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Title: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love? Short update on the set
Post by: Avijit on Wed, 06 January 2021, 10:23:51
KAT Love

(https://imgur.com/rK06gFo.jpg)



This is a short update on KAT Love.
As you may know Keyreative is not in a great place right now with regards to production. I am not as hopeful as I was before on their prospects, so we have decided to postpone KAT Love for the time being as we search for a new keycap manufacturer. The set will still run but we would like to finalize the new manufacturer and update kitting before announcing anything further.

Hey everyone, this is KAT Love


IC FORM (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfGBdtFnzZ_ekOAxEKhqhuNveRgxvJU6zzu_4dYGXvWAoRuZQ/viewform?usp=sf_link)
DISCORD (https://discord.gg/apexkeyboards)


The Discord link leads to the ApexKeyboards server; if you are interested in getting updates or have any questions you can also do so there for a faster response.

SAMPLES (https://imgur.com/a/ZI9Y1dv)

Kits and Board Renders



Kits
We are looking to offer 4 base kits with this set, the primary purpose for this being to create kitting that is beginner friendly and provides a simplified purchasing experience.
We will still be offering standard KAT kitting which allows you to mix and match kits to get what you want most.
Each base kit supports supports UK ISO, Ergo, and a number of modifier options for 60%-TKL (including F13); 1 base kit and 1 set of alphas should cover 2 board a 60/65 and a tkl.

For this set I chose not to use the standard KAT font, The fonts being used are Roboto Medium, and the sublegends and Japanese use Noto Sans JP Medium

(https://imgur.com/eeHsRuC.jpg)
Pure Hearted Base

(https://imgur.com/HZzu0l6.jpg)
Black Hearted Base

(https://imgur.com/grOcEU1.jpg)
Black Hearted JP Base

(https://imgur.com/H2oR775.jpg)
Pure Hearted JP Base

(https://imgur.com/EImklin.jpg)
Novelties


The rest of the kitting can be found in the album here:
More
Alphas
More
(https://imgur.com/uzsxWiF.jpg)
Mods
More
(https://imgur.com/GtoXfFo.jpg)
Colevrak+
More
(https://imgur.com/3AVreLQ.jpg)
Space+ F
More
(https://imgur.com/JxkVHyq.jpg)
40+Ortho
More
(https://imgur.com/Kre2mM2.jpg)
Ergo
More
(https://imgur.com/bEFejy3.jpg)

Please keep in mind I am still finalizing the Files and there are some alignment and positioning adjustments that need to be made, I am currently working on those currently. Click below for close up renders
More
(https://imgur.com/fEpdyvw.jpg)(https://imgur.com/Ksus4uq.jpg) These images are quick renders and are slightly rough only meant to give an idea what the legends will be like. These are still being worked on as mentioned earlier.




Board Renders

(https://imgur.com/7OrXSOA.jpg)
Nascent from Reticent

(https://imgur.com/BT5A98e.jpg)
DN87

(https://imgur.com/rK06gFo.jpg)
Argyle from Seoulcialite

IC FORM (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfGBdtFnzZ_ekOAxEKhqhuNveRgxvJU6zzu_4dYGXvWAoRuZQ/viewform?usp=sf_link)



Vendors
  • NA: ApexKeyboards
  • EU: Mykeyboard
  • OCE: DailyClack
  • SEA: Hex
  • CHINA: Zfrontier



Cables

We will be offering a limited run of 5-foot USB-A to USB-C cables from Noodlecords, details to follow.



Pricing

TBD, we have requested initial quotes based on the current kitting to gauge the costs as they are now.




Additional Information

    • Colors: Pantone Bright White, Pantone 190C, and 419C
    • The ApexKeyboards discord will be the most up-to-date source of information
    • GB Date: TBD
    • This is still an IC, if you have any suggestions/comments free to let me know via the interest check form.



