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[IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [GB NOW LIVE!]
« on: Tue, 14 July 2015, 15:24:54 »
Dusk.
An elegant, simple, dark themed keyset in Signature Plastics SA profile. I hope you like it!


Shes Finished!


the final plan is all set. Just waiting on some mockups

Thanks to everybody who stuck around this long





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On the business side of things its all good! This set is finalized and ready to go./size]



-----Additional information-----
The caps are set to be made out of Doubleshot ABS plastic.

The keys will be SA family

These keycaps will be made for Cherry MX Stems only

International shipping will be included in this group buy.
 
This set will run with the new row 4 shift molds Oobly recently announced. The set will be a true fully sculptured SA set.

Thanks everybody for sticking around this long. I hope you all like the set.

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Re: [IC] Minimalist Dark Themed Keycap Set
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 14 July 2015, 21:28:33 »
Interesting first post...very ambitious...
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Re: [IC] Minimalist Dark Themed Keycap Set
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 14 July 2015, 22:03:09 »
thanks for looking!

This type of project im fortunately not entirely in the dark on, I have a small bit of experience with large order shipping, importing, and group buys. For a while I was very involved in the Amiibo collecting crowd. I managed a small home run importing business based off of them. I was often dealing with importing a few hundred Amiibos or games at one time through EMS from Europe or Japan to my American customers who wanted rare or hard to find Amiibos. Im hoping the small amount of experience I gained from my little operation will be enough to ease this sort of process.


And I have to ask, what did you think of the keys? Im new to the whole keycap world, i'm not sure what everybody is into and excited about.

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Re: [IC] Minimalist Dark Themed Keycap Set
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 14 July 2015, 22:26:31 »
As long as the contrast shows up well enough, I think the 3rd would be pretty cool.

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Re: [IC] Minimalist Dark Themed Keycap Set
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 14 July 2015, 22:33:05 »
Looks like a very similar colour palate to calm depths (which was done in SA). Not exactly the same, but likely to appeal to the same sort of crowd. Personally, I prefer calm depths colours to any of these three options.
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Re: [IC] Minimalist Dark Themed Keycap Set
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 14 July 2015, 22:36:45 »
Welcome to GeekHack! It's cool that you want to hit the ground running, and your keyset looks very nice. Something that comes to mind, though, is that many folks may be understandably reluctant to fork over cash to a brand-new forum member with a low post count and no track record. If you really want to see this keyset made, it might be good to look into running it through SP's Pimp My Keyboard site. That way you're backed by Signature Plastics' credibility, since they handle payments and fulfillment.

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Re: [IC] Minimalist Dark Themed Keycap Set
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 14 July 2015, 23:35:33 »
Looks like a very similar colour palate to calm depths (which was done in SA). Not exactly the same, but likely to appeal to the same sort of crowd. Personally, I prefer calm depths colours to any of these three options.

its very much inspired by the clam depth set! I liked a lot of what the calm depths keyset brought to the table, as well as sets like deep space and miami. However only Deep Space is available new as far as im aware, and Deep Space is rather different than this set and Calm Depths. Also I wasn't much of a fan of the family of keycaps nor the legends of any of those sets. Im hoping my keyset attracts a similar crowd, but also differentiates itself from sets like calm depths into its own form. Id really like to hear some of your and everyone elses inputs on colors. Im happy to tweak and change things around! Thanks for the reply
EDIT: availability of sets. My mistake.


Welcome to GeekHack! It's cool that you want to hit the ground running, and your keyset looks very nice. Something that comes to mind, though, is that many folks may be understandably reluctant to fork over cash to a brand-new forum member with a low post count and no track record. If you really want to see this keyset made, it might be good to look into running it through SP's Pimp My Keyboard site. That way you're backed by Signature Plastics' credibility, since they handle payments and fulfillment.

I agree with this entirely. People have no reason to put their trust in me. However I really do want to be actively involved. An option is if another active forum member wouldn't mind managing the Paypal account, ill manage the shipping and invoicing? Vise Versa maybe? Whatever it may be, I still want to be involved somewhere down the line. Thanks for replying!
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Re: [IC] Minimalist Dark Themed Keycap Set
« Reply #7 on: Wed, 15 July 2015, 00:38:21 »
I took a more detailed look at what you're proposing for logistics.

The reason a group buy is run is usually to get prices as low as possible. If you want to artificially limit the number of sets to ~50, you run the risk of having a double problem: You have more people who want to get into the buy than you have sets and problems are caused, and you miss out on potential lower prices for the community due to economies of scale at higher quantity price breaks. If you take a look at some of the other keyset buys run through SP, many of them have price tiers for different kits, and quite often the savings moving from 50 to 75 sets is significant.

Another thing that comes to mind is if you want all your caps to be mono-legend, that could require new legends to be cut. I don't know how many of those legends would be available, but worst-case scenario is you're paying for 20 new legends to be cut (21 if SP doesn't have "escape", I know they have "esc" though). Legends, IIRC, cost $40 or so per key, so that could be around $850 in up-front costs that you'd have to either eat yourself, or spread across the cost of the sets -- increasing the average price of each set by $17, if you do only 50 sets. Here's another argument for opening the set up to as many buyers as possible.

Now, I'm not trying to discourage you from running the set, but I would suggest that you do some more planning before you move forward planning on a small number of sets. Once you know if there is enough interest in the concept to make more effort worthwhile, I would get in touch with SP. You'll want to ask about any legends you want to use that aren't 100% standard, and see if you can figure out what exists, what doesn't, what you can make (and what you maybe can't), and the process to make new legends, if necessary. Note also that available legends will vary by the key profile you choose. Keep price in mind as well here -- every new legend you make adds a cost to the set, every key you add adds a cost to the set, and if the price goes too high, or if there aren't enough keys to cover common layouts, you'll have a very hard time getting orders.

There have been successful group buys for 60% only sets before (Nostalgia set), but that set was compatible with much more than just an ANSI 125 board, which is what you've mocked up. If you want to be successful, you need to strike the balance between appealing to a wide enough audience to get prices low enough that everyone can justify the purchase, and including few enough keys that the set does not spiral out of control.

Most of this has been largely stream-of-thought, but the point I'm trying to get across is that it can be complicated to design a key set, as much if not more so than handling the shipping and distribution.
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Re: [IC] Minimalist Dark Themed Keycap Set
« Reply #8 on: Wed, 15 July 2015, 00:52:45 »
Interesting first post...very ambitious...
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Re: [IC] Minimalist Dark Themed Keycap Set
« Reply #9 on: Wed, 15 July 2015, 01:00:34 »
Out of sheer curiosity, is there a reason that you want to do this the hard way and not just run these sets through the IC stage with hopes to get it in the new PMK store when that opens back up, hopefully sometime in September? Unlike other manufacturers, say GMK, PMK has made it relatively easy to run group buys through their store (though I know we are all waiting to see just how details of the new store end up working).

