rik.caffeinated]

Really love this set especially the accent key colors.

[Yuinth]

Love the colors, will there be accent spacebars?

GLWIC

[Sax_______]

Upated OP with South Korea, Canda, Oceania, and Japan vendors for the set

Also thank you everyone for the feedback, I'll be sure to look into some changes based on all of it in the coming days.

[VoodooBear]

I love FAT base kits. Good job. But add Ñ pls.

[novelflyer]

Simple and good looking set

[kiwoli]

Looks great, hopefully base kit pricing is killer.

[jagger27]

no 1.5u supers, no buy

I do have to commend you for not putting some garbage half-assed line art novelties up in this IC.

[Sax_______]

Hello everyone!

Thanks so much for the feedback you've given over the past few days.

Based on this feedback I added a new question to the IC form, if you could fill it in again I would really appreciate it.

[grayboards]

loving the vaporwave-y look with the hiragana 

[codog]

Zionstudios? ewww

[brunosan_.]

This colors match perfectly, can't go wrong with black. GLWIC 

[Rik.caffeinated]

Hello everyone!

Thanks so much for the feedback you've given over the past few days.

Based on this feedback I added a new question to the IC form, if you could fill it in again I would really appreciate it.

Accent bars would be nice. Not a dealbreaker, but that lilac 7u would look incredibly nice

[Sax_______]

Hello everyone!

Thanks so much for the feedback you've given over the past few days.

Based on this feedback I added a new question to the IC form, if you could fill it in again I would really appreciate it.

Accent bars would be nice. Not a dealbreaker, but that lilac 7u would look incredibly nice

Accent space bars are one of the already planned changes 

[XiXora]

Nice but will need 1.5U Supers (+1u alt)

[Sax_______]

Nice but will need 1.5U Supers (+1u alt)

1u alt is there right under the ISO enter.

[Sax_______]

Hello again everyone.

Based on the feedback received in the past couple of days I have made some slight changes to kitting.

Updates:

-Dropped the Mono Katakana kit. Unfortunately running two alt alphas kits would very likely result in one not reaching MOQ, and the Mono Katakana set just wasn't popular enough to risk keeping it.
-Added NorDeUK kit to further increase compatibility, one of the main goals for this set was to have as much compatibility with as few kits as possible, the base kit will maintain basic ISO support.
-Added a Row 2 escape key for the basic 40s support.
-Revamped the Space Bar kit, removed the unnecessary 1.75u space bars as well as 1 of the 1.25u space bars, added a 1u space bar and Accent color 6.25u and 7.00u space bars, also removed the non centered 6.00u space bar as it was not necessary.

UPDATE:

I am aware of the double accented arrows will fix ASAP accent arrows fixed

[Bachoo]

Looking good, unsure about nordeuk kit hitting moq since that has a history of struggling in the past. Nonetheless glwic 

[kylekwong1]

I would like to see
Two base kits instead of alt alpha
Stepped cap control
Icon mod
Accent spacebar?
Move numpad to its own kit

[sup3r170va]

I would like to see
Two base kits instead of alt alpha
Stepped cap control
Icon mod
Accent spacebar?
Move numpad to its own kit

I second this, especially the (katakana?) sublegend as a second base, as well as icon only mods. 

[XiXora]

Nice but will need 1.5U Supers (+1u alt)

1u alt is there right under the ISO enter.

I am well aware of that. Perhaps, I should have been more clear as I assumed the Super ask would have implied that.

Will need 2x 1U Alts with 2x 1.5U supers.
If NorDeUK is added, will need 1U AltGr too

[directheatedtriode]

I would like to see
Two base kits instead of alt alpha
Stepped cap control
Icon mod
Accent spacebar?
Move numpad to its own kit

Moving numpad to its own kit makes it ~ $50 more expensive for people that want numpad. When I joined GH the only people using numpad were legacy users on old keyboards but now there are a lot of customs that are using it.

[Sax_______]

I would like to see
Two base kits instead of alt alpha
Stepped cap control
Icon mod
Accent spacebar?
Move numpad to its own kit

Moving numpad to its own kit makes it ~ $50 more expensive for people that want numpad. When I joined GH the only people using numpad were legacy users on old keyboards but now there are a lot of customs that are using it.

Pretty much this, having numpad adds basically no cost, moving it to its own kit adds cost for anyone that does want it.

[azzipa]

would love to see some love for macos users. even an extension kit (which would selfishly get me an R1 "=" key and an R3 1.75u "Function" key). and i'm wondering what happened to the "5" key in numpad?

Nice but will need 1.5U Supers (+1u alt)

[Cylent]

Quick question - why is the 5 on the numpad a \|? also no homing 5?

[Sax_______]

Quick question - why is the 5 on the numpad a \|? also no homing 5?

Thanks for pointing it out, I'll fix it later today.

[Yuinth]

Could you add a couple of renders with the accent spacebars and a 40s board?

[Sax_______]

Could you add a couple of renders with the accent spacebars and a 40s board?

