Post by: Vala on Sat, 22 July 2017, 19:15:58
GMK Electric
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RENDERS
TGR Jane
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TGR Alice (Base Alphas)
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TGR Alice (Dark Alphas)
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Argyle by Seoulcialite & Prototypist (@jae_prototypist (https://www.instagram.com/jae_prototypist/))
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Aki-S
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Paragon by Artemis Studios
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Cypher
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TGR 910
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Smith & Rune Iron165
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KITS
Base Kit ($109)
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Dark Alphas ($59)
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Symbol Row ($39)
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Novelties ($49)
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Numpad ($49)
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Extension ($49)
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Spacebars ($25)
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NorDeUK ($59)
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Colevrak ($59)
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DESKMATS
Electric Circuit Deskmat ($19)
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Dead Circuit Deskmat ($19)
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Rainbow Circuit Deskmat ($19)
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OTHER PRODUCTS
Clackeys Electric Flux Capacitor ($88)
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Asero Foundry Artisans ($59)
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Electric Coiled Cable ($59)
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Electric Linear Switch ($4.9 per 10)
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- Linear, 68g double spring, 5 pins
- POM Electric blue stem
- Nylon Bottom, PME Top
- New custom Vala Supply switch housing!
- Manufactured by Tecsee
VENDORS
- USA : Vala Supply → (https://vala.supply)
- CA : AlphaKeys → (https://alphakeys.ca)
- EU : CandyKeys → (https://candykeys.com)
- UK : Proto[Typist] → (https://prototypist.net)
- CN : zFrontier → (http://www.zfrontier.com)
- SEA : ZionStudios → (http://zionstudios.ph)
- OCE : SwitchKeys → (https://www.switchkeys.com.au)
PRICING
MOQs are expected to be reached with extras.
| Kit | MOQ | USA | Canada | Europe | UK | China | SEA | Oceania |
| Base Kit | 500 | $109 | $109 | €109 | £82.50 | ¥788 | ₱6,500 | $175 |
| Dark Alphas | 150 | $59 | $59 | €59 | £45.83 | ¥411 | ₱3,300 | $90 |
| Symbol Row | 250 | $39 | $39 | €39 | £29.17 | ¥275 | ₱1,850 | $50 |
| Novelties | 250 | $49 | $49 | €49 | £37.50 | ¥343 | ₱2,750 | $75 |
| Numpad | 100 | $49 | $49 | €49 | £37.50 | ¥343 | ₱2,900 | $80 |
| Extension | 100 | $49 | $49 | €49 | £37.50 | ¥343 | ₱2,400 | $65 |
| Spacebars | 250 | $25 | $25 | €25 | £20.83 | ¥170 | ₱1,300 | $35 |
| NorDeUK | 100 | $59 | $59 | €59 | £41.67 | ¥411 | ₱3,100 | - |
| Colevrak | 100 | $59 | $59 | €59 | £41.67 | ¥411 | ₱3,100 | $85 |
| Deskmats | - | $19 | $19 | €23 | £15.83 | ¥129 | ₱1,200 | $30 |
| Asero Artisans | 100 | $59 | $59 | €59 | £42.50 | ¥425 | ₱3,500 | $95 |
| Electric Flux Capacitor | - | $88 | US only | US only | US only | US only | US only | US only |
| Coiled Cable | - | $59 | $59 | €59 | TBD | ¥425 | ₱3,000 | $80 |
| Electric Linear Switch (per 10) | - | $4.9 | $4.9 | €5.5 | £3.33 | TBD | ₱250.00 | - |
Changelog
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7/16/21:
- Adjusted prices
6/20/21:
- GB date announced! 9/6 to 10/6
- First 3D render unveiled
- Chinese pricing in
- Thread formatting updates
6/20/21:
- US pricing and MOQs!
- 3D renders in progress!
- Final kitting for R1 decided!
2/24/21:
- Changed R2 1.5u "Delete" to "Backspace" in Base Kit
- Moved extra B keys into Base & Dark Alphas rather than being in the Spacebars Kit
- Added extra tab to Dark Alphas to potentially provide coverage for another board alongside the Base
- Moved 6.25u accent from Base to Spacebars (sorry to those who appreciated this in the Base, have to make room for basic ISO)
- Moved R3 PgUp, R4 PgDn, F13 from Extension to Base
- Removed ' " key from Extension (not sure why that was there in the first place...)
- Added R4 "Send" key to Extension
- Added R1 blue pipe key to Symbol Row for better split backspace support
- Updated some novelties to fit GMK tolerances
- Added barred 5s to numpad
- Moved basic ISO back into Base Kit.
* This includes the basic ISO enter, R4 <> key, 1.25u shift and R3 pipe key
* Also included a dark option for the R4 <> key and R3 pipe key in Dark Alphas
* The remaining UK alpha keys have been moved to Norde (now NorDeUK), along with the Alt Gr keys, and the accent ISO enter
12/31/20:
The kits as of this update are going off to GMK for pricing. Time to finally get Electric to GB! Things are still subject to minor modification if you notice something wrong.
Spacebars kit:
- Added a 2.75uC and 2.25uC key
- Moved 1.25uC from extension kit
- Added 2x blue 1uC
- Added a second 3uC
Extension kit:
- Added 2u resistor novelty
- Added F13 key
- Moved 1.25uC to spacebars kit
- Fixed some legends (thanks Oblotzky for pointing out the 1.75 backspace needing an arrow)
* Decided to ommit the 1.75u Lock key
* Decided to keep the two 1.75uC keys for JD40/45 users
* Decided to keep the 2.25u shift even though it isn't necessarily used by many layouts.
660 style boards should have compatibility too.
International changes:
- Readded the » « key to Norde for Portuguese users
- Removed duplicate keys from Norde that were already in the ISO kit
* Decided dark alpha compatibility will not be offered for special ISO keys. no way this would hit MoQ.
Other:
- Added 1.25u Fn to base kit
- Added backspace resistor novelty to symbol row
* If you want split backspace support you'll need the novelties kit as well, it has 1u R1 novelties for AC and DC power which will match the symbol row
- Added dark alphas to the numpad kit by default
* This was a hard decision because I don't want to increase cost for those who have no interest in dark alphas. But, that is a preferable alternative in my eyes to including the numpad by default in the dark alphas.
11/17/20:
- New kit and board renders (by me)
- Thread formatting update
- USA, EU and CA vendors listed
- New pictures of the deskmat sample
- Base kit is now numpadless and ISO-less
- Numpad has been moved to the numpad kit, changed numpad style to single legends
- ISO has been moved to the ISO kit
- Added dark alphas kit
- Split novelties into "Symbol row" and "Novelties"
- Replaced GND symbol with a NAND symbol (thank you to those that suggested adding this)
- Fixed novelty enters being 2u instead of 2.25
- Removed "geekhack" and "/r/mk" from novelties to reduce cost
- Spacebar kit now includes a 3C key, an extra 2C key, and extra Bs. Removed non-accent 6u spacebars.
- Extension now only supports accent (electric blue) enter keys
- Reason: with the addition of the dark alphas, it would have been prohibitely expensive to include both gray and dark gray variants of all spacebars, so I see no reason in including the non-accent enters either.
- Norde kit has been updated to the latest version of GMK WOB & BOW's NordeUK+ kit
- Supports British, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Faroese, Danish, Deutsch, and Portuguese layouts. I also included an Ñ key for Spanish layouts :)
- I ommitted the » « key as I couldn't find what layout it is a part of, if you know please let me know :)
- Alt Gr and ISO enter keys are now a part of the ISO kit
10/19/20:
- Added finalized desk mat design
- Put pictures of desk mat samples
6/20/20:
- Added new deskmat design!
5/10/20:
- Removed duplicate R1 `¬¦ key from Norde
- Removed R4 > < key from Norde (now in base kit)
- Added R3 "~ #" key to the base kit to support ISO UK users properly
- Added 2 1u R2, 2 1u R3 novelties to novelties kit for 65% users
- Added 1.25u and 1.5u "ground symbol" novelties to novelties kit
- Removed some other novelties from novelties kit to lower cost (might have to do this again...)
- Tried making another ISO enter novelty
- Made alternate versions of the desk mat
4/28/20:
- Removed duplicate Alt Gr keys from norde
- Change duplicate | \ key to > < for ISO users
- Made ISO enter novelty tests
4/26/20:
- Legend change: "Lock" to "Scroll", "Num Lock" to "Num", stepped caps lock to "Caps"
- Renamed 40 kit to Extension kit
- Added R3 PgUp, R4 PgDn, 1.75u Backspace to Extension kit
- Finished desk mat design!
4/22/20:
- Moved 6.25u blue spacebar to base kit
- Added base color 6u spacebars to spacebar kit
- Upgraded Colevrak to Colevrak+
- Added 1.25u and 1.5u "Alt Gr" keys to Norde
- Added R4 1.5u and 1u novelties to novelties kit
4/16/20:
- Updated all kits from 2018 (sorry not listing all the changes here :) )
3/14/20:
- Revived the set!
- Adjusted prices
6/20/21:
- GB date announced! 9/6 to 10/6
- First 3D render unveiled
- Chinese pricing in
- Thread formatting updates
6/20/21:
- US pricing and MOQs!
- 3D renders in progress!
- Final kitting for R1 decided!
2/24/21:
- Changed R2 1.5u "Delete" to "Backspace" in Base Kit
- Moved extra B keys into Base & Dark Alphas rather than being in the Spacebars Kit
- Added extra tab to Dark Alphas to potentially provide coverage for another board alongside the Base
- Moved 6.25u accent from Base to Spacebars (sorry to those who appreciated this in the Base, have to make room for basic ISO)
- Moved R3 PgUp, R4 PgDn, F13 from Extension to Base
- Removed ' " key from Extension (not sure why that was there in the first place...)
- Added R4 "Send" key to Extension
- Added R1 blue pipe key to Symbol Row for better split backspace support
- Updated some novelties to fit GMK tolerances
- Added barred 5s to numpad
- Moved basic ISO back into Base Kit.