As user 18 mentioned, there is a lot more that goes into sets than just basic color schemes. Some child deals will inevitablynt to  need to be made to draw a large enough crowd to bring the price down to a reasonable number. Also, is there any reasoning behind catering to only 60% keyboards? I know personally even if I buy a set with the intention of throwing it on one of my many 60% keyboards, I'll still make sure to buy everything I need for a TKL, often a TK just in case I want change it up down the road. For me, having that flexibility is really what makes sets worth it to me.

Just some things to think about. Should you need any direct or specific help feel free to ask.  :thumb:
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Re: [IC] Minimalist Dark Themed Keycap Set
« Reply #10 on: Wed, 15 July 2015, 01:02:37 »
One last thing!

Take screen shots of your renders while you're still using KLE, upload them to imgur (or something similar) and add them to the OP using BBC code, that way we can see all of the renders side by side without having to click on the links. The ability to update the OP as things progress and show images in posts are some of the major reasons why running an IC/GB is better to do here, than say reddit.
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Re: [IC] Minimalist Dark Themed Keycap Set
« Reply #11 on: Wed, 15 July 2015, 01:03:00 »
I took a more detailed look at what you're proposing for logistics.

The reason a group buy is run is usually to get prices as low as possible. If you want to artificially limit the number of sets to ~50, you run the risk of having a double problem: You have more people who want to get into the buy than you have sets and problems are caused, and you miss out on potential lower prices for the community due to economies of scale at higher quantity price breaks. If you take a look at some of the other keyset buys run through SP, many of them have price tiers for different kits, and quite often the savings moving from 50 to 75 sets is significant.

Another thing that comes to mind is if you want all your caps to be mono-legend, that could require new legends to be cut. I don't know how many of those legends would be available, but worst-case scenario is you're paying for 20 new legends to be cut (21 if SP doesn't have "escape", I know they have "esc" though). Legends, IIRC, cost $40 or so per key, so that could be around $850 in up-front costs that you'd have to either eat yourself, or spread across the cost of the sets -- increasing the average price of each set by $17, if you do only 50 sets. Here's another argument for opening the set up to as many buyers as possible.

Now, I'm not trying to discourage you from running the set, but I would suggest that you do some more planning before you move forward planning on a small number of sets. Once you know if there is enough interest in the concept to make more effort worthwhile, I would get in touch with SP. You'll want to ask about any legends you want to use that aren't 100% standard, and see if you can figure out what exists, what doesn't, what you can make (and what you maybe can't), and the process to make new legends, if necessary. Note also that available legends will vary by the key profile you choose. Keep price in mind as well here -- every new legend you make adds a cost to the set, every key you add adds a cost to the set, and if the price goes too high, or if there aren't enough keys to cover common layouts, you'll have a very hard time getting orders.

There have been successful group buys for 60% only sets before (Nostalgia set), but that set was compatible with much more than just an ANSI 125 board, which is what you've mocked up. If you want to be successful, you need to strike the balance between appealing to a wide enough audience to get prices low enough that everyone can justify the purchase, and including few enough keys that the set does not spiral out of control.

Most of this has been largely stream-of-thought, but the point I'm trying to get across is that it can be complicated to design a key set, as much if not more so than handling the shipping and distribution.


This is all very good information, and Im happy you brought some of this to my attention.

Ive had a foot in the door at Signature Plastics for a while now, over a month in reality. Ive sent in a few different requests for quotes for various ideas, just to see what could actually be done and what couldnt. This particular set poor Melissa has been hearing about for a while now. Things like legend spacing and capabilities have been discussed, and they are all well within the capabilities they possess. However the Escape key actually saying "escape" and not esc, has not been discussed at all. I suggest you're right, they most likely don't have the tooling on hand. However I will be following up on that shortly.

The case of the artificial cap in this case really is only for Melissa's sake. I originally put in ideas about other sets with group buys in mind, practically destroying the poor girl asking for quotes at every conceivable pricing tier, and that just wasn't fair. For this (hopeful) project, I put a 50 set cap on as a soft cap, and as a reference. So when Melissa gets back to me with an official quote, I can officially say, "Hey guys, if 50 people are interested and order, this is what pricing would be." At that point If there was more interest, I would address the community about tiers of pricing as you suggested, and return to Melissa for quotes at tiers we all can agree upon. Ill update my OP with this info, im sorry if that was confusing to you all.

About the physical layout. Im more than happy to mockup MORE layouts, including ISO layouts if people express interest for those things. However, no-one really has yet. However, i did have a request for a planck layout, so ill be mocking that up relatively soon.

Again it was very helpful for you to bring all of that to my attention. I like the input and its helpful going forward with the (hopefully) upcoming stages.

Angus-

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Re: [IC] Minimalist Dark Themed Keycap Set
« Reply #12 on: Wed, 15 July 2015, 01:07:37 »
I'm a fan of calm depths and colorway #1 in SA would be lovely. Best of luck, I'll be keeping an eye on this one.
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Re: [IC] Minimalist Dark Themed Keycap Set
« Reply #13 on: Wed, 15 July 2015, 01:15:49 »
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I took a more detailed look at what you're proposing for logistics.

The reason a group buy is run is usually to get prices as low as possible. If you want to artificially limit the number of sets to ~50, you run the risk of having a double problem: You have more people who want to get into the buy than you have sets and problems are caused, and you miss out on potential lower prices for the community due to economies of scale at higher quantity price breaks. If you take a look at some of the other keyset buys run through SP, many of them have price tiers for different kits, and quite often the savings moving from 50 to 75 sets is significant.

Another thing that comes to mind is if you want all your caps to be mono-legend, that could require new legends to be cut. I don't know how many of those legends would be available, but worst-case scenario is you're paying for 20 new legends to be cut (21 if SP doesn't have "escape", I know they have "esc" though). Legends, IIRC, cost $40 or so per key, so that could be around $850 in up-front costs that you'd have to either eat yourself, or spread across the cost of the sets -- increasing the average price of each set by $17, if you do only 50 sets. Here's another argument for opening the set up to as many buyers as possible.

Now, I'm not trying to discourage you from running the set, but I would suggest that you do some more planning before you move forward planning on a small number of sets. Once you know if there is enough interest in the concept to make more effort worthwhile, I would get in touch with SP. You'll want to ask about any legends you want to use that aren't 100% standard, and see if you can figure out what exists, what doesn't, what you can make (and what you maybe can't), and the process to make new legends, if necessary. Note also that available legends will vary by the key profile you choose. Keep price in mind as well here -- every new legend you make adds a cost to the set, every key you add adds a cost to the set, and if the price goes too high, or if there aren't enough keys to cover common layouts, you'll have a very hard time getting orders.