I will over the next few days! I also need to re-do the ones with mono katakana

[kylekwong1]

I would like to see
Two base kits instead of alt alpha
Stepped cap control
Icon mod
Accent spacebar?
Move numpad to its own kit

Moving numpad to its own kit makes it ~ $50 more expensive for people that want numpad. When I joined GH the only people using numpad were legacy users on old keyboards but now there are a lot of customs that are using it.

Pretty much this, having numpad adds basically no cost, moving it to its own kit adds cost for anyone that does want it.

The sales numbers of standalone numpad is usually just 10-15% of the base kit sales numbers. This can also be because of the high price tag, but also, the amount of boards that have a numpad is small and not in high demand. Moving numpad to its own kit will make the overall price lower for most people

[LilithAugustus]

LOB>WOB

[SmitH1y]

LOVING THIS!

[Sax_______]

Update:

11/02
-Removed mono katakana renders (whoops, had forgotten about that!)
-Replaced a render with a new one showing accent space bars

I have also updated the IC form with a new question, if you already answered I would appreciate if you could go back in to answer the new question!

[denibhoxha]

How bout this, but hangul??? It would go hard

[vishydesigns]

I mean theres nothing really special about this set and the earliest we would get it is late 2023 so

[TyPo.mk]

I mean theres nothing really special about this set and the earliest we would get it is late 2023 so

https://revolutionarypaideia.com/2011/02/03/look-inward-before-you-look-outward/

[XiXora]

Just checking the NorDeUK kit from UK perspective:
swap R4 [><] for R4 [|\]
missing R4 1u AltGr key

[Sax_______]

Just checking the NorDeUK kit from UK perspective:
swap R4 [><] for R4 [|\]
missing R4 1u AltGr key

You're right actually! hadn't noticed the >< key was repeated in base kit, thanks for pointing it out.

[PancakeReaper]

The renders with the accent space bars look so sick.

Any chance we'll get accent space bars for the sizes 2.25u and 2.75u? Any plans for novelties?

[davidhellmann]

Very interesting for my girlfriend but just with NorDe Kit cause she needs a German Iso Layout.
Is it possible to get a Render with a Lilac Mode SixtyFive with a Brass Backplate. That would be 🚀

[Space_Case88]

Been waiting for something exactly like this. What a pretty set!

[Sax_______]

Hey y'all, I was quiet for a bit because honestly I kinda slacked on this since my pc takes ages to render stuff.

But here we are now with some small updates, nothing major since I'm pretty happy with the current kitting.

-Revamped katakana sublegends, I noticed several of the legends were wrong so I decided to use an existing asset for them
-Made small fixes on some errors in numpad (It was missing a barred 5 and the scoop had no scoop)
-Updated renders with katakana subs to show the new sublegends

[XiXora]

No chance of 1.5U Supers and extra 1u Alt to supplement then? Oh well

Btw, don't forget to fix NorDeUK kit.

[Gvalch_ca]

Not bad at all.

But what's the supposed base kit cost? It is huge, including some short spacebars, accent keys for everything including ISO, 40s support, and numpad. Looks like 140$ base to me. Maybe removing numpad from the base kit is a good idea, but you should consult with GMK about the actual price first.

[lunatictaco]

40s and specialties kit would be great!

[Sax_______]

No chance of 1.5U Supers and extra 1u Alt to supplement then? Oh well

Btw, don't forget to fix NorDeUK kit.

Thanks for reminding me about the NordeUK kit, almost forgot to fix it entirely, should be corrected now.

As for the 1.5u super and extra 1u alt, I tried to find a way to fit them into the kitting, but the base kit is already a bit too big and my only other option would have been an extension kit, however there just isn't enough interest currently for an extension kit.

[meberko]

Wow, I've been saying for a long time I would only brave the crazy GMK lead times for a set I absolutely love.

This is that set.

[konstantin]

The base kit is missing R3 PgUp, R4 PgDn for 65% support.

Accent-colored R2 Esc is not a necessary key and can be removed from the base kit.

On a similar note, I suggest moving accent arrow keys to the spacebars kit to help keep the cost of the base kit down and make room for more important keys.

The R1 -_ホー key in the alt alphas kit is missing the ー sublegend in the top right.

[novelflyer]

Any updates on this?

[MSA_Vision]

Any updates on this?

I think they’re waiting on quotes from the vendors.

[Space_Case88]

This is the last group buy for GMK I'm likely ever going to get again. So tired of waiting for all the sets. I have like 6 sets I haven't received for over a year. I will wait for this one though. It's beautiful.

[Daesya]

I'll have 10 of these 💜💜💜

Actually it would be nice if the short spacebars were lilac as well for more contrast !

[Sax_______]

Hey ya'll, small update, a Hibi has been added for the set and the group buy will be sometime in September

[meberko]

Holy crap so excited!!! Will try to be the first to enter the GB 

[Sax_______]

Yo, set is alive, group buy next week

[lonewolf4]

Hey is it too late to add one key? All it's missing to support ISO-PT is the "Ç"

[Sax_______]

Hey is it too late to add one key? All it's missing to support ISO-PT is the "Ç"

Way too late unfortunately, that would require getting new quotes for the entire set.