* This includes the basic ISO enter, R4 <> key, 1.25u shift and R3 pipe key
* Also included a dark option for the R4 <> key and R3 pipe key in Dark Alphas
* The remaining UK alpha keys have been moved to Norde (now NorDeUK), along with the Alt Gr keys, and the accent ISO enter
12/31/20:
The kits as of this update are going off to GMK for pricing. Time to finally get Electric to GB! Things are still subject to minor modification if you notice something wrong.
Spacebars kit:
- Added a 2.75uC and 2.25uC key
- Moved 1.25uC from extension kit
- Added 2x blue 1uC
- Added a second 3uC
Extension kit:
- Added 2u resistor novelty
- Added F13 key
- Moved 1.25uC to spacebars kit
- Fixed some legends (thanks Oblotzky for pointing out the 1.75 backspace needing an arrow)
* Decided to ommit the 1.75u Lock key
* Decided to keep the two 1.75uC keys for JD40/45 users
* Decided to keep the 2.25u shift even though it isn't necessarily used by many layouts.
660 style boards should have compatibility too.
International changes:
- Readded the » « key to Norde for Portuguese users
- Removed duplicate keys from Norde that were already in the ISO kit
* Decided dark alpha compatibility will not be offered for special ISO keys. no way this would hit MoQ.
Other:
- Added 1.25u Fn to base kit
- Added backspace resistor novelty to symbol row
* If you want split backspace support you'll need the novelties kit as well, it has 1u R1 novelties for AC and DC power which will match the symbol row
- Added dark alphas to the numpad kit by default
* This was a hard decision because I don't want to increase cost for those who have no interest in dark alphas. But, that is a preferable alternative in my eyes to including the numpad by default in the dark alphas.
11/17/20:
- New kit and board renders (by me)
- Thread formatting update
- USA, EU and CA vendors listed
- New pictures of the deskmat sample
- Base kit is now numpadless and ISO-less
- Numpad has been moved to the numpad kit, changed numpad style to single legends
- ISO has been moved to the ISO kit
- Added dark alphas kit
- Split novelties into "Symbol row" and "Novelties"
- Replaced GND symbol with a NAND symbol (thank you to those that suggested adding this)
- Fixed novelty enters being 2u instead of 2.25
- Removed "geekhack" and "/r/mk" from novelties to reduce cost
- Spacebar kit now includes a 3C key, an extra 2C key, and extra Bs. Removed non-accent 6u spacebars.
- Extension now only supports accent (electric blue) enter keys
- Reason: with the addition of the dark alphas, it would have been prohibitely expensive to include both gray and dark gray variants of all spacebars, so I see no reason in including the non-accent enters either.
- Norde kit has been updated to the latest version of GMK WOB & BOW's NordeUK+ kit
- Supports British, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Faroese, Danish, Deutsch, and Portuguese layouts. I also included an Ñ key for Spanish layouts :)
- I ommitted the » « key as I couldn't find what layout it is a part of, if you know please let me know :)
- Alt Gr and ISO enter keys are now a part of the ISO kit
10/19/20:
- Added finalized desk mat design
- Put pictures of desk mat samples
6/20/20:
- Added new deskmat design!
5/10/20:
- Removed duplicate R1 `¬¦ key from Norde
- Removed R4 > < key from Norde (now in base kit)
- Added R3 "~ #" key to the base kit to support ISO UK users properly
- Added 2 1u R2, 2 1u R3 novelties to novelties kit for 65% users
- Added 1.25u and 1.5u "ground symbol" novelties to novelties kit
- Removed some other novelties from novelties kit to lower cost (might have to do this again...)
- Tried making another ISO enter novelty
- Made alternate versions of the desk mat
4/28/20:
- Removed duplicate Alt Gr keys from norde
- Change duplicate | \ key to > < for ISO users
- Made ISO enter novelty tests
4/26/20:
- Legend change: "Lock" to "Scroll", "Num Lock" to "Num", stepped caps lock to "Caps"
- Renamed 40 kit to Extension kit
- Added R3 PgUp, R4 PgDn, 1.75u Backspace to Extension kit
- Finished desk mat design!
4/22/20:
- Moved 6.25u blue spacebar to base kit
- Added base color 6u spacebars to spacebar kit
- Upgraded Colevrak to Colevrak+
- Added 1.25u and 1.5u "Alt Gr" keys to Norde
- Added R4 1.5u and 1u novelties to novelties kit
4/16/20:
- Updated all kits from 2018 (sorry not listing all the changes here :) )
3/14/20:
- Revived the set!
Thanks to ~
- David from CandyKeys
- Oblotzky
- Konstantin for his invaluable kit knowledge ;)
- acitrin and jae @ prototypist for kitting help
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Post by: Vigrith on Sat, 22 July 2017, 19:18:28
Post by: Atredl on Sat, 22 July 2017, 19:20:15
Edit: maybe one of those row 4 'end' was supposed to be fn?
Post by: Vala on Sat, 22 July 2017, 19:20:33
Great work! I'm glad you're back to designing key sets, Valla, this looks lovely as do all of your previous ones.
Thank you! That's great to hear and some good motivation to keep going.
Post by: Vala on Sat, 22 July 2017, 19:21:12
Is the row 4 1u Fn missing or is it intended that we use the novelties for that?
Good point. I'll replace two of the novelties with 1u Fn's.
Post by: Atredl on Sat, 22 July 2017, 19:22:42
Is the row 4 1u Fn missing or is it intended that we use the novelties for that?
Good point. I'll replace two of the novelties with 1u Fn's.
I'm not really asking that it be changed, just wondering if that's what those 1u novelties were for.
Post by: RedSuns on Sat, 22 July 2017, 19:24:18
Interested in GMK Hana.
Edit: I know it would make it seem even more like the Sky Dolch, but the legends not being blue/cyan as well makes it seem less "Electric" to me.
Post by: Vala on Sat, 22 July 2017, 19:39:20
Is the row 4 1u Fn missing or is it intended that we use the novelties for that?
Good point. I'll replace two of the novelties with 1u Fn's.
I'm not really asking that it be changed, just wondering if that's what those 1u novelties were for.
Yes, that was the intention, but I still think it would be better to just have 1 of each novelty for those who don't want to use them.
Post by: MUMU on Sat, 22 July 2017, 19:40:40
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=85606.0 (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=85606.0)
Post by: Atredl on Sat, 22 July 2017, 19:41:58
Is the row 4 1u Fn missing or is it intended that we use the novelties for that?
Good point. I'll replace two of the novelties with 1u Fn's.
I'm not really asking that it be changed, just wondering if that's what those 1u novelties were for.
Yes, that was the intention, but I still think it would be better to just have 1 of each novelty for those who don't want to use them.
Why not just replace one of the two R4 End's?
Post by: scwoopz on Sat, 22 July 2017, 19:45:41
Looks like the GMK Sky Dolch, but with novelties.Meh. I love black legends, they make the set a bit different (in the best way).
Interested in GMK Hana.
Edit: I know it would make it seem even more like the Sky Dolch, but the legends not being blue/cyan as well makes it seem less "Electric" to me.
Also: people are really crazy about colorway and copying, and this is far enough off that I don't see a big issue. We all have to calm down about colorway, there are only so many ways to put together the same colors.
Post by: Vala on Sat, 22 July 2017, 19:48:10
Looks like the GMK Sky Dolch, but with novelties.
Interested in GMK Hana.
Edit: I know it would make it seem even more like the Sky Dolch, but the legends not being blue/cyan as well makes it seem less "Electric" to me.
Yeah, it is kind of disappointing that this colorway isn't as unique anymore with Lightcycle and Sky Dolch around. I'm up to suggestions for new color changes though!
Post by: Vala on Sat, 22 July 2017, 19:48:44
Cool set but jchan94 already teased a set named GMK Electric
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=85606.0 (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=85606.0)
He renamed the set to Electro, so its all good!
Post by: Vala on Sat, 22 July 2017, 19:49:27
Is the row 4 1u Fn missing or is it intended that we use the novelties for that?
Good point. I'll replace two of the novelties with 1u Fn's.
I'm not really asking that it be changed, just wondering if that's what those 1u novelties were for.
Yes, that was the intention, but I still think it would be better to just have 1 of each novelty for those who don't want to use them.
Why not just replace one of the two R4 End's?
Oops, that was probably just a mistake. Thanks for letting me know.
Post by: bkw1209 on Sat, 22 July 2017, 19:53:09
Post by: RedSuns on Sat, 22 July 2017, 19:57:16
Looks like the GMK Sky Dolch, but with novelties.Meh. I love black legends, they make the set a bit different (in the best way).
Interested in GMK Hana.
Edit: I know it would make it seem even more like the Sky Dolch, but the legends not being blue/cyan as well makes it seem less "Electric" to me.
Also: people are really crazy about colorway and copying, and this is far enough off that I don't see a big issue. We all have to calm down about colorway, there are only so many ways to put together the same colors.
Yeah, it's fine that's why I suggested it to be more cyan, but whatever works for the designer. I guess you could always mix the two sets.
Looks like the GMK Sky Dolch, but with novelties.
Interested in GMK Hana.
Edit: I know it would make it seem even more like the Sky Dolch, but the legends not being blue/cyan as well makes it seem less "Electric" to me.
Yeah, it is kind of disappointing that this colorway isn't as unique anymore with Lightcycle and Sky Dolch around. I'm up to suggestions for new color changes though!
Tbh, even though I never decided to do it, I've thought about "Tron: Legacy" the movie colors. Maybe some darker blacks on this set?
Post by: Vigrith on Sat, 22 July 2017, 20:17:32
PS: can confirm GMK Hana would be more than welcome.