There have been successful group buys for 60% only sets before (Nostalgia set), but that set was compatible with much more than just an ANSI 125 board, which is what you've mocked up. If you want to be successful, you need to strike the balance between appealing to a wide enough audience to get prices low enough that everyone can justify the purchase, and including few enough keys that the set does not spiral out of control.

Most of this has been largely stream-of-thought, but the point I'm trying to get across is that it can be complicated to design a key set, as much if not more so than handling the shipping and distribution.

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This is all very good information, and Im happy you brought some of this to my attention.

Ive had a foot in the door at Signature Plastics for a while now, over a month in reality. Ive sent in a few different requests for quotes for various ideas, just to see what could actually be done and what couldnt. This particular set poor Melissa has been hearing about for a while now. Things like legend spacing and capabilities have been discussed, and they are all well within the capabilities they possess. However the Escape key actually saying "escape" and not esc, has not been discussed at all. I suggest you're right, they most likely don't have the tooling on hand. However I will be following up on that shortly.

The case of the artificial cap in this case really is only for Melissa's sake. I originally put in ideas about other sets with group buys in mind, practically destroying the poor girl asking for quotes at every conceivable pricing tier, and that just wasn't fair. For this (hopeful) project, I put a 50 set cap on as a soft cap, and as a reference. So when Melissa gets back to me with an official quote, I can officially say, "Hey guys, if 50 people are interested and order, this is what pricing would be." At that point If there was more interest, I would address the community about tiers of pricing as you suggested, and return to Melissa for quotes at tiers we all can agree upon. Ill update my OP with this info, im sorry if that was confusing to you all.

About the physical layout. Im more than happy to mockup MORE layouts, including ISO layouts if people express interest for those things. However, no-one really has yet. However, i did have a request for a planck layout, so ill be mocking that up relatively soon.

Again it was very helpful for you to bring all of that to my attention. I like the input and its helpful going forward with the (hopefully) upcoming stages.

Angus-

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Glad you'd thought of some of it already! I'm sure as more people discover this thread, there will be more interest and more suggestions.

I wasn't confused myself, so much as wanting to make sure you had all the information (and I by no means guarantee I covered everything!). I've seen a few buys collapse because the organizer didn't have the time or inclination to give the planning the attention it deserved, and I'm glad that you're already demonstrating your willingness to put in the effort.
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Re: [IC] Minimalist Dark Themed Keycap Set
« Reply #14 on: Wed, 15 July 2015, 01:32:46 »
Out of sheer curiosity, is there a reason that you want to do this the hard way and not just run these sets through the IC stage with hopes to get it in the new PMK store when that opens back up, hopefully sometime in September?


Yes, there's a very specific reason. I have always loved creating something. While i may not be the one cutting the keys, injecting the plastic, or making the dyes, the sense of accomplishment and reward of loving something enough to bring it to reality is my drug of choice. In fact i'm making a career out of it as an industrial designer.

Sure I could do it the easy way, but wheres the soul? When this things all said and done, ill be able to call this keyset mine. That's why I'm choosing to do it the hard way, and thats why im doing this project as a break even affair.

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Re: [IC] Minimalist Dark Themed Keycap Set
« Reply #15 on: Wed, 15 July 2015, 02:20:09 »
I tried to look but the links are being blocked as an XSS attack (I've used the layout editor before, never had this problem - aren't updates great?!) so I second the need for screenshots so I can give an opinion :)
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Re: [IC] Minimalist Dark Themed Keycap Set
« Reply #16 on: Wed, 15 July 2015, 21:33:53 »
I tried to look but the links are being blocked as an XSS attack (I've used the layout editor before, never had this problem - aren't updates great?!) so I second the need for screenshots so I can give an opinion :)

Sorry About that! Was at work and wasnt able to get working on fixing those links.
In the OP theres now a link to the keyboard layout editor through bitly, and a direct image through imgur.

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Re: [IC] Minimalist Dark Themed Keycap Set
« Reply #17 on: Thu, 16 July 2015, 15:39:00 »
Welcome to GeekHack! It's cool that you want to hit the ground running, and your keyset looks very nice. Something that comes to mind, though, is that many folks may be understandably reluctant to fork over cash to a brand-new forum member with a low post count and no track record. If you really want to see this keyset made, it might be good to look into running it through SP's Pimp My Keyboard site. That way you're backed by Signature Plastics' credibility, since they handle payments and fulfillment.

I agree with this entirely. People have no reason to put their trust in me. However I really do want to be actively involved. An option is if another active forum member wouldn't mind managing the Paypal account, ill manage the shipping and invoicing? Vise Versa maybe? Whatever it may be, I still want to be involved somewhere down the line. Thanks for replying!
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Maybe. Again, you may have a hard time finding an old-timer willing to put their reputation on the line for a buy where a newbie is responsible for fulfillment.

I think the best advice is, don't rush things. Keep moving forward with the planning stages...things like finalizing colors, determining costs for custom legends, possible child packs, etc. Take your time with this, while at the same time staying active in the forum. Get that post count up (quality posts, of course) and allow some time for folks to get to know you. In a few months when you've ironed out all the details and generated a bit more interest in this keyset, you'll probably be in a better position of trustworthiness.

And finally, make sure to heed the advice of group buy veterans here on GeekHack and elsewhere. I have yet to helm a group buy myself, but I've spent plenty of money on them. I've seen GB organizers who do an amazing job addressing suggestions and criticisms, maintaining a good balance between cost and compatibility (this is different in every buy). These are the best buys because everyone enjoys the process, and the GB thread is actually fun and exciting to read and participate in, especially in the final hours of a buy as all those last-minute orders start pouring in.

So, keep doing what you're doing, enjoy the community here at GH, and I'm sure you'll do just fine.

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Re: [IC] Dark Themed Keycap Set
« Reply #18 on: Tue, 18 August 2015, 22:23:29 »
Thanks for the advise, im really hoping to get into the scene here. Seems like a good place to be

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [updated]
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [updated]
« Reply #20 on: Fri, 28 August 2015, 17:23:34 »
Sexy. I'd hit it.
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [updated]
« Reply #21 on: Fri, 28 August 2015, 19:14:26 »
Nice!

The one thing that is really missing is 1.5 Ctrl and Alt kits for winkeyless keyboards, 7U spacebar, and a 2U and 1.75 shift key.

Then it would be perfect!
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [updated]
« Reply #22 on: Fri, 28 August 2015, 19:54:41 »
Nice!