    HUGE THANKS TO:
    • My Mom
    • Vince(Apexkeyboards) for taking on this project and my previous work (KAT blanks)
    • Manzel for the amazing renders
    • Rensuya for his advice on how to start, Eskimoji with the immensely helpful files and kitting suggestions, and Gok for allowing me to mimic the jp mods that were used for Kuroshiro.
    • Ganebal for his advice and giving me feedback on kitting and legends
    • My friends from the PHub server, Antseclipse, Wong, Yunuki and Kevin for giving me feedback when I wasn't sure of what I was doing
    • #DellMembraneGang
    [/list]
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: yoot on Wed, 06 January 2021, 10:25:24
    I really like this
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: Avijit on Wed, 06 January 2021, 10:28:47
    I really like this
    Frick I was trying to Reserve, Glad you like it.

    I will be Posting relevant updates here

    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: snurrebassen on Wed, 06 January 2021, 10:29:19
    Congrats on IC!! Looking good!


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: Avijit on Wed, 06 January 2021, 10:31:56
    Congrats on IC!! Looking good!


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    Thank You! It Has been a long time coming
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: nu_types on Wed, 06 January 2021, 10:33:32
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: Avijit on Wed, 06 January 2021, 10:43:31
    I played this song a few minutes before i choose the title of the post
     
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: nu_types on Wed, 06 January 2021, 10:53:21
    I played this song a few minutes before i choose the title of the post
    It's a classic
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: Gondolindrim on Wed, 06 January 2021, 10:57:22
    Baby don't hurt me

    Don't hurt me

    No more
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: Banur on Wed, 06 January 2021, 11:08:47
    (https://i.imgur.com/4DdY490.jpg)
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: GaNeBaL on Wed, 06 January 2021, 11:31:48
    finally!!!!
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: imivanh on Wed, 06 January 2021, 11:34:04
    Baby don't hurt me

    Don't hurt me

    No More

    Love the kit, definitely keeping an eye out
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: Krigen on Wed, 06 January 2021, 11:36:44
    Super clean set, looking forward to the JP Bases
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: treeleaf64 on Wed, 06 January 2021, 11:57:58
    I am a fan of the Weeb black one, I forgot what it is called already but it looks good

    black hearted base, that is what it is called

    Yay
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: Zanhana on Wed, 06 January 2021, 12:39:43
    weeb black kit is nice, potentially interested depending on the artisan collabs
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: CookieFlow on Wed, 06 January 2021, 13:16:27
    Looking to see what kits are offered.

    I prefer a dual tone keyset and the current offering of base sets don't have enough contrast to me. It's too white or too dark, but if I can mix and match with black modifiers and white alphas I'd be interested.

    Edit: Nevermind saw the other kitting option was hidden, then awesome
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: Zanhana on Wed, 06 January 2021, 13:25:46
    Looking to see what kits are offered.

    I prefer a dual tone keyset and the current offering of base sets don't have enough contrast to me. It's too white or too dark, but if I can mix and match with black modifiers and white alphas I'd be interested.

    there's literally an album of kitting in the first post
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: ycanales on Wed, 06 January 2021, 13:26:49
    In for the Black JP kit!
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: outerspace on Wed, 06 January 2021, 13:34:01
    Can we have centered legends?
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: Avijit on Wed, 06 January 2021, 14:04:12
    Looking to see what kits are offered.

    I prefer a dual tone keyset and the current offering of base sets don't have enough contrast to me. It's too white or too dark, but if I can mix and match with black modifiers and white alphas I'd be interested.

    Edit: Nevermind saw the other kitting option was hidden, then awesome
    No worries. I wanted to offer simple base kits for people that weren't interested in mixing and matching and then standard KAT kitting for those that were, and i hid them since it would have taken up a lot of space to show them all regularly
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: Avijit on Wed, 06 January 2021, 14:07:10
    Can we have centered legends?
    I would prefer not I am not a fan of how they look
    Title: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: psxndc on Wed, 06 January 2021, 14:12:47
    FOUR colevrak+ kits? Be still my heart.
    Would love a 1u R2 Control in the 40s/Ortho kit. Appreciate that there's the 1.5u and 1.25u options for it.
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: Avijit on Wed, 06 January 2021, 14:23:14
    FOUR colevrak+ kits? Be still my heart.
    Would love a 1u R2 Control in the 40s/Ortho kit. Appreciate that there's the 1.5u and 1.25u options for it.
    Can be done. I would love more feedback and input regarding the combined kitting, What its missing or what might need to be added.
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: Buburoo on Wed, 06 January 2021, 15:48:55
    This is nice.