(http://i.imgur.com/eIsavej.jpg)
Post by: scwoopz on Sat, 22 July 2017, 20:28:35
I think this looks way better than Sky Dolch, that set never really appealed to me personally and the black legends add to the contrast here which makes it look quite unique despite the modifiers - I'd like to see the original colours be kept but I understand if you want to veer from the SD/Lightcycle similarities.Is that a framed set of Hana? What are the caps mounted on?
PS: can confirm GMK Hana would be more than welcome.Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/eIsavej.jpg)
Totally agree about the contrast.
Post by: ideus on Sat, 22 July 2017, 20:35:03
My budget is basically empty for the year; but, I would make an exception if this reaches MoQ for sure.
Post by: Vala on Sat, 22 July 2017, 20:36:02
I think this looks way better than Sky Dolch, that set never really appealed to me personally and the black legends add to the contrast here which makes it look quite unique despite the modifiers - I'd like to see the original colours be kept but I understand if you want to veer from the SD/Lightcycle similarities.
PS: can confirm GMK Hana would be more than welcome.
I like your framed Hana, lol. Looks good.
Post by: Vigrith on Sat, 22 July 2017, 21:30:11
Is that a framed set of Hana? What are the caps mounted on?
Totally agree about the contrast.
Indeed. It was an artisan frame I got off of Massdrop, I wasn't sure how gimmicky it was so I only bought one but if they come around again I'll definitely get a few more - they look and feel very nice, the mounts are just plastic (3D printed) MX stems with velcro or a velcro-like material which the bottom of the frame is also covered with.
I like your framed Hana, lol. Looks good.
Haha thanks, it's a little crooked because it takes forever to adjust the plastic stems properly but it does pay off in my opinion, I'm happy with the way it looks and Hana is surely deserving of it.
Post by: Atredl on Sat, 22 July 2017, 21:51:39
The key I think is not needed is circled below:
(http://i.imgur.com/klFU7GT.jpg)
Just something to think about.
Post by: ns90 on Sun, 23 July 2017, 01:08:17
Post by: Atredl on Sun, 23 July 2017, 01:13:08
No 1.5u R3 Backspace?
What uses that key?
Post by: ns90 on Sun, 23 July 2017, 01:15:02
No 1.5u R3 Backspace?
What uses that key?
It's late. I meant R2.
Post by: BlackInk on Sun, 23 July 2017, 01:35:14
Post by: Oblotzky on Sun, 23 July 2017, 03:00:38
Hope this doesn't mean SA is a dead dream! I can see why you wouldn't want to run it with the current queue, so hopefully should things change and it be shorter :)
Post by: EdwardEvad3rs on Sun, 23 July 2017, 03:25:02
Post by: RevoTeam on Sun, 23 July 2017, 03:52:13
Post by: UTEster750 on Sun, 23 July 2017, 06:08:25
Post by: Vala on Sun, 23 July 2017, 17:12:00
Great taste in selecting the colors for the set and sensible choices for layouts covered.
My budget is basically empty for the year; but, I would make an exception if this reaches MoQ for sure.
This set is going to be awesome! :D
I like this. will buy it. good work
Thanks! I'm going to try messing with some stuff and see if it looks better as well.
Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/8wiYDHb.jpg)
Hope this doesn't mean SA is a dead dream! I can see why you wouldn't want to run it with the current queue, so hopefully should things change and it be shorter :)
It's not dead, just asleep for now. Maybe SP will make some more SA tooling :D
Just an optimization suggestion, most key sets don't include the mod colored |\ key anymore. I can only speak for myself but the way I see it people who go for symmetry only use the mod colored `~ key and those who go for key function accuracy use the alpha color for both |\ and `~.
The key I think is not needed is circled below:Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/klFU7GT.jpg)
Just something to think about.
Good suggestion, I'll do that and see if anyone complains.
Post by: SolidCactus on Sun, 23 July 2017, 17:46:52
I would pick this up for sure!
Post by: robotsokk on Sun, 23 July 2017, 19:43:16
Question: Is UN6037 the same as TU2?
Post by: heliar_mk on Sun, 23 July 2017, 21:09:30
Post by: Unforgivable on Sun, 23 July 2017, 21:29:00
Post by: UTEster750 on Mon, 24 July 2017, 05:53:14
I was originally lurking on discussions around the SA set, but seeing this/thinking about it more, I really like the idea of this running as a GMK set :thumb: I agree with other comments that color-wise this is quite Sky Dolch-esque (at least for the mods), but the grey/black alphas and novelties do make it a very distinct set IMO.
Question: Is UN6037 the same as TU2?
I lurked that thread too hoping that it would become a reality, but I think this set might actually work out better being GMK :D
Post by: DarKou on Mon, 24 July 2017, 08:03:47
Post by: Acerk on Mon, 24 July 2017, 12:43:52
Post by: amnesia0287 on Mon, 24 July 2017, 12:49:14
This looks really good. What does it look like if the modifiers and accent keys have the same colors on their legends?
Like Sky Dolch lol?
Post by: breckstar on Mon, 24 July 2017, 15:31:32
Post by: Vala on Mon, 24 July 2017, 17:43:26
(http://i.imgur.com/Oro4QUM.png)
Post by: ideus on Mon, 24 July 2017, 20:04:08
Post by: Acerk on Tue, 25 July 2017, 02:16:04
Haha. I meant the same color as alphanumerics. Like a dark legend version of Dolch, but with accent keys. Not a big fan of mixing different legend colors. Makes it hard to read.This looks really good. What does it look like if the modifiers and accent keys have the same colors on their legends?
Like Sky Dolch lol?
Post by: amnesia0287 on Tue, 25 July 2017, 04:21:09
Haha. I meant the same color as alphanumerics. Like a dark legend version of Dolch, but with accent keys. Not a big fan of mixing different legend colors. Makes it hard to read.This looks really good. What does it look like if the modifiers and accent keys have the same colors on their legends?
Like Sky Dolch lol?
Wouldn't that make the modifiers blanks?
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Post by: ricyuyc on Tue, 25 July 2017, 06:39:14
(http://i.imgur.com/GORB6fsh.png)
Anyway, I love the SA Electric and this GMK.
Post by: Acerk on Tue, 25 July 2017, 06:42:52
Wouldn't that make the modifiers blanks?Doesn't look like it:
Current color scheme is:
UN6037 (Electric blue)
CR (Black legends)
2B (Light gray alphas)
N9 (Dark gray modifiers)
WS1 (White legends)
Would be awesome to see what it would look like:
Alphas: 2B
Modifiers: N9
Legends: CR (including cyan keys)
Really hope this set doesn't end up with icon modifiers.
Also think it would be better if the side print on pause and print screen wasn't cyan (UN6037) like the top print. Maybe CR and 2B, similar to how Classic Beige has different shades. Would spice things up.
Post by: amnesia0287 on Tue, 25 July 2017, 07:10:48
Wouldn't that make the modifiers blanks?Doesn't look like it:Current color scheme is:
UN6037 (Electric blue)
CR (Black legends)
2B (Light gray alphas)
N9 (Dark gray modifiers)
WS1 (White legends)
Would be awesome to see what it would look like:
Alphas: 2B
Modifiers: N9
Legends: CR (including cyan keys)
Really hope this set doesn't end up with icon modifiers.
Also think it would be better if the side print on pause and print screen wasn't cyan (UN6037) like the top print. Maybe CR and 2B, similar to how Classic Beige has different shades. Would spice things up.
It would look like this with almost no contrast:
(https://imgur.com/zO5ED3C.jpg)
If someone wants to run a GMK stealth set, then I'm all for it, but I wouldn't have any interest at all in a low contrast modifiers with teal accents. The modifiers would be invisible while the alphas wouldn't. Just doesn't seem very electric to me and doesn't work with my aesthetics. I'd much prefer low contrast alphas and high contrast mods.
Either way what you are suggesting isn't a minor change, it's a fundamentally different set.
Post by: Acerk on Tue, 25 July 2017, 08:16:52
It would look like this with almost no contrast:You may be right about the low contrast, but I was curious to see what it would look like in renders. I think the cyan/white combination has the same issue you mention. Keys with that combination become unreadable in this set if they also have a small font, like Enter. The side print on pause and print screen definitely shouldn't be cyan. It defeats the purpose to have the same color if you want to use cyan legends on modifiers to make this set pop with color contrast. By placing two equally visually heavy texts right next to each other, they both dissapear. Having them black or light gray would highlight the legend text.Show Image(https://imgur.com/zO5ED3C.jpg)
If someone wants to run a GMK stealth set, then I'm all for it, but I wouldn't have any interest at all in a low contrast modifiers with teal accents. The modifiers would be invisible while the alphas wouldn't. Just doesn't seem very electric to me and doesn't work with my aesthetics. I'd much prefer low contrast alphas and high contrast mods.
Either way what you are suggesting isn't a minor change, it's a fundamentally different set.
Post by: amnesia0287 on Tue, 25 July 2017, 12:44:36
It would look like this with almost no contrast:You may be right about the low contrast, but I was curious to see what it would look like in renders. I think the cyan/white combination has the same issue you mention. Keys with that combination become unreadable in this set if they also have a small font, like Enter. The side print on pause and print screen definitely shouldn't be cyan. It defeats the purpose to have the same color if you want to use cyan legends on modifiers to make this set pop with color contrast. By placing two equally visually heavy texts right next to each other, they both dissapear. Having them black or light gray would highlight the legend text.Show Image(https://imgur.com/zO5ED3C.jpg)
If someone wants to run a GMK stealth set, then I'm all for it, but I wouldn't have any interest at all in a low contrast modifiers with teal accents. The modifiers would be invisible while the alphas wouldn't. Just doesn't seem very electric to me and doesn't work with my aesthetics. I'd much prefer low contrast alphas and high contrast mods.
Either way what you are suggesting isn't a minor change, it's a fundamentally different set.
The white on cyan part is the one part I don't like. I mentioned it on the Reddit IC, so I never bothered to say it here. It's eye melting and doesn't fit the rest. I also agree the split colors on the side print keys would look nice, just don't forget those would be partially printed not 100% double shot. Doesn't really matter for side print of course. But something to consider.