The one thing that is really missing is 1.5 Ctrl and Alt kits for winkeyless keyboards, 7U spacebar, and a 2U and 1.75 shift key.

Then it would be perfect!

Add 1.0 Fn keys and that's it. Really like the colour scheme and love the SA profile idea.

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [updated]
« Reply #23 on: Fri, 28 August 2015, 20:59:58 »
Color scheme is rather pleasing (huge blue fan).  I've been wanting to get a set of SA keycaps to try.  This one looks solid.

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [updated]
« Reply #24 on: Fri, 28 August 2015, 21:18:13 »
Reverse calm depths. Definitely

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [updated]
« Reply #25 on: Fri, 28 August 2015, 21:19:29 »
Nice looking set, but as 18 said, make sure you know what you're getting into. Good luck though, I hope you have success!
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [updated]
« Reply #26 on: Fri, 28 August 2015, 21:29:11 »
I would for sure be interested in these. That being said, I would feel more confident going through someone that has done them before. If this ran through PMK or Massdrop, I would join without hesitation.

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [updated]
« Reply #27 on: Fri, 28 August 2015, 22:09:04 »
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [updated]
« Reply #28 on: Fri, 28 August 2015, 23:48:18 »
Reverse calm depths. Definitely


Out of curiosity, do you mean this in a negative or positive way?

I really do love the blue blue grey theme, especially in darker tones. I tried to differentiate, but is it maybe too similar?

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [updated]
« Reply #29 on: Sat, 29 August 2015, 04:20:01 »
Making the ergodox side mods all R3 to maintain legends is absolutely a mistake, IMO. It will clash badly with the higher profile alphanumerics. Just leave them blank.
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [updated]
« Reply #30 on: Mon, 31 August 2015, 03:58:03 »
Why is the "menu" key replaced by a "Fn" modifier ?

Also, why some modifiers (Fn, Esc, etc) use mixed cases and the others are uppercase ?
It makes the bottom row feels inconsistent...
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [updated]
« Reply #31 on: Mon, 31 August 2015, 04:16:32 »
Making the ergodox side mods all R3 to maintain legends is absolutely a mistake, IMO. It will clash badly with the higher profile alphanumerics. Just leave them blank.

+1, make it like the Carbon set one:


I really like the colourway on this set. Keep on posting, keep tweaking the kits and soon enough you'll be ready to launch this. If you do want to handle all the orders and do the packaging yourself, I suggest you implement a Google Document with a "Commit at this level" per kit, something like massdrop has for some items. That allows people to buy into the Group Buy without risk and prevents a "chicken or egg" problem, whereby most people will be afraid to order in the beginning when the prices is really high, so the numbers never go high enough to get to the lower price tiers.

Also, be aware that SP STILL haven't made the Row 4 Shift molds, so those will be Row 3... This is really starting to be a PITA. I truly love fully sculptured SA sets, but the Row 3 Shifts on all the sets makes them feel "incomplete" and somehow not professional.

I wish they'd realise how this is impacting their reputation in the community and that it really shouldn't be up to us to pay to have them made. After all, we do not profit financially from any Group Buys / community designed keysets. They do.
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [updated]
« Reply #32 on: Wed, 02 September 2015, 00:11:18 »


I suggest you implement a Google Document with a "Commit at this level" per kit, something like massdrop has for some items. That allows people to buy into the Group Buy without risk and prevents a "chicken or egg" problem, whereby most people will be afraid to order in the beginning when the prices is really high, so the numbers never go high enough to get to the lower price tiers.

Also, be aware that SP STILL haven't made the Row 4 Shift molds, so those will be Row 3... This is really starting to be a PITA. I truly love fully sculptured SA sets, but the Row 3 Shifts on all the sets makes them feel "incomplete" and somehow not professional.

I wish they'd realise how this is impacting their reputation in the community and that it really shouldn't be up to us to pay to have them made. After all, we do not profit financially from any Group Buys / community designed keysets. They do.


Thanks so much for the info on the shift keys, I wasnt aware of that. Ill be inquiring about the cost of having molds made for the going future, maybe we could pull this off. SA keysets don't seem to be very popular with them outside the occasional group buy or extra keys they sell, but Ill be sure to report back on my findings.

There most definitely will be a Google Docs order form when that day comes. I hadn't thought about it that way, as a no risk ordering system.

The Ergodox has been so tough. I REALLY like the idea of complete legends on every key but its just not going to work in this profile. The design will be updated with blank keys and a fully sculptured profile as well as the addition of colored keys especially for the ErgoDox.

Thanks for the helpful info Oobly, I really appreciate the feedback.




And to anybody out there still listening, I've been a little busy lately. Sorry about the lack of updates and info on this set.


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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [updated]
« Reply #33 on: Wed, 02 September 2015, 11:49:57 »
I'm also very interested in this set with a sculptured ergodox kit.

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [updated]
« Reply #34 on: Wed, 02 September 2015, 14:44:25 »
Thanks so much for the info on the shift keys, I wasnt aware of that. Ill be inquiring about the cost of having molds made for the going future, maybe we could pull this off.

Between $8000 and $9000 for both R4 2.25u and 2.75u keys, IIRC and according to previous estimates.
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [updated]
« Reply #35 on: Wed, 02 September 2015, 16:53:54 »
Reverse calm depths. Definitely


Out of curiosity, do you mean this in a negative or positive way?

I really do love the blue blue grey theme, especially in darker tones. I tried to differentiate, but is it maybe too similar?
Oh I mean that in super good way. Sorry I wasn't clear before. Calm Depths has been my favorite set to ever release and I think this could look even better.

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [updated]
« Reply #36 on: Wed, 02 September 2015, 17:49:23 »
Thanks so much for the info on the shift keys, I wasnt aware of that. Ill be inquiring about the cost of having molds made for the going future, maybe we could pull this off.

Between $8000 and $9000 for both R4 2.25u and 2.75u keys, IIRC and according to previous estimates.


Maybe some machinists on here that can chime in, but as far as my understanding goes injection mold tooling is very hard to make and very expensive. I guess it comes as no surprise its monstrously expensive to have those molds made. I guess all we can do is hope SP decides that the molds are worth the investment.

thanks for the info

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [update #2]
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [updated]
« Reply #38 on: Mon, 14 September 2015, 23:53:02 »
Thanks so much for the info on the shift keys, I wasnt aware of that. Ill be inquiring about the cost of having molds made for the going future, maybe we could pull this off.

Between $8000 and $9000 for both R4 2.25u and 2.75u keys, IIRC and according to previous estimates.