    Please tell me the inspiration is not love hotels.
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: KingOfMemes on Wed, 06 January 2021, 16:06:20
    Is this the first set that has sublegend colevrak kits? That's pretty awesome. Count me in
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: Avijit on Wed, 06 January 2021, 16:33:40
    This is nice.

    Please tell me the inspiration is not love hotels.
    It is not. Fortunately.
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: Avijit on Wed, 06 January 2021, 16:35:10
    Is this the first set that has sublegend colevrak kits? That's pretty awesome. Count me in
    I am not sure how accurate they are or would be but i wanted the option to be there for people. I am also trying to figure out how to add the legends on to the Norde++ kits
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: RIFT on Wed, 06 January 2021, 19:36:04
    Defs buying this
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: Ireojimayo on Thu, 07 January 2021, 00:03:45
    Looks good, interested in one of the JP bases, probs the light one to match leaf65 white/pink
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: Xonuss on Thu, 07 January 2021, 03:17:10
    This looks really nice and love the novelties! Shame lead times are so long with KAT, but will definitely keep an eye on this one!
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: yui on Thu, 07 January 2021, 05:33:30
    Definitely liking the pure hearted colors, although i would go for JP alpha and Latin mods likely. if it is not cheaper to go with the full JP set.
    Would you think that french support could be added? would make for a decent gift if so. Else, well, will need to see what kind of money i have when it goes into group buy, if i can i would be in for a set for me :)
    and very nice roses kinda sad the dark one is dying, but fit the theme.
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: hottrout on Thu, 07 January 2021, 06:50:49
    This is LOVEly
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: Avijit on Thu, 07 January 2021, 11:36:07
    Definitely liking the pure hearted colors, although i would go for JP alpha and Latin mods likely. if it is not cheaper to go with the full JP set.
    Would you think that french support could be added? would make for a decent gift if so. Else, well, will need to see what kind of money i have when it goes into group buy, if i can i would be in for a set for me :)
    and very nice roses kinda sad the dark one is dying, but fit the theme.
    I am not sure at this time if I will be adding French kits, we have requested initial quotes so hopefully I can provide a better idea of the pricing soon. Thank you for the interest!
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: Hanabi on Thu, 07 January 2021, 20:38:14
    Wow, this looks really really good! Love it.
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: andromache on Fri, 08 January 2021, 07:29:02
    I like how simple and elegant this is while still having a pop of color. Novelties are pretty cute as well. GLWIC.
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: noodleman on Fri, 08 January 2021, 09:19:26
    finally, a kat set that doesn't require a phd and 5 tutorial videos to figure out which kits to get!
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: turkiman1337 on Fri, 08 January 2021, 20:41:43
    Is there not going to be an ANSI enter novelty?
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: Ustinj on Fri, 08 January 2021, 23:10:12
    poggers mate!
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: Avijit on Sat, 09 January 2021, 00:56:58
    Is there not going to be an ANSI enter novelty?
    I am undecided on this, still figuring out what i want to do with the novelties
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: Avijit on Sat, 09 January 2021, 01:02:29
    poggers mate!
    Thank you!
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: shenshendei on Sat, 09 January 2021, 03:22:06
    baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love?
    Post by: stoffelduss on Sat, 09 January 2021, 11:51:42
    interested
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love? R1 Samples have arrived, R2 in production
    Post by: Avijit on Tue, 06 April 2021, 14:30:31
    Hey Everyone sorry for the lack of updates. We have received the first round of samples and a second round has been requested. The colours are slightly off and hopefully this will be corrected and where we want them for production and gb with the second round. The second round of samples will also feature proper legend placements so please treat these as only samples for color matching. You can find the images of the samples here:https://imgur.com/a/ZI9Y1dv (https://imgur.com/a/ZI9Y1dv)
    You can also find some other changes and updates above.
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love? R1 Samples have arrived, R2 in production
    Post by: Ashen_21 on Tue, 06 April 2021, 18:11:23
    Love this set! Definitely in! GLWIC!
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love? R1 Samples have arrived, R2 in production
    Post by: Avijit on Tue, 06 April 2021, 22:41:47
    Love this set! Definitely in! GLWIC!