Also, part of the issue is just that cyan is an extremely vibrant color on displays. Don't forget there are lots of white on cyan keys for things like cymk or the gmk cyan set that aren't nearly so vibrant and eye melting. Part of the issue is just that it IS a render/mockup. I feel like this is a set that would likely look more pleasant in real life than any render.
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Post by: Acerk on Thu, 27 July 2017, 04:28:20
Post by: KeLorean on Thu, 27 July 2017, 22:28:04
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Post by: poolside on Sat, 29 July 2017, 18:09:03
May I suggest changing two of the 1u novelties to 1.5u or adding 1.5u Code/Diamond/Super/Whatever keycaps?
For those who are curious, yes I am working on GMK Hana as well! I'm not sure which will come first when/if they go to production.
Great news as well! :thumb:
This would fill a void since I somehow did manage to miss out on DSA Hana last year.
Said it on Reddit but will say it here too. Icon mods seem right for electric. Really hits home with a schematic or board layout. Hope to see an icon mod set, just like Yuri (controls alts and the whole lot of them), if text Mods are final for base kit.
This could be nice, but only if the fat down arrow is used for CapsLock instead of the handbag icon, in my opinion.
Post by: Stagione on Sat, 29 July 2017, 20:19:09
Post by: madindehead on Tue, 01 August 2017, 12:50:40
Post by: Vala on Tue, 01 August 2017, 14:56:37
I'm definitely interested in this set, but even more so for GMK Hana, as I joined the MK community after the DSA Hana drop and I've been looking for it since. Would prefer SA/DSA profile but I'll take whatever I can get at this point. Any consideration for running it with MaxKey?
That could be an option. For now however I have my eyes set on GMK.
Post by: Vala on Tue, 01 August 2017, 15:08:13
So I updated the colors to match what most people are saying, which is back to the lighter alpha legends and to replace the white with a darker color. I think it turned out pretty well, but if you don't like it please let me know, I want to find what appeals to most people. I'm still leaning towards the white on cyan, but I haven't seen much support for that.
Also, I assume no-one really wants the miku child deal, so I'm just going to dump that idea unless I see new interest for it.
Post by: ideus on Tue, 01 August 2017, 21:19:04
Post by: omegafivethreefive on Wed, 02 August 2017, 23:25:06
Post by: ideus on Sat, 05 August 2017, 13:19:23
Post by: Vala on Wed, 09 August 2017, 04:58:14
Alright everyone, I just had a huge update in the OP, please go look at everything and let me know what you think! I need criticism now so I can get everything perfect before I attempt to get it on Massdrop. Thanks again for looking.
Post by: madindehead on Wed, 09 August 2017, 08:00:07
Post by: robotsokk on Wed, 09 August 2017, 10:53:31
Post by: ideus on Wed, 09 August 2017, 14:26:34
Post by: Vala on Wed, 09 August 2017, 16:46:35
Kits are looking good. Is the idea that the Ergodox kit would include all the keys shown, including the alphas?
Yes, I want to make it standalone as it would already be quite expensive.
Please consider adding a 00 key for the number-pad alternate layout that includes it instead of a 2u 0 key.
Will do.
Post by: RedSuns on Wed, 09 August 2017, 17:38:18
Base kit: Someone is going to ask for F J scooped or barred. Then you have to do something with numpad 5. I don't think you were here to see all the fuss about it.
Electronic symbols: Kinda forces you to buy this to give the base kit that extra pop it is lacking imo.
Ergodox: Looks better than base kit. Good choice on having legends on the keys. It emphasizes the "Electric" more.
Norde: Someone's going to ask for console area keys in their language to not have to buy novelties and have the option to use other keys.
DC: No scooped or barred fun?
Forum: Hmm. Might as well add MD in there too since you're including this kit and plan on dropping it on there.
Spacebars: Yep...
Post by: OmegaSupreme on Thu, 10 August 2017, 10:19:03
Post by: Vala on Thu, 10 August 2017, 17:35:47
Any chance we can get alternate arrow keys in the cyan color as well? Would be a nice visual break on some keyboards.
Good point, forgot about that.
Post by: mgh87 on Fri, 11 August 2017, 08:06:03
Post by: UTEster750 on Sat, 12 August 2017, 06:01:41
Post by: wylie on Mon, 14 August 2017, 10:37:57
Post by: braidn on Mon, 14 August 2017, 10:52:17
Kits are looking good. Is the idea that the Ergodox kit would include all the keys shown, including the alphas?
Yes, I want to make it standalone as it would already be quite expensive.
How expensive are we talking for the kit? I am super down for this kit, mainly because the full dox kit looks baller. Love the color combos overall.
Post by: poolside on Sat, 19 August 2017, 18:11:56
- R2 Backspace to complement the R2 HHKB Delete?
Also, the ErgoDox mockup shows duplicate vertical { ] keycaps. Is that intended?
Edit: key size
Post by: Atredl on Sat, 19 August 2017, 19:58:06
1.5u R3 Fn keycap to swap for CapsLockYou mean 1.75u right?
Post by: poolside on Sun, 20 August 2017, 05:29:27
1.5u R3 Fn keycap to swap for CapsLockYou mean 1.75u right?
Oops, yes, of course!
Post by: Auk on Sun, 20 August 2017, 07:14:51
Post by: hoq on Mon, 21 August 2017, 02:07:21
I'm in if it becomes real! :thumb:
Post by: Aevyn on Mon, 21 August 2017, 03:33:59
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Post by: ideus on Mon, 21 August 2017, 07:48:15
Interesred! (First post! Been lurking for a year or so)
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Welcome to GH and this set would be a great first buy.
Post by: Aevyn on Mon, 21 August 2017, 20:00:21
Fortunately I already have a few sets thanks to MD!Interesred! (First post! Been lurking for a year or so)
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Welcome to GH and this set would be a great first buy.
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Post by: bitranch on Wed, 30 August 2017, 10:08:51
Post by: pomk on Wed, 30 August 2017, 10:20:01
edit: and to all saying that some of the keys are unnecessary anyway, like the currently missing '§½', file your complaint to: https://www.csc.fi/
Post by: ideus on Wed, 30 August 2017, 16:25:50
Post by: PQuix on Thu, 31 August 2017, 14:03:53
Post by: tinyprawn on Fri, 01 September 2017, 14:00:46
1. Is the bottom row of the Ergodox kit going to be r4c (convex like a spacebar)?
2. Are the 1u and 2u keys in the spacebar kit going to be r4c?
I think that's how Yuri was designed.
Post by: feraphic on Sat, 02 September 2017, 15:09:59
Post by: _rubik on Wed, 25 October 2017, 22:37:36
Post by: Xaniphon on Fri, 27 October 2017, 00:45:22
Post by: _rubik on Sat, 28 October 2017, 17:55:58
Would be really great if you could add a 2u Shift key into the base kit aswell to cover XD64 and DZ60 layouts :)x2
Post by: iliketimex on Sat, 28 October 2017, 20:39:00
Post by: vinzlr on Mon, 30 October 2017, 15:02:37
Post by: GreyAmbience on Mon, 30 October 2017, 15:36:13
Any chance of not running this GB on massdrop? Really interested but I'm not going to participate in massdrop GBs anymoreSame here. If this goes on Zfrontier I'm interested.
Post by: Troif on Mon, 30 October 2017, 16:20:47
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Post by: heliar_mk on Sun, 05 November 2017, 00:22:40
Post by: jihadu on Sun, 05 November 2017, 08:21:12
Any chance of not running this GB on massdrop? Really interested but I'm not going to participate in massdrop GBs anymoreNow if only MD was based was based in the EU I would not have to pay a gazillion euros in import duties for something made in the EU.
Post by: Vala on Tue, 09 January 2018, 03:29:35
As for GMK Hana, it seems like JTK is more likely at this point which imo is a good thing as their sets are high quality and relatively cheap compared to other manufacturers.
Stay tuned!
Post by: andysun on Tue, 09 January 2018, 05:28:14
Post by: pomk on Tue, 09 January 2018, 05:33:44
Sorry, its been several months since this project has had any steam. I'm currently trying to get it onto a platform and hope I can soon, so expect some final revisions coming through (where I'll need everybody's advice on what to change as well).The nordic kit is missing a few keys for proper support of any european layout. You would not start removing keys from the dworak/colemak kit as a cost saving measure, so why would you do it for the nordic kit?
As for GMK Hana, it seems like JTK is more likely at this point which imo is a good thing as their sets are high quality and relatively cheap compared to other manufacturers.
Stay tuned!
Post by: hhkbp2 on Tue, 09 January 2018, 06:01:42
Sorry, its been several months since this project has had any steam. I'm currently trying to get it onto a platform and hope I can soon, so expect some final revisions coming through (where I'll need everybody's advice on what to change as well).
As for GMK Hana, it seems like JTK is more likely at this point which imo is a good thing as their sets are high quality and relatively cheap compared to other manufacturers.
Stay tuned!
Good news. Hope there will be GB coming soon.
Post by: Mechboards on Tue, 09 January 2018, 06:32:45
Post by: hhkbp2 on Tue, 09 January 2018, 07:37:47
The other keycaps I hope to change are those in the Ergodox kit(marked in red rectangles):
[attach=1]
It would be better if the legends are "Home", "End" in left hand side, and "PageUp", "PageDown" in right hand side. It follows the standard Ergodox layout just like the other parts of this kit. And change the R2 "Control" in left hand side to be "Tab". Just like what's in the Ergodox kit of SA Carbon R2.
Post by: Poesjuh on Tue, 09 January 2018, 08:49:01
row 2 ergodox TAB (1,5u)
row 2 ergodox Enter (1,5u)
Add those and I'm in! :D
Post by: Vala on Tue, 09 January 2018, 13:52:35
Sorry, its been several months since this project has had any steam. I'm currently trying to get it onto a platform and hope I can soon, so expect some final revisions coming through (where I'll need everybody's advice on what to change as well).The nordic kit is missing a few keys for proper support of any european layout. You would not start removing keys from the dworak/colemak kit as a cost saving measure, so why would you do it for the nordic kit?