Maybe some machinists on here that can chime in, but as far as my understanding goes injection mold tooling is very hard to make and very expensive. I guess it comes as no surprise its monstrously expensive to have those molds made. I guess all we can do is hope SP decides that the molds are worth the investment.

thanks for the info

I think there's some talk that it's being worked on internally by SP, but there's a lot of information out there both ways. At this point, I'm not really sure what the exact facts are.
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [update #2]
« Reply #39 on: Tue, 15 September 2015, 05:49:30 »
Still into this, love the idea of a calming-depths-like set in SA profile. Just reserved enough of a color scheme for my tastes.
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [updated]
« Reply #40 on: Tue, 15 September 2015, 08:22:03 »
Thanks so much for the info on the shift keys, I wasnt aware of that. Ill be inquiring about the cost of having molds made for the going future, maybe we could pull this off.

Between $8000 and $9000 for both R4 2.25u and 2.75u keys, IIRC and according to previous estimates.


Maybe some machinists on here that can chime in, but as far as my understanding goes injection mold tooling is very hard to make and very expensive. I guess it comes as no surprise its monstrously expensive to have those molds made. I guess all we can do is hope SP decides that the molds are worth the investment.

thanks for the info

I think there's some talk that it's being worked on internally by SP, but there's a lot of information out there both ways. At this point, I'm not really sure what the exact facts are.

The current situation is:

We've been told numerous times by SP that they're working on these molds, but they're not ready yet to be used and they have no ETA for when they will be ready. This has been going on since the planning of the first "fully sculptured" SA set, PuLSE SA around 9 months ago. We are developing a gameplan to get at the very minimum a definite time frame for the completion of the Row 4 Shift molds and hopefully more.

It's my wish that by the time this set is ready to become a GB, the molds will be available for use, but I'm not making any promises yet. hippo008 is in the loop and will keep you posted when there are developments.
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [update #2]
« Reply #41 on: Tue, 15 September 2015, 09:44:54 »
Sexy. I'd hit it.
Agreed. I'd tap that.
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [update #2]
« Reply #42 on: Tue, 15 September 2015, 13:32:52 »
Quite interesting!Now waiting 4 it to come to reality

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [update #2]
« Reply #43 on: Tue, 15 September 2015, 17:28:37 »
I'm just hoping SP can get the new PMK site up soon and we can make use of that.

Pity Massdrop's having keycap issues lately or that wouldn't be a bad route.

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [update #2]
« Reply #44 on: Thu, 17 September 2015, 01:18:39 »
Interested in my first SA set...

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [update #2]
« Reply #45 on: Thu, 17 September 2015, 01:49:48 »
Loving the BBJ "highlights". Really sets of the scheme, IMHO.
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [update #2]
« Reply #46 on: Tue, 22 September 2015, 12:06:17 »
Bump for interest
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [update #2]
« Reply #47 on: Thu, 24 September 2015, 10:16:20 »
I'd be really interested in ergodox support, especially if you can get some basic legends on there. I know legends are always a pain point on Ergodox, but even having some generic symbols or something on the keys would help a lot. Having blank keys on an otherwise legended set just breaks up the look in my opinion.

Love this colorway though.

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [update #2]
« Reply #48 on: Thu, 24 September 2015, 11:49:46 »
Yay! Let's keep this alive! OP have you talked to Melissa at all?
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [update #2]
« Reply #49 on: Mon, 28 September 2015, 12:27:44 »
Definitely interested. I've been lurking for a while, and just registered because I'm interested in this set and Nantucket Selectric.

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [update #2]
« Reply #50 on: Tue, 29 September 2015, 10:36:55 »
Yay! Let's keep this alive! OP have you talked to Melissa at all?

Yes and no. I've talked to her about very early versions of this set. When the mods were actually green and the kit would only be a 60% for various layouts.


I'm hoping to have this set totally dialed in before I speak with SP about any of this at all. The game plan right now is to finish polishing the set, then send an email to SP's team about the next steps.

At the time of writing this I have little to no idea as to how the system of font and font size works with SP. There wasn't much good literature on their website about it. I'm hoping to get some insight into that and do any necessary tweaks before I speak with SP about going forward with this buy.

Sorry about the slow updates guys!

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [update #2]
« Reply #51 on: Tue, 29 September 2015, 13:06:37 »
At the time of writing this I have little to no idea as to how the system of font and font size works with SP.

I believe you use their standard font or pay a steep price for new legends to be cut ($45 per key?). If you were doing PBT dyesub, you would theoretically have a bit more flexibility with the legends in terms of shape, but would be more limited with colours. However, I don't believe SP does SA profile in PBT with dyesub legends (and this colour combination can't be dyesubbed anyway).
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [update #2]
« Reply #52 on: Tue, 29 September 2015, 13:45:51 »
SP only has one font available for SA profile keycaps at the moment, called Gorton Modified and it's an engraver's line font, similar in style to Arial and Helvetica. They have at least two different sizes available for the alphas, but I'm not sure about the other caps. Retro SA has slightly smaller legends:



and 1976 is a good example showing the larger version:



We (C.Q.Cumbers and I) want to add another font for SA sets and will start a thread about it soon, but it will be a long process requiring a lot of fundraising, since the legends cost $50 each to cut and you need to cut about 110 to support a full 104-key layout including ISO and Winkeyless options. You can see what we hope for it to look like in the Classic Space IC thread. It'll be a more "modern" option and hopefully be a popular alternative to the stock one.
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [update #2]
« Reply #53 on: Thu, 01 October 2015, 15:17:44 »
SP only has one font available for SA profile keycaps at the moment, called Gorton Modified and it's an engraver's line font, similar in style to Arial and Helvetica. They have at least two different sizes available for the alphas, but I'm not sure about the other caps. Retro SA has slightly smaller legends:

and 1976 is a good example showing the larger version:

I prefer the larger font. Keep going with this. I'm interested in this set
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [update #2]
« Reply #54 on: Thu, 01 October 2015, 17:49:44 »
Another fan of the larger font.  Looks great when comparing the two.

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [update #2]
« Reply #55 on: Wed, 21 October 2015, 22:19:42 »
hey everybody!

Im sorry for the slow updates, things around the house have been getting a bit crazy with the winter right around the corner.

As of recent myself and a few other GeekHack users sent an email out to Signature Plastics about the availability of molds for the row 4 shift keys. Things have been looking good, with the molds on track to be finished within the next month. I have made the decision that this set will be running with the new shift molds for a true and complete SA set.

Ive also sent an email out to Melissa from Signature Plastics team about all this and we will be working pricing out as well as any other steps upcoming.



Thanks to everybody for sticking around this long. With any luck things will turn out as they should and this buy will be happening soon!


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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [update #2]
« Reply #56 on: Wed, 21 October 2015, 23:10:43 »
That is good news for everyone.