    Thank you!! I am super excited to have this almost out there and colour matching prior to running
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love? R1 Samples have arrived, R2 in production
    Post by: lach64 on Wed, 07 April 2021, 00:11:33
    possible to have sublegends without jp mods?
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love? R1 Samples have arrived, R2 in production
    Post by: Anthixious on Wed, 07 April 2021, 02:33:30
    Still interested in this set, love the black, white, pink color way. :thumb: Might buy for my coworker, she goes nuts over pink.
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love? R1 Samples have arrived, R2 in production
    Post by: Avijit on Wed, 07 April 2021, 20:45:23
    possible to have sublegends without jp mods?

    Yes absolutely! The goal is to offer 4 base kits to make purchasing easier for those that do not wish to mix and match, while offering standard kat kitting as well. So you can buy english mods with jp alphas if that is what you are interested in.
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love? R1 Samples have arrived, R2 in production
    Post by: fromscratchusa on Wed, 07 April 2021, 20:53:36
    Those novelties are so CUTE!
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love? R1 Samples have arrived, R2 in production
    Post by: Avijit on Wed, 07 April 2021, 21:14:53
    Those novelties are so CUTE!
    Thank you! The next round of samples will include all the novelties so I can show off what they look like in person.
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love? R1 Samples have arrived, R2 in production
    Post by: uwumi on Tue, 27 April 2021, 12:46:24
    was interested from IC, and the samples further confirmed it--i'm in :D gonna be hard to decide what kits to get!
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love? R1 Samples have arrived, R2 in production
    Post by: tacotemptations on Tue, 27 April 2021, 13:29:54
    def in. not enough red sets out there.
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love? R1 Samples have arrived, R2 in production
    Post by: Avijit on Tue, 27 April 2021, 19:01:42
    was interested from IC, and the samples further confirmed it--i'm in :D gonna be hard to decide what kits to get!
    Thank you, hopefully the second set of samples is even better. :thumb:
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love? R1 Samples have arrived, R2 in production
    Post by: nylon on Sat, 15 May 2021, 01:12:19
    so are they gonna look like the IC pics or the pics in the samples cause i kinda prefer the ones in the sample pics  :D
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love? R1 Samples have arrived, R2 in production
    Post by: Avijit on Tue, 18 May 2021, 00:32:06
    so are they gonna look like the IC pics or the pics in the samples cause i kinda prefer the ones in the sample pics  :D
    They goal will be to try and match to the pantone chips we are using for the set so that will be the best reference of what the keyset will look like
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love? R1 Samples have arrived, R2 in production
    Post by: soloplayer on Mon, 24 May 2021, 08:29:17
    any update? i cant wait for this keyset to go online  :thumb:
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love? R1 Samples have arrived, R2 in production
    Post by: Avijit on Tue, 25 May 2021, 23:50:45
    any update? i cant wait for this keyset to go online  :thumb:
    We have a date we are considering for the gb but i dont feel comfortable announcing anything until the samples are at least on the way to us. And currently we are waiting for an update from keyreative regarding the second set of samples
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love? R1 Samples have arrived, R2 in production
    Post by: soloplayer on Mon, 16 August 2021, 08:50:54
    i'm too shy to ask again, but ne update avail?
    sorry, cuz i've been waiting for this for so long
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love? R1 Samples have arrived, R2 in production
    Post by: soloplayer on Thu, 02 September 2021, 04:55:46
    seems death  :rolleyes:
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love? R1 Samples have arrived, R2 in production
    Post by: Avijit on Sat, 25 September 2021, 01:36:50
    seems death  :rolleyes:

    Not death at all just been quiet for a little bit we have the second set of samples and are happy with the colors and the alignment of things we will be taking some pictures and sharing them soon, we are essentially trying to finalize everything before gb now

    sorry for the lack update its been quite a challenge to get the samples,
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love? R2 Samples on Hand
    Post by: genevatypes on Sat, 25 September 2021, 20:15:39
    This is a beautiful set! Hopefully the manu for KAT sets steps up their qc on their modifiers and 7u spacebar. It's been consistent that the mods easily come off the stab stems and the 7u just straight up not work
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love? R2 Samples on Hand
    Post by: Avijit on Sun, 26 September 2021, 23:21:05
    This is a beautiful set! Hopefully the manu for KAT sets steps up their qc on their modifiers and 7u spacebar. It's been consistent that the mods easily come off the stab stems and the 7u just straight up not work
    Thank you, I will make sure to keep this in mind, but it is not something I've encountered with the blanks we ran nor the alphas set I have.
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love? R2 Samples on Hand
    Post by: dvorcol on Thu, 21 October 2021, 14:03:27
    I just noticed Pure Hearted Colevrak+ kit is missing R3 semicolon/colon.  The other three kits have it.
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love? R2 Samples on Hand
    Post by: Kyeori on Sat, 04 December 2021, 20:52:59
    Any update on this keyset?
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love? R2 Samples on Hand
    Post by: soloplayer on Wed, 22 December 2021, 09:21:17
    what happened?
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love? R2 Samples on Hand
    Post by: alan1216221973 on Sat, 29 January 2022, 03:57:43
    any updates on this?
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love? R2 Samples on Hand
    Post by: BeesKeys on Sun, 30 January 2022, 01:01:40
    Did't expect to love this as much as i do!
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love? R2 Samples on Hand
    Post by: Ashen_21 on Sun, 30 January 2022, 05:31:26
    I really hope that we get an update to this IC soon, absolutely love this keycap set and want it to hit GB
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love? R2 Samples on Hand
    Post by: Avijit on Sun, 30 January 2022, 20:50:46
    I really hope that we get an update to this IC soon, absolutely love this keycap set and want it to hit GB
    thanks for the continued support, I am currently discussing with ApexKeyboards what are next steps are going to be. Ultimately we are moving away from the KAT profile and looking for a new Manufacturer for the set, this also means the set will not be in the KAT profile.
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love? R2 Samples on Hand
    Post by: alan1216221973 on Tue, 01 February 2022, 00:55:46
    I really hope that we get an update to this IC soon, absolutely love this keycap set and want it to hit GB
    thanks for the continued support, I am currently discussing with ApexKeyboards what are next steps are going to be. Ultimately we are moving away from the KAT profile and looking for a new Manufacturer for the set, this also means the set will not be in the KAT profile.
    noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love? R2 Samples on Hand
    Post by: Avijit on Tue, 08 February 2022, 21:27:32
    I really hope that we get an update to this IC soon, absolutely love this keycap set and want it to hit GB
    thanks for the continued support, I am currently discussing with ApexKeyboards what are next steps are going to be. Ultimately we are moving away from the KAT profile and looking for a new Manufacturer for the set, this also means the set will not be in the KAT profile.
    noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
    Yes. Speaking for myself the experience working with keyreative has been terrible, I don't feel comfortable running this project with them any longer, I do not want to take peoples money and be in a situation like other sets that have run prior are in currently.
    Title: Re: [IC] KAT Love; What Is Love? Short update on the set
    Post by: Belled on Tue, 15 February 2022, 13:40:46
    I like this <3