As for GMK Hana, it seems like JTK is more likely at this point which imo is a good thing as their sets are high quality and relatively cheap compared to other manufacturers.
Stay tuned!
Could you give more specifics on which keys are missing? I'm not intentionally omitting them, its just hard to get every key right in any group buy. Thats why it changes with almost every GB.
Post by: Trousers on Tue, 09 January 2018, 16:30:27
Could you give more specifics on which keys are missing? I'm not intentionally omitting them, its just hard to get every key right in any group buy. Thats why it changes with almost every GB.
Well, if you wanted to have a full Nordic set, you'd have to throw in the first half of the number row:
(https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1Tgr0cEgQMeJjy0Fjq6yExFXaV.jpg?size=331818&height=800&width=800&hash=46f6ce3e483f7ad6709cc774c13ad80a)
SA Oblivion is an example of a set with full Nordic support, but it does mean a lot of keys:
(https://i.imgur.com/1CcQSer.jpg)
Post by: amnesia0287 on Tue, 09 January 2018, 16:39:21
Could you give more specifics on which keys are missing? I'm not intentionally omitting them, its just hard to get every key right in any group buy. Thats why it changes with almost every GB.
Well, if you wanted to have a full Nordic set, you'd have to throw in the first half of the number row:Show Image(https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1Tgr0cEgQMeJjy0Fjq6yExFXaV.jpg?size=331818&height=800&width=800&hash=46f6ce3e483f7ad6709cc774c13ad80a)
SA Oblivion is an example of a set with full Nordic support, but it does mean a lot of keys:Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/1CcQSer.jpg)
The one he has originally is the version that is used by Nautilus.
The more complete euro kit looks like this (GMK Carbon used it so did the recent 9009 run):
(https://geekhack.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=91520.0;attach=178079;image)
Post by: pomk on Tue, 09 January 2018, 19:13:36
Could you give more specifics on which keys are missing? I'm not intentionally omitting them, its just hard to get every key right in any group buy. Thats why it changes with almost every GB.The 9009 kit would be great. For 9009 there was a poll about it and about 80% of people preferred the complete kit versus the nautilus abomination.
Post by: SeedyOne on Wed, 10 January 2018, 01:00:21
Post by: My_Thoughts on Wed, 10 January 2018, 09:49:40
Post by: sncbraxsc2 on Wed, 10 January 2018, 10:38:54
Post by: NoChance on Thu, 11 January 2018, 21:58:04
Looks great.
Post by: banykus on Fri, 12 January 2018, 08:41:49
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Post by: TastyNico on Fri, 12 January 2018, 09:15:36
Post by: Poesjuh on Fri, 12 January 2018, 11:29:02
Will this be run through Massdrop?
Please no! :-[
Post by: hhkbp2 on Mon, 15 January 2018, 00:17:46
Post by: vtachkov on Mon, 15 January 2018, 00:44:45
What does it mean by the title "revival Jan 18"? The GB will start at Jan 18?
I think that's supposed to mean January, 2018. Not the 18th. I wish though.
Post by: nguyenhimself on Mon, 15 January 2018, 03:28:22
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Post by: Lbibass on Tue, 16 January 2018, 10:05:22
Post by: WarmCat on Fri, 19 January 2018, 19:37:38
Post by: ideus on Fri, 19 January 2018, 22:03:47
Post by: Vala on Sun, 21 January 2018, 14:42:27
What does it mean by the title "revival Jan 18"? The GB will start at Jan 18?
Just means i'm starting to work on it again. GB doesn't have a specific date yet.
Have the price tiers been published yet?
Still finalizing stuff so not yet.
Post by: ideus on Sun, 21 January 2018, 14:51:12
On the set design, I really like the R/MK icon. Is it a first in double shot? I am not sure if have seen such icon made by GMK.
Post by: wixxzblu on Sun, 21 January 2018, 16:08:08
Post by: Poesjuh on Sun, 21 January 2018, 16:13:05
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Post by: amnesia0287 on Sun, 21 January 2018, 16:18:38
1.5u pls for hhkb layout lovers ^^
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?? This set has 1.5u Ctrl Alt and Code keys? What are you talking about?
Post by: Poesjuh on Sun, 21 January 2018, 16:47:23
I was kinda responding to wixxzblu, with regards to the novelties. He said 1,25u R4 novelties, i’d like 1,5u R4 novelties :)1.5u pls for hhkb layout lovers ^^
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Post by: NoChance on Tue, 23 January 2018, 14:07:42
Post by: PotatoTM on Fri, 02 February 2018, 00:32:39
Post by: audax989 on Fri, 02 February 2018, 01:18:08
Post by: Vala on Sat, 03 February 2018, 01:46:50
- F, J, numpad 5 scooped and barred
- 00 key added to base kit next to alternate 1u 0
- H, U, N, T in colevrak scooped
- updated spacebar kit
- 2u shift in base kit
- redone hatsune miku kit
- moved iso cyan enter to nordic/euro set
- cyan arrow keys in electric symbols kit
In progress:
- moving EU/nordic kit over to 9009 format as requested
- switching ergodox to blanks like in GMK laser (I don't like the idea of forcing a layout in such a variable keyboard)
Post by: Vala on Sun, 04 February 2018, 19:18:47
I would also appreciate if you voted for what kits you would get if it were to hit Massdrop soon:
https://www.massdrop.com/vote/GMK-Electric-Interest-Check (https://www.massdrop.com/vote/GMK-Electric-Interest-Check)
Post by: PotatoTM on Sun, 04 February 2018, 19:59:45
Just updated OP with new child deals. Would like feedback!
I would also appreciate if you voted for what kits you would get if it were to hit Massdrop soon:
https://www.massdrop.com/vote/GMK-Electric-Interest-Check (https://www.massdrop.com/vote/GMK-Electric-Interest-Check)
Maybe a kit with F1-F4 + F9-F12 in modifier colours?
Also, I can't speak for everyone but I'd prefer to see a GB without MassDrop if it's possible, they are just not that great for anyone outside of the US and have recently been handling / fulfilling orders suboptimally.
Post by: hhkbp2 on Sun, 04 February 2018, 22:23:07
Just updated OP with new child deals. Would like feedback!
I would also appreciate if you voted for what kits you would get if it were to hit Massdrop soon:
https://www.massdrop.com/vote/GMK-Electric-Interest-Check (https://www.massdrop.com/vote/GMK-Electric-Interest-Check)
How about a whole range of F1 to F12 and a novelties "Enter" for the 01 set?
Post by: Peppermint216 on Mon, 05 February 2018, 07:03:07
Just updated OP with new child deals. Would like feedback!
I would also appreciate if you voted for what kits you would get if it were to hit Massdrop soon:
https://www.massdrop.com/vote/GMK-Electric-Interest-Check (https://www.massdrop.com/vote/GMK-Electric-Interest-Check)
Maybe a kit with F1-F4 + F9-F12 in modifier colours?
Also, I can't speak for everyone but I'd prefer to see a GB without MassDrop if it's possible, they are just not that great for anyone outside of the US and have recently been handling / fulfilling orders suboptimally.
I'm in the EU myself, the problem is without massdrop will we reach that 250 moq?
Post by: CQ_Cumbers on Mon, 05 February 2018, 08:56:55
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Post by: PotatoTM on Mon, 05 February 2018, 16:10:36
Just updated OP with new child deals. Would like feedback!
I would also appreciate if you voted for what kits you would get if it were to hit Massdrop soon:
https://www.massdrop.com/vote/GMK-Electric-Interest-Check (https://www.massdrop.com/vote/GMK-Electric-Interest-Check)
Maybe a kit with F1-F4 + F9-F12 in modifier colours?
Also, I can't speak for everyone but I'd prefer to see a GB without MassDrop if it's possible, they are just not that great for anyone outside of the US and have recently been handling / fulfilling orders suboptimally.
I'm in the EU myself, the problem is without massdrop will we reach that 250 moq?
Yeah that's a good point, its a real shame that it seems like any GMK set that gets ran outside of Massdrop seems to struggle with hitting the moq.
Post by: Aldarris on Mon, 05 February 2018, 20:54:41
(https://i.imgur.com/XAlpJi8.jpg)
Post by: WarmCat on Wed, 07 February 2018, 23:15:01
Hmm it seems to have changed, I’m not seeing 1.5u “code” keys :-(1.5u pls for hhkb layout lovers ^^
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?? This set has 1.5u Ctrl Alt and Code keys? What are you talking about?
Please add them again or 1.5u novelties! Set won’t fit on my HHKB layout boards without them.
Post by: Vala on Sun, 11 February 2018, 06:46:58
I'm looking forward to this set and wanted to see how the alpha coloring would look, so I threw it into kbrenders.com for a quick render. I didn't use any custom legends and the coloring may not be completely accurate - I just used the GMK colors on keyboard-layout-editor - but hopefully this might give people a better idea of what the set would really look like.
(Attachment Link)
Looks awesome! Thanks for the render.
Just want to say thank you for doing a set like this. I bought the JTK Photo Studio and some Japanese alphas to make something similar. I wanted to make a board themed around Hatsune Miku. Hope all goes well with your IC.Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/XAlpJi8.jpg)
Interesting combo, you did get the miku look down.
Post by: diwoka on Wed, 21 February 2018, 06:36:36
your kit is only for cherry ? do you think do a model for topre (hhkb for example )
thk a lot
diwoka
Post by: amnesia0287 on Wed, 21 February 2018, 06:54:19
your kit is very cool
your kit is only for cherry ? do you think do a model for topre (hhkb for example )
thk a lot
diwoka
There isn't really anyone producing topre caps. GMK doesnt make them. Best option is probably to get sliders.