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [update #2]
« Reply #57 on: Thu, 22 October 2015, 04:58:09 »
Thanks to everybody for sticking around this long.
Lol this is nothing, very promising IC's have been up for wayyyy longer. Excited to see this close to completion though!
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [update #2]
« Reply #58 on: Thu, 22 October 2015, 06:25:56 »
Who makes an Ergodox kit for a keyset nowadays? Someone I love. That's who.

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [update #2]
« Reply #59 on: Thu, 22 October 2015, 10:17:29 »
Hmmm, interested. I enjoy the dark colors with aqua/cyan a lot. I love that it isn't just two colors though. Good work! :thumb:

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« Reply #60 on: Thu, 22 October 2015, 10:18:10 »
Looks awesome, can't wait to see this in a GB

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [update #2]
« Reply #61 on: Sun, 25 October 2015, 13:58:43 »
Really like the subdued colors with the splashes of bright, good combo

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [update #2]
« Reply #62 on: Fri, 30 October 2015, 22:40:55 »
This looks really good and I'm interested. Missed out on Calm Depths and this seems at least as good...

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [update #2]
« Reply #63 on: Mon, 02 November 2015, 16:09:20 »
Very nicely done ;)

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #64 on: Tue, 03 November 2015, 10:03:23 »
FInal update. See OP for new info.

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #65 on: Tue, 03 November 2015, 10:29:34 »
i have a calm depths SA set but i will love to have this...blue and grey all the way  :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #66 on: Tue, 03 November 2015, 10:41:31 »
FInal update. See OP for new info.

Looking good, definitely interested in this.

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #67 on: Tue, 03 November 2015, 12:26:34 »
Interested! Haha this looks a lot like calm depths and my friend who owns that is a little salty. Going to have to figure out what board to put this on. The new HKP artisans would look really good on this too!

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #68 on: Tue, 03 November 2015, 13:43:44 »
Dusk.
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Alphas
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Modifiers
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-----Child Deals-----
Ergodox Kit
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Keys will be fully sculptured.

Additional Mods Kit
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Mod sizes are 1.5u and 1u, with spacebars being 7u & 6.5u




Numpad Kit
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The "+" And "Enter" keys will both be SA R3



Planck + Atomic Kit  - 
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ISO Kit -
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Color Kit / Mod kit
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On the business side of things its all good! This set is finalized and ready to go./size]



-----Additional information-----
The caps are set to be made out of Doubleshot ABS plastic.

The keys will be SA family

These keycaps will be made for Cherry MX Stems only

International shipping will be included in this group buy.
 
This set will run with the new row 4 shift molds Oobly recently announced. The set will be a true fully sculptured SA set.

Thanks everybody for sticking around this long. I hope you all like the set.

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great looking blue theme set... I'd probably grab a TKL set if it weren't too expensive.

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #69 on: Wed, 04 November 2015, 00:40:20 »
I'm really glad I found this. Can't wait to buy!

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #70 on: Wed, 04 November 2015, 00:56:58 »
wow, looks good!

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #71 on: Wed, 04 November 2015, 00:59:43 »
I'd love to get in on this GB when it comes up!


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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #72 on: Wed, 04 November 2015, 02:46:45 »
 :cool: definitely like this. Would love to see one of those fancy renders as well

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #73 on: Wed, 04 November 2015, 11:23:53 »
If anybody would like to be involved with managing this group buy with me, please comment below or send me a PM.

Im looking for reputable GeekHack users to help with Shipping & Funds Management. Shipping would involve either helping plan the shipping stage or being actively involved shipping out sets, and Funds Management would involve Invoicing and helping organise orders / the ordering process.

Anyone interested in physically shipping out sets will be paid for their services.

Thanks!

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #74 on: Wed, 04 November 2015, 15:24:02 »
I am pretty new to GH but I am currently running a small GB on reddit for Zealios test packs. Let me know if you need help shipping out stuff when this gets going.

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #75 on: Wed, 04 November 2015, 17:59:15 »
Aww man, so many good SA sets recently.

Can't decide on one!

This is going to run on PMK?


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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #76 on: Wed, 04 November 2015, 21:46:46 »
Aww man, so many good SA sets recently.

Can't decide on one!

This is going to run on PMK?


this group buy I plan on running right here on geekhack

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #77 on: Wed, 04 November 2015, 22:14:52 »
Aww man, so many good SA sets recently.

Can't decide on one!

This is going to run on PMK?


this group buy I plan on running right here on geekhack

I could be wrong, but he may be referring to the manufacturer.

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #78 on: Wed, 04 November 2015, 22:27:52 »
Aww man, so many good SA sets recently.

Can't decide on one!

This is going to run on PMK?

PMK or PimpMyKeyboard is Signature Plastics online shop. PMK runs group buys through their website. Unfortunately the only way to get a group buy on there is to have it voted in which can take a long time with no guarantee. If this buy turns out to be small, which I fully plan on it being small due to the interest its generated, I still want it to run and everybody to be happy.
this group buy I plan on running right here on geekhack

I could be wrong, but he may be referring to the manufacturer.

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #79 on: Wed, 04 November 2015, 22:31:26 »
Aww man, so many good SA sets recently.

Can't decide on one!

This is going to run on PMK?

PMK or PimpMyKeyboard is Signature Plastics online shop. PMK runs group buys through their website. Unfortunately the only way to get a group buy on there is to have it voted in which can take a long time with no guarantee. If this buy turns out to be small, which I fully plan on it being small due to the interest its generated, I still want it to run and everybody to be happy.
this group buy I plan on running right here on geekhack

I could be wrong, but he may be referring to the manufacturer.

Understood and thanks for the clarification  :thumb:

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #80 on: Thu, 05 November 2015, 07:09:31 »
Definitely interested!

But one question, I have a Logitech G710 with the non standard bottom row; will I be able to buy a separate 6.5u space bar with the base set?
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #81 on: Sun, 08 November 2015, 06:59:15 »
Bump! Any news????

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #82 on: Mon, 09 November 2015, 11:39:16 »
Definitely interested!

But one question, I have a Logitech G710 with the non standard bottom row; will I be able to buy a separate 6.5u space bar with the base set?

Check the additional mods kit.
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #83 on: Tue, 10 November 2015, 18:58:00 »
Pricing tiers are finished! All that is left is for official mockups or renders to be made, and to iron out any buy-associated fees!


We're getting close!

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #84 on: Tue, 10 November 2015, 19:53:14 »
Pricing tiers are finished! All that is left is for official mockups or renders to be made, and to iron out any buy-associated fees!


We're getting close!


Great stuff!

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #85 on: Tue, 10 November 2015, 22:51:31 »
Cool. Looking forward to this gb
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #86 on: Wed, 11 November 2015, 16:13:38 »
Really looking forward to this GB! I'm definitely in for a set.

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #87 on: Thu, 19 November 2015, 15:15:31 »
Ugh...Dusk, Yuri, and Electric SA coming out in the near future....

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #88 on: Thu, 19 November 2015, 15:24:22 »
Are the punctuation/numbers only going to have the one symbol on them, or will they have both?

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #89 on: Thu, 19 November 2015, 16:08:25 »
Are the punctuation/numbers only going to have the one symbol on them, or will they have both?


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Sorry was at work and on my phone replying.
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #90 on: Thu, 19 November 2015, 23:15:19 »
Just a quick update for everybody.

This group buy is 100% planned. Im confident every possible outcome has been considered. From international postage to natural disaster and loss of all the product.

The only thing keeping this groupbuy from opening is respect for other groupbuys. I dont think it would be very fair to other groupbuy runners/owners or to the community to have my buy run at the same time as others run. I want everybody who wants to be involved to be able too and for other groupbuy owners to not loose perspective buyers. Im hoping to workout a date with other groupbuy owners where I wont be overlapping them in any major way or stepping on anybody's toes.



And to the community, thanks for sticking around this long. I promise I haven't let this one go!

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #91 on: Fri, 20 November 2015, 09:06:04 »
Woo! Super excited for the set!
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #92 on: Fri, 20 November 2015, 09:35:07 »
The only thing keeping this groupbuy from opening is respect for other groupbuys. I dont think it would be very fair to other groupbuy runners/owners or to the community to have my buy run at the same time as others run.

The group buy process is flooded and that isn't going to change any time soon. You might as well submit it as soon as possible.

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #93 on: Fri, 20 November 2015, 09:38:01 »
Are the punctuation/numbers only going to have the one symbol on them, or will they have both?


Symbols only*

Sorry was at work and on my phone replying.

Thanks for the reply. Guess I'm out on this one

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #94 on: Fri, 20 November 2015, 10:36:44 »
The only thing keeping this groupbuy from opening is respect for other groupbuys. I dont think it would be very fair to other groupbuy runners/owners or to the community to have my buy run at the same time as others run.

The group buy process is flooded and that isn't going to change any time soon. You might as well submit it as soon as possible.


You are right. But I'm new around here. I wouldn't feel right just jumping in on this without any consideration for other people. As it stands there is a huge SA backlog already, so waiting a little more to make sure I'm respecting other peoples groupbuys won't do much harm at all.



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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #95 on: Sun, 22 November 2015, 16:27:54 »
Update for everybody.



So it looks like Signature Plastics is dealing with a HUGE SA backlog. Ship date for this set would be around May sometime.

So im leaving it up to you guys. Do you want to get this ball rolling now and deal with the wait? Or would you all like to wait it out until manufacturing and ship times are better.

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #96 on: Sun, 22 November 2015, 21:37:08 »
I would prefer to wait for SP to deal with the backlog they have. No need to bog them down with more
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #97 on: Sun, 22 November 2015, 21:41:31 »
I agree with fublamchu. I feel like even if they end up finishing up the set, manufacturing defects would never get dealt with and may be more prevalent in the rush.

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #98 on: Sun, 22 November 2015, 22:13:43 »
I would prefer to wait for SP to deal with the backlog they have. No need to bog them down with more

I'll just flat out tell you that nobody else is going to wait on them. They are working on extra shifts i think to help manufacturing times, but other communities and members will be sending more work their way sooner than later. My sets are on a pretty set schedule already, and I know a few other designers have the same kind of schedules they have to stick with.
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #99 on: Mon, 23 November 2015, 04:41:42 »
I would prefer to wait for SP to deal with the backlog they have. No need to bog them down with more

I'll just flat out tell you that nobody else is going to wait on them. They are working on extra shifts i think to help manufacturing times, but other communities and members will be sending more work their way sooner than later. My sets are on a pretty set schedule already, and I know a few other designers have the same kind of schedules they have to stick with.

Agreed, you can wait, but that doesn't mean other sets won't just fill the queue right back up, might as well join it sooner rather than later.
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #100 on: Mon, 23 November 2015, 13:13:52 »
There may be small windows here and there you can squeeze into but a number of sets are going to be pushing in wherever possible in the near future.  Waiting may be tricky.  There's a number of other sets that look to be nearing the GB phase.

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #101 on: Wed, 25 November 2015, 17:38:34 »
Hey everybody, im working on the Google Order form! We should be seeing this happen very very soon!


I realized u/LivingSpeedBump is right. There will be more orders no matter what. Before the buy happens and before the invoices, I will try and get a soft date for manufacture date.




Were almost there!  ;D :cool:

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #102 on: Fri, 27 November 2015, 16:12:07 »
Hey everybody, im working on the Google Order form! We should be seeing this happen very very soon!


I realized u/LivingSpeedBump is right. There will be more orders no matter what. Before the buy happens and before the invoices, I will try and get a soft date for manufacture date.




Were almost there!  ;D :cool:
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #103 on: Sat, 28 November 2015, 13:40:39 »
I need to remind myself to check on this, I absolutely love the colors on this.

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #104 on: Fri, 11 December 2015, 02:39:56 »
Absolutely love this set
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #105 on: Fri, 11 December 2015, 23:21:29 »
Have you thought about making the up arrow keys and all the keys that are meant to be pressed by the thumbs in R3 rather than R4?

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #106 on: Sat, 12 December 2015, 07:58:46 »
Yes I thought about doing something like that. In the end I decided to go with what was most uniform. The set is centered around simplicity and I wanted to keep it true to its core.

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #107 on: Sat, 12 December 2015, 16:13:18 »
Yes I thought about doing something like that. In the end I decided to go with what was most uniform. The set is centered around simplicity and I wanted to keep it true to its core.

I don't know … the option I suggested makes more sense from an ergonomics standpoint.

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #108 on: Sat, 12 December 2015, 16:31:05 »
You arent wrong, and I did toss around the idea for a while. It may still happen, meaning everything but bottom row would be fully sculptured with the bottom row and arrow keys being row 3. Now that you bring it up Im going to reconsider.


Thanks for the input!

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #109 on: Sat, 12 December 2015, 19:21:58 »
You arent wrong, and I did toss around the idea for a while. It may still happen, meaning everything but bottom row would be fully sculptured with the bottom row and arrow keys being row 3. Now that you bring it up Im going to reconsider.


Thanks for the input!

Well, the rest of the keys on the bottom two rows are fine staying R4; to get the most benefit, you should only change the keys that I mentioned.

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #110 on: Sat, 12 December 2015, 19:23:59 »
Well, the rest of the keys on the bottom two rows are fine staying R4; to get the most benefit, you should only change the keys that I mentioned.