Post by: jihadu on Wed, 21 February 2018, 10:55:37
Post by: PotatoTM on Wed, 07 March 2018, 13:50:03
I'm afraid because of the popularity of GMK Space Cadet and Serika that this one might be pushed back as a Massdrop ran GB. Either way, still rooting for this set as it matches my next board perfectly and would love to add it to my collection!
Post by: IbnAlfreak on Sun, 18 March 2018, 14:42:05
Post by: Vloshko on Sun, 18 March 2018, 19:52:45
Post by: SevenU on Sun, 18 March 2018, 19:56:15
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Post by: WarmCat on Tue, 20 March 2018, 07:04:10
Hmm it seems to have changed, I’m not seeing 1.5u “code” keys :-(1.5u pls for hhkb layout lovers ^^
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?? This set has 1.5u Ctrl Alt and Code keys? What are you talking about?
Please add them again or 1.5u novelties! Set won’t fit on my HHKB layout boards without them.
Any news here? Was holding out for this set.
Post by: mudcakehoney on Tue, 20 March 2018, 18:17:07
Post by: PotatoTM on Mon, 26 March 2018, 01:46:41
Post by: IbnAlfreak on Mon, 09 April 2018, 10:30:16
I'm really holding out for this set. In fact, I'm passing up on the MiTo SA Pulse set to hold out for this one, because I only have the money for one set.
Post by: Kunkka on Mon, 23 April 2018, 02:21:23
I notice all the 1u keycaps that planck requires have been included, except the 1u TAB.
Forgive me if I am wrong.
Post by: tex_live_utility on Mon, 23 April 2018, 03:09:29
Post by: tanvir175 on Mon, 23 April 2018, 09:17:38
Post by: shyBravado on Mon, 23 April 2018, 22:31:03
And now I want the whole set now!
Post by: PotatoTM on Sun, 29 April 2018, 00:47:43
Post by: krey on Sat, 12 May 2018, 22:39:58
wondering if it would be possible for split spacebar support. :)
Post by: RSC on Sun, 13 May 2018, 15:02:56
Post by: toastyparty on Sun, 27 May 2018, 20:24:37
Post by: goodman247 on Sun, 27 May 2018, 22:43:07
Post by: GSV-CargoCult on Tue, 26 June 2018, 15:09:36
Post by: IbnAlfreak on Wed, 04 July 2018, 12:23:28
Post by: fleeceman on Thu, 05 July 2018, 09:44:24
Post by: stu-rem on Fri, 06 July 2018, 12:46:36
Just love the design of the electric symbols!!Agree, the novelties are terrific.
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Post by: Kunkka on Thu, 26 July 2018, 23:03:18
Post by: otanishock on Mon, 06 August 2018, 04:43:52
Post by: mingk on Mon, 06 August 2018, 07:04:58
Post by: oldcat on Mon, 06 August 2018, 23:06:21
Post by: stolenweapon on Thu, 09 August 2018, 03:36:07
Post by: whitty on Fri, 10 August 2018, 00:14:05
Post by: fleeceman on Fri, 10 August 2018, 03:27:05
Post by: SongJinGi on Sun, 02 September 2018, 15:53:17
Post by: x86ect on Mon, 03 September 2018, 15:42:46
looking for my first set, anything similar to this colorway I'm in.
Leopold makes an FC660M with a very similar colorway.
Post by: shyBravado on Mon, 01 October 2018, 00:00:28
Post by: xyc0n on Thu, 08 November 2018, 04:37:42
I would love to see the electronic symbols rounded out with a couple more logic gates, a resistor, and the transistor Esc moved into that kit. And more symbol mods!
An expanded version of the kit would do well in it's own GB if it were run in 4-6 popular colorways. Just a thought.
Post by: Mag_Flux on Sat, 17 November 2018, 15:44:42
I like this concept. Is there any future for this?
I would love to see the electronic symbols rounded out with a couple more logic gates, a resistor, and the transistor Esc moved into that kit. And more symbol mods!
An expanded version of the kit would do well in it's own GB if it were run in 4-6 popular colorways. Just a thought.
Spot on, I agree. :thumb:
Post by: ideus on Tue, 20 November 2018, 16:40:21
Just curious... if Vala no longer wants to run this, can someone else?
This is the most important question.
Post by: shyBravado on Thu, 06 December 2018, 14:55:05
Just curious... if Vala no longer wants to run this, can someone else?
This is the most important question.
I would if I had more of a clue as to how to run a GB and more time. This would do so, so well under experienced guidance...
Post by: tex_live_utility on Fri, 07 December 2018, 07:47:49
Personally I think this would look good in another profile, but people love their GMK.
Post by: shyBravado on Mon, 10 December 2018, 16:10:06
It's not a good time to run to GMK group buy, especially since there is a lot of "subtle neon and cyan" stuff in both IC and GB (modern Dolch, waves, calm depths, hammerhead).
Personally I think this would look good in another profile, but people love their GMK.
Definitely. Perhaps it'd be better if this was SA or maybe even KAM, MT3, or the new profile Novelkeys is coming up with?
Post by: elmo on Thu, 03 January 2019, 03:19:27
Definitely. Perhaps it'd be better if this was SA or maybe even KAM, MT3, or the new profile Novelkeys is coming up with?
Totally agree with that. If this where SA or MT3 I would instantly join this. But with GMK I'm still not sure if I really want to... :blank:
Post by: swirle13 on Tue, 26 February 2019, 13:46:21
Post by: swirle13 on Tue, 26 February 2019, 13:47:14
Definitely. Perhaps it'd be better if this was SA or maybe even KAM, MT3, or the new profile Novelkeys is coming up with?
Totally agree with that. If this where SA or MT3 I would instantly join this. But with GMK I'm still not sure if I really want to... :blank:
The original design was SA which I've been following since 2015. I agree it would look much better and help it stand out against all the other subtle neon and cyan sets.
Post by: Poesjuh on Tue, 26 February 2019, 14:07:15
Post by: vicissitude on Tue, 26 February 2019, 16:46:42
What's the lately status?
Do we have any updates?
Post by: Uryftw on Sat, 23 March 2019, 09:48:12
Post by: MdotMaxson on Mon, 20 May 2019, 02:29:04
Also... two things I would recommend. Although I’m new so it might be how it is for a reason.
It looks like the 1unit enter is R4... maybe should be R3? Also I feel like the colors should be reversed to make it grey on blue.
Post by: MdotMaxson on Mon, 20 May 2019, 11:47:24
Definitely. Perhaps it'd be better if this was SA or maybe even KAM, MT3, or the new profile Novelkeys is coming up with?
Totally agree with that. If this where SA or MT3 I would instantly join this. But with GMK I'm still not sure if I really want to... :blank:
The original design was SA which I've been following since 2015. I agree it would look much better and help it stand out against all the other subtle neon and cyan sets.
I am on board 100% with SA or even more so with MT3. But... following this since 2015... so it’s been in thought for four years? Aka never gonna happen. That’s too bad, I love when I can promote my hobbies with my hobbies.
Post by: euphxenos on Mon, 20 May 2019, 13:11:52
Post by: MdotMaxson on Tue, 21 May 2019, 03:32:24
Post by: MdotMaxson on Tue, 21 May 2019, 03:33:44
Post by: nguyenhimself on Tue, 21 May 2019, 04:14:03
Well if he is gone and never coming back.... can someone just take what is here and roll with it. The interest is out thereUnless OP is around to give consent, most GB runners wouldn't dare taking someone else's design and just "roll with it". That's just rude.
And if they do dare, well better brace for impact when OP returns someday to accuse them of "stealing my hard work for profit".
Post by: IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES on Tue, 21 May 2019, 15:59:03
Post by: MdotMaxson on Tue, 21 May 2019, 18:10:26
Well if he is gone and never coming back.... can someone just take what is here and roll with it. The interest is out thereUnless OP is around to give consent, most GB runners wouldn't dare taking someone else's design and just "roll with it". That's just rude.
And if they do dare, well better brace for impact when OP returns someday to accuse them of "stealing my hard work for profit".
That was sarcasm. I’m sorry you missed it and think I’m some kind of theif. Don’t worry you can step down from your throne though no one is stealing anything. Lol geez I forget anything written in words will be taken literal by at least one of you snowflakes.
Post by: MdotMaxson on Tue, 21 May 2019, 18:13:12
Post by: nguyenhimself on Tue, 21 May 2019, 22:45:26
>snowflakesWell if he is gone and never coming back.... can someone just take what is here and roll with it. The interest is out thereUnless OP is around to give consent, most GB runners wouldn't dare taking someone else's design and just "roll with it". That's just rude.
And if they do dare, well better brace for impact when OP returns someday to accuse them of "stealing my hard work for profit".
That was sarcasm. I’m sorry you missed it and think I’m some kind of theif. Don’t worry you can step down from your throne though no one is stealing anything. Lol geez I forget anything written in words will be taken literal by at least one of you snowflakes.
>theif
I can’t even.
Nobody is making a big deal out of this or making fun of you.
I was just commenting on the issue.
I didn’t say *you* were planning to run this.
Chill. Not everyone is out to own you.
Post by: MdotMaxson on Wed, 22 May 2019, 15:02:18
Post by: Zeelobby on Sun, 16 February 2020, 13:46:18
Post by: Vala on Sat, 14 March 2020, 07:12:03
I'm going to start with finishing up GMK Electric and getting it to production, as I feel this set deserves to be made.
I'm currently looking into what people have been doing for the past couple of years so I can modify my child deals to fit with what is most popular. It seems where I left off back in February of 2018 was pretty solid, and I imagine only a few modifications will need to be made to get to a final design.
Assuming designs are finalized over the next couple months, I imagine the set will enter production late this year. And the plan is still to go with Drop, with perhaps some other distributors as well for those outside the US.
Please, if you have suggestions for the kit, any key cap you want to see included, please let me know in this thread! (and please include your reasoning :D)
Post by: Robosculpts on Sat, 14 March 2020, 07:48:29
Post by: hkiri on Sat, 14 March 2020, 08:42:14
Post by: thornkin on Sat, 14 March 2020, 18:26:57
Post by: PotatoTM on Sun, 15 March 2020, 00:15:35
Post by: Durburz on Wed, 18 March 2020, 04:02:41
But I think you should add a resistor novelty key.
Post by: diqkiq on Wed, 18 March 2020, 16:54:37
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Post by: D3LTA on Fri, 20 March 2020, 09:46:18
Well, it's been almost 2 years since I last worked on the set... I feel really bad about my inactivity, and now that I'm graduating college (finally) I want to get back into designing key caps.
I'm going to start with finishing up GMK Electric and getting it to production, as I feel this set deserves to be made.
I'm currently looking into what people have been doing for the past couple of years so I can modify my child deals to fit with what is most popular. It seems where I left off back in February of 2018 was pretty solid, and I imagine only a few modifications will need to be made to get to a final design.
Assuming designs are finalized over the next couple months, I imagine the set will enter production late this year. And the plan is still to go with Drop, with perhaps some other distributors as well for those outside the US.
Please, if you have suggestions for the kit, any key cap you want to see included, please let me know in this thread! (and please include your reasoning :D)
Can you please modify the Colevrak kit to align with the newer Colevrak+ offering? I believe that the kit from the GMK WoB IC is considered best practice.
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=102335.0;topicseen
(https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=102335.0;topicseen)
Post by: KEYGEM on Fri, 20 March 2020, 15:54:43
Post by: depletedvespene on Sun, 22 March 2020, 18:53:21
Post by: depletedvespene on Sun, 22 March 2020, 19:00:24
Post by: NoNonsensePC on Sun, 29 March 2020, 21:06:17
Post by: CrazyAssMonkey on Sun, 29 March 2020, 21:54:45
Edit: I noticed you also asked for reasons, Op Amps and transistors are integral parts of analog electronics and power electronics as well. I also think it would be really cool if letters such as V, I, R and others that have a large meaning in electrical applications where highlighted. Maybe make the lettering blue in that case, or something along those lines.
Post by: Azurewrath on Tue, 31 March 2020, 12:48:07
Please, if you have suggestions for the kit, any key cap you want to see included, please let me know in this thread! (and please include your reasoning :D)The Nordic Kit is missing the Z for R2. The Y for R4 is included for some reason. That would make the Nordic Kit also fully compatible to ISO-DE, the standard german QWERTZ-Layout.
"Cherry sculpted profile (1-2-3-4-4)" is the "normal" one found on the G80-3000 i guess?
Did you decide on the material yet? ABS? PBT? Something else?
If you add the Z i might be in for Base Kit+Nordic. :)
(Oh and a EU distributor would be great.. having to pay high shipping plus +19% tax ain't no joke..)
Post by: hineybush on Tue, 31 March 2020, 13:16:55
(Oh and a EU distributor would be great.. having to pay high shipping plus +19% tax ain't no joke..)
you realize the EU proxy will add that 19% on regardless right
Post by: konstantin on Tue, 31 March 2020, 13:24:03
(Oh and a EU distributor would be great.. having to pay high shipping plus +19% tax ain't no joke..)
you realize the EU proxy will add that 19% on regardless right
21% actually (assuming MyKeyboard)
Post by: Oblotzky on Tue, 31 March 2020, 13:25:41
(Oh and a EU distributor would be great.. having to pay high shipping plus +19% tax ain't no joke..)
you realize the EU proxy will add that 19% on regardless right
21% actually
depends on the proxy
Post by: Azurewrath on Tue, 31 March 2020, 13:27:06
you realize the EU proxy will add that 19% on regardless rightOf course, the thing is that (at least in Germany) you pay the "Mehrwertsteuer" of 19% on products. But when you import something it's suddenly called "Einfuhrumsatzsteuer" and the sum of everything in that order gets taxed, including the shipping costs.
(And what's even more annoying, it's very likely you'll have to pick up the package from the customs office.. which in my case means a 1h drive and having to wait in line for ages, followed by explaining what the hell i ordered to a 60 year old bureaucrat that could easily be replaced by a chimp.) :)
Post by: konstantin on Tue, 31 March 2020, 14:34:06
depends on the proxy
Hence why “assuming MyKeyboard”. Guess you managed to post that in the 20 sec it took me to edit that in. Nice.
Post by: catbus on Wed, 01 April 2020, 07:15:28
Its all that's missing to fill my preonic ;D
Post by: equalunique on Wed, 01 April 2020, 11:33:27
Post by: sevenseacat on Fri, 03 April 2020, 06:34:33
Post by: MdotMaxson on Sat, 11 April 2020, 07:12:37
Post by: konstantin on Sat, 11 April 2020, 09:38:03
I’ll iust use some white alphas I already have. Like my homophobics from GMK oblivi r2. And call it good. Thanks.
your what
Post by: CrazyAssMonkey on Sat, 11 April 2020, 09:46:14
I’ll iust use some white alphas I already have. Like my homophobics from GMK oblivi r2. And call it good. Thanks.
your what
I'm happy I was not the only one confused.
Post by: IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES on Sat, 11 April 2020, 15:23:21
I’ll iust use some white alphas I already have. Like my homophobics from GMK oblivi r2. And call it good. Thanks.
your what
Sounds like one of the sets on keycapsets.com from a few days ago.
I think this would look nice w hagoromo too
Post by: Vala on Thu, 16 April 2020, 06:15:44
Post by: FTR_Beat on Thu, 16 April 2020, 10:13:19
I think if you add the UN6037 colored standard spacebars to the base kit (like you did for esc and arrows) for consistency, it would be perfect!
Love the novelties!
Post by: Poesjuh on Thu, 16 April 2020, 10:23:09
Post by: hkiri on Thu, 16 April 2020, 16:06:34
Updated the OP with all of the new kits, please give me your feedback through the Google form! I also have some exciting stuff in the pipeline with CandyKeys... so look out for that :)
Thank god NorDe is still planned!
Post by: Vala on Thu, 16 April 2020, 19:03:48
Any chance for some sexy renders ?
For sure! They are coming soon :) (along with some other cool stuff I have planned with CandyKeys...)
Post by: dvorcol on Thu, 16 April 2020, 20:26:08
MoreWell, it's been almost 2 years since I last worked on the set... I feel really bad about my inactivity, and now that I'm graduating college (finally) I want to get back into designing key caps.
I'm going to start with finishing up GMK Electric and getting it to production, as I feel this set deserves to be made.
I'm currently looking into what people have been doing for the past couple of years so I can modify my child deals to fit with what is most popular. It seems where I left off back in February of 2018 was pretty solid, and I imagine only a few modifications will need to be made to get to a final design.
Assuming designs are finalized over the next couple months, I imagine the set will enter production late this year. And the plan is still to go with Drop, with perhaps some other distributors as well for those outside the US.
Please, if you have suggestions for the kit, any key cap you want to see included, please let me know in this thread! (and please include your reasoning :D)
Can you please modify the Colevrak kit to align with the newer Colevrak+ offering? I believe that the kit from the GMK WoB IC is considered best practice.
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=102335.0;topicseen
(https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=102335.0;topicseen)
I second D3LTA's suggestion. Please add the group of keycaps on the right to make a full Colevrak+ kit.
(https://i.imgur.com/tIyoVvh.png)
More details are posted here (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=101187.msg2786467#msg2786467) for anyone interested.
Post by: phedd on Thu, 16 April 2020, 22:17:29
Is it just me or is Alt Gr becoming more and more neglected? Really happy about it right now actually considering my economics, meaning very few kits are even interesting for me. But worried about the trend in general.
Post by: Vala on Wed, 22 April 2020, 23:48:20
Change list:
- Moved 6.25u blue spacebar to base kit
- Added base color 6u spacebars to spacebar kit
- Upgraded Colevrak to Colevrak+
- Added 1.25u and 1.5u "Alt Gr" keys to Norde
- Added R4 1.5u and 1u novelties to novelties kit
Post by: FTR_Beat on Thu, 23 April 2020, 09:58:54
Looks tight.
I think if you add the UN6037 colored standard spacebars to the base kit (like you did for esc and arrows) for consistency, it would be perfect!
Love the novelties!
Great! Thanks for including this one into the update.
When is the GB planned for again? =)
Post by: Tyson on Thu, 23 April 2020, 10:05:27
Updated the kits with some of the suggestions from this thread & the form (thank you to everyone who filled it out, it was super helpful!)
Change list:
- Moved 6.25u blue spacebar to base kit
- Added base color 6u spacebars to spacebar kit
- Upgraded Colevrak to Colevrak+
- Added 1.25u and 1.5u "Alt Gr" keys to Norde
- Added R4 1.5u and 1u novelties to novelties kit
Sounds awesome! Any word on vendors for this set?
Post by: dallman5 on Thu, 23 April 2020, 10:46:37
Post by: Vala on Thu, 23 April 2020, 13:23:30
Looks tight.
I think if you add the UN6037 colored standard spacebars to the base kit (like you did for esc and arrows) for consistency, it would be perfect!
Love the novelties!
Great! Thanks for including this one into the update.
When is the GB planned for again? =)
Hopefully in 2020. That's about all we can hope for currently. Seems like GMK is quite back logged.
Sounds awesome! Any word on vendors for this set?
I was going to wait until kits were finalized to approach more vendors, so they should be decided soon. I think that the kits are pretty much complete at this point, so ill give it a few more days to see if anybody has any final suggestions.
Post by: FTR_Beat on Thu, 23 April 2020, 13:54:26
How about adding an Electric blue Modifier kit?
I find the UN6037 pretty unique an popping! That could be cool.
Post by: Vala on Sun, 26 April 2020, 06:09:04
Since you are still taking suggestions... =)
How about adding an Electric blue Modifier kit?
I find the UN6037 pretty unique an popping! That could be cool.
I tested this out, and personally I think the dark gray is necessary to balance out the look of the set. With all blue modifiers it looks too light overall.
Post by: konstantin on Sun, 26 April 2020, 07:17:03
I also think you should change the Scroll Lock legend to Scroll, Num Lock legend to Num, and stepped Caps Lock legend to Caps, for consistency.
Post by: Vala on Sun, 26 April 2020, 23:22:16
Hey, could you add R3 PgUp, R4 PgDn for 65%/75% users and change the R4 \| ISO key to <> so that there isn't a duplicate legend (ISO people really seem to dislike this)?
I also think you should change the Scroll Lock legend to Scroll, Num Lock legend to Num, and stepped Caps Lock legend to Caps, for consistency.
Thanks for the suggestions! I will add the R3 pgup and pgdn, and update the double-lined legends as well. However, I'm not sure what you mean about the ISO key update. All GMK kits I see use the duplicate \| key.
Post by: Vala on Sun, 26 April 2020, 23:32:03
(https://i.imgur.com/24ajun8.png)
Post by: CrazyAssMonkey on Sun, 26 April 2020, 23:32:51
New update in OP! Let me know what you think of the desk mat design :)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/24ajun8.png)
My electrical engineering bits are tingling. :p
Post by: LightningXI on Mon, 27 April 2020, 00:15:36
New update in OP! Let me know what you think of the desk mat design :)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/24ajun8.png)
For the colors of the set being not so loud, I think the deskmat could be a lot more subtle, and I find it way too busy (even as an EE).
Post by: depletedvespene on Mon, 27 April 2020, 08:05:30
Hey, could you add R3 PgUp, R4 PgDn for 65%/75% users and change the R4 \| ISO key to <> so that there isn't a duplicate legend (ISO people really seem to dislike this)?
I also think you should change the Scroll Lock legend to Scroll, Num Lock legend to Num, and stepped Caps Lock legend to Caps, for consistency.
Thanks for the suggestions! I will add the R3 pgup and pgdn, and update the double-lined legends as well. However, I'm not sure what you mean about the ISO key update. All GMK kits I see use the duplicate \| key.
As the kit stands now, it has both R3 \| and R4 \| (this is called "PC style"). Konstantin is suggesting that you use R3 \| and R4 <>. Either option is fine, but the latter is preferred because it avoids having a "duplicated key" in the keyboard.
See http://www.farah.cl/Keyboardery/Why-Do-Keycap-Sets-have-so-many-Copies-of-the-Backslash-Pipe-Key/#row4yes (http://www.farah.cl/Keyboardery/Why-Do-Keycap-Sets-have-so-many-Copies-of-the-Backslash-Pipe-Key/#row4yes) for more information on this.
Post by: konstantin on Mon, 27 April 2020, 09:57:54
Thanks for the suggestions! I will add the R3 pgup and pgdn, and update the double-lined legends as well. However, I'm not sure what you mean about the ISO key update. All GMK kits I see use the duplicate \| key.
Sweet, glad to hear that.
As for the ISO keys, people have been complaining about the duplicate legends in those sets. It's better not to do it that way. Most sets actually use R3 #~, R4 \|, which is a bit better since there's no duplication, but it's still not great since it's an incomplete set of keys pulled out of ISO-UK (not that there's anything wrong with ISO-UK, it's just not a consistent way of going about things).
R3 \|, R4 <> is the best solution for basic ISO support because it:
- avoids duplicate legends;
- is a complete set, in the sense that it covers at least one layout† fully;
- covers many layouts partially (more than 13†, whereas R3 #~, R4 \| covers around 3‡);
- allows for the best partial coverage achievable with just 4 keys, in terms of approximate number of ISO users: 49%† for R3 \|, R4 <>, vs 34%‡ for R3 #~, R4 \|;
- is more “neutral”, since \| stays next to the Enter key, just switches rows from R2 to R3 due to the different shape of the Enter key.
† R3 \|, R4 <> covers US ISO fully (4 keys), and the following layouts partially (3 keys): DE, DK, IS, FO, NO, SE/FI, EE, FR, BE, IT, PT, ES, AR/BO/CL/CO/EC/PY/PE/UY/VE. This accounts for 244 out of 503 votes from ISO-using countries (not counting US ISO), or 49%, but likely more since some of the layouts in this list fell under the Other category in the survey.
‡ R3 #~, R4 \| covers the following layouts partially (3 keys): UK/IE, BR, MT. This accounts for 173 out of 503 votes from ISO-using countries, or 34%.
Layout info taken from farah.cl (http://www.farah.cl/Keyboardery/A-Visual-Comparison-of-Different-National-Layouts/).
Numbers based on 2020 r/mk Megasurvey (https://imgur.com/gallery/ZPRwOqR#NKLNYS3) results.
Edit 2020-05-24: Updated numbers, please read this (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=106305.msg2908129#msg2908129)
Post by: ebastler on Tue, 28 April 2020, 17:02:59
And a really pretty one, too.
May I ask why you have 2 1.5u and 2 1.25u alt-gr each? Haven't seen more than one per keeb so far.
Post by: oldcat on Tue, 28 April 2020, 17:22:47
New update in OP! Let me know what you think of the desk mat design :)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/24ajun8.png)
Design is hot!
Post by: Vala on Tue, 28 April 2020, 19:38:22
My electrical engineering bits are tingling. :p
I'm glad :p
Design is hot!
Thank you!
For the colors of the set being not so loud, I think the deskmat could be a lot more subtle, and I find it way too busy (even as an EE).
That is totally understandable, as I was designing it I was going back and forth to whether I should leave empty space or fill the entire mat. Would you (and anybody else reading this) be interested in a "toned-down" version of the desk-mat? If so I could probably throw that together.
I can't believe somebody made a set with 1.5u shift! Awesome!
And a really pretty one, too.
May I ask why you have 2 1.5u and 2 1.25u alt-gr each? Haven't seen more than one per keeb so far.
Thanks for pointing that out, it is fixed now. Also, may I ask what you use the 1.5u shift for?
Also, thank you @konstantin and @depletedvespene for the explanation behind the duplicate key, I replaced it with the > < key as you guys requested!
And finally, I created two ISO enter novelties, and am curious what people think.
(https://i.imgur.com/YEUWR13.png)
(oh yeah, I also removed the duplicate Alt Gr keys from Norde)
Post by: IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES on Wed, 29 April 2020, 00:18:07
Dumb question. GMK Ursa had an ISO kit that...handily made MOQ 100! on the back of Paddington on the ISO enter, as Paddington was both unique to that child kit and also was a good icon for the ISO enter crowd. Is there any electrical symbol/theme that’s limited to or more prevalent in the EU?
Post by: Vala on Wed, 29 April 2020, 03:20:22
Good use of space on the ISO keys.
Dumb question. GMK Ursa had an ISO kit that...handily made MOQ 100! on the back of Paddington on the ISO enter, as Paddington was both unique to that child kit and also was a good icon for the ISO enter crowd. Is there any electrical symbol/theme that’s limited to or more prevalent in the EU?
Good point, if somebody has some idea that would make it more unique to Europe in some way that would be great!
Post by: konstantin on Wed, 29 April 2020, 09:32:01
Good use of space on the ISO keys.
Dumb question. GMK Ursa had an ISO kit that...handily made MOQ 100! on the back of Paddington on the ISO enter, as Paddington was both unique to that child kit and also was a good icon for the ISO enter crowd. Is there any electrical symbol/theme that’s limited to or more prevalent in the EU?
Good point, if somebody has some idea that would make it more unique to Europe in some way that would be great!
As you may be aware, there are some differences between the North American (NEMA) and European (IEC) symbol conventions for passive components.
(https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-13333b96cfd2432073294523d22c8a56-c)
However, in practice the difference isn't that great, the two conventions are often mixed in schematics (especially for resistors), and many European engineers prefer to use the NA symbols (and vice-versa in some cases). A more detailed comparison chart is available here (https://www.eaton.com/content/dam/eaton/products/electrical-circuit-protection/medium-voltage-vacuum-circuit-breakers/comparison-nema-iec-schematic-diagrams-mz081001en.pdf).
However, I don't think any of these symbols are as cool as Ursa's Paddington Bear novelty, so how about using a more memorable symbol, like, say, a three-phase transformer? As a Nikola Tesla fan, this would be very cool to see.
(https://i.imgur.com/VKHDlIz.png)
Or how about a full bridge rectifier (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dtPEk73X9U)? I'm sure there are some ElectroBOOM fans out here.
(https://www.electronics-notes.com/images/diode-bridge-rectifier-01.svg)
Another personal favorite of mine is the Wheatstone bridge.
(https://i.imgur.com/WMxfZx9.png)
Post by: IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES on Wed, 29 April 2020, 11:09:28
I bought the Is0 1 key board for ISO keycaps to use my Rolling Bones Iso enter, but the full bridge rectifier or another space filling design might take precedence.
Euro folks should pick tho.
Post by: CrazyAssMonkey on Wed, 29 April 2020, 11:27:00
Good use of space on the ISO keys.
Dumb question. GMK Ursa had an ISO kit that...handily made MOQ 100! on the back of Paddington on the ISO enter, as Paddington was both unique to that child kit and also was a good icon for the ISO enter crowd. Is there any electrical symbol/theme that’s limited to or more prevalent in the EU?
Good point, if somebody has some idea that would make it more unique to Europe in some way that would be great!
As you may be aware, there are some differences between the North American (NEMA) and European (IEC) symbol conventions for passive components.Show Image(https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-13333b96cfd2432073294523d22c8a56-c)
However, in practice the difference isn't that great, the two conventions are often mixed in schematics (especially for resistors), and many European engineers prefer to use the NA symbols (and vice-versa in some cases). A more detailed comparison chart is available here (https://www.eaton.com/content/dam/eaton/products/electrical-circuit-protection/medium-voltage-vacuum-circuit-breakers/comparison-nema-iec-schematic-diagrams-mz081001en.pdf).
However, I don't think any of these symbols are as cool as Ursa's Paddington Bear novelty, so how about