Maybe have a seperate pack for it then? I personally don't want to buy a set with mis-matched profiles. I understand the economic benefits, but that'll just look ugly.
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #111 on: Sat, 12 December 2015, 19:29:39 »
Well, the rest of the keys on the bottom two rows are fine staying R4; to get the most benefit, you should only change the keys that I mentioned.

Maybe have a seperate pack for it then? I personally don't want to buy a set with mis-matched profiles. I understand the economic benefits, but that'll just look ugly.

I don't understand … can you please explain to me why you don't mind that almost every spacebar has a different profile than the rest of the keys on its row?

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #112 on: Sat, 12 December 2015, 19:32:16 »
almost every spacebar has a different profile than the rest of the keys on its row

This just isn't true. The spacebar isn't sculpted like the other keys in its row, but in most profiles its still uniform profile.
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #113 on: Sat, 12 December 2015, 19:38:53 »
almost every spacebar has a different profile than the rest of the keys on its row

This just isn't true. The spacebar isn't sculpted like the other keys in its row, but in most profiles its still uniform profile.

It can be clearly seen from the official Signature Plastics datasheet for the SA profile (http://www.keycapsdirect.com/pdfs/SAFamily.pdf) that the profile used for spacebars is indeed different.

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #114 on: Sat, 12 December 2015, 19:41:11 »
almost every spacebar has a different profile than the rest of the keys on its row

This just isn't true. The spacebar isn't sculpted like the other keys in its row, but in most profiles its still uniform profile.

It can be clearly seen from the official Signature Plastics datasheet for the SA profile (http://www.keycapsdirect.com/pdfs/SAFamily.pdf) that the profile used for spacebars is indeed different.

That's true, I thought you were talking about just keysets in general. However, trust me that a spacebar that looks a bit different is very different aesthetically than a bunch of keys that look out of place.
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #115 on: Sat, 12 December 2015, 19:49:42 »
almost every spacebar has a different profile than the rest of the keys on its row

This just isn't true. The spacebar isn't sculpted like the other keys in its row, but in most profiles its still uniform profile.

It can be clearly seen from the official Signature Plastics datasheet for the SA profile (http://www.keycapsdirect.com/pdfs/SAFamily.pdf) that the profile used for spacebars is indeed different.

That's true, I thought you were talking about just keysets in general. However, trust me that a spacebar that looks a bit different is very different aesthetically than a bunch of keys that look out of place.

You know, I am only recommending concave R3 for the Alt keys and the number pad 0 key because that is the next best profile to convex R3 (the same as the spacebar). Unfortunately, convex R3 molds do not exist in those sizes yet.

As for the up arrow keys in a different profile, even giant companies such as Topre have put them on keyboards such as this one (https://www.massdrop.com/buy/topre-realforce-104ub?mode=guest_open).
« Last Edit: Sat, 12 December 2015, 19:52:14 by Eric-T »

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #116 on: Sat, 12 December 2015, 20:04:47 »
You arent wrong, and I did toss around the idea for a while. It may still happen, meaning everything but bottom row would be fully sculptured with the bottom row and arrow keys being row 3. Now that you bring it up Im going to reconsider.


Thanks for the input!

Sorry for the mess on this thread.
« Last Edit: Sat, 12 December 2015, 20:23:16 by Eric-T »

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #117 on: Sat, 12 December 2015, 20:27:48 »
Sorry for the mess on this thread.

Dude it's literally fine. We were having a good debate, that's what IC threads are for, so this doesn't end up on the GB thread.
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #118 on: Sat, 12 December 2015, 23:20:12 »
Sorry for the mess on this thread.

Dude it's literally fine. We were having a good debate, that's what IC threads are for, so this doesn't end up on the GB thread.

By the way, how would you like it if SP made SA convex R3 keys in 1.25u and 2u? Would you prefer that the Alt keys and the number pad 0 keys be in this profile instead?

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #119 on: Sun, 13 December 2015, 02:22:16 »
Is there an order form up for this yet?

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #120 on: Sun, 13 December 2015, 09:19:38 »
By the way, how would you like it if SP made SA convex R3 keys in 1.25u and 2u? Would you prefer that the Alt keys and the number pad 0 keys be in this profile instead?

That's interesting, but I feel like it would be a bit weird, because the surface area of the key would be effectively reduced.
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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #121 on: Sun, 13 December 2015, 11:58:35 »
By the way, how would you like it if SP made SA convex R3 keys in 1.25u and 2u? Would you prefer that the Alt keys and the number pad 0 keys be in this profile instead?

That's interesting, but I feel like it would be a bit weird, because the surface area of the key would be effectively reduced.

What do you mean? The spacebar is already in this profile, which is basically the concave R3 profile with its depression "flipped upwards". There is little or no change in the surface area.

Offline Burt Macklin

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #122 on: Sun, 13 December 2015, 13:03:03 »
I'm interested as well, looks great  :thumb:

Offline My_Thoughts

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #123 on: Tue, 15 December 2015, 06:48:01 »
With the ISO kit, I believe you are missing the extra key between the Z and the left shift.  For UK it's \ and |

Also the left shift on ISO is missing.

Though I also might be blind and be totally missing them.

Offline sevenpoundowl

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #124 on: Wed, 16 December 2015, 17:10:36 »
Definitely interested, this looks amazing.

Offline Hypersphere

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #125 on: Mon, 21 December 2015, 10:50:17 »
Looks good. Maybe I missed it, but are you purposefully omitting the usual dual legends on keys that usually show both the uppercase and lowercase symbols, such as the number keys and brackets keys?

EDIT: Will there be an option for swapping Backslash and Backspace in addition to swapping CapsLock and Left Ctrl?
« Last Edit: Mon, 21 December 2015, 10:53:24 by Hypersphere »

Offline hippo008

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [The Final Update]
« Reply #126 on: Mon, 21 December 2015, 11:26:55 »
Looks good. Maybe I missed it, but are you purposefully omitting the usual dual legends on keys that usually show both the uppercase and lowercase symbols, such as the number keys and brackets keys?

EDIT: Will there be an option for swapping Backslash and Backspace in addition to swapping CapsLock and Left Ctrl?

I am omitting all doubled legends yes. All keys only have one legend. As far as swapping options go, no there is not an option to do those things right now. Maybe in the future Ill run a small addon kit for people interested.



the groupbuy is live now, can be found here - https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=77999.0;topicseen

Offline Hypersphere

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [GB NOW LIVE!]
« Reply #127 on: Mon, 21 December 2015, 11:42:04 »
Thanks. Glad I asked!

Offline diqkiq

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Re: [IC] Dusk - An Elegant Dark-Colorway Keyset [GB NOW LIVE!]
« Reply #128 on: Mon, 21 December 2015, 22:34:53 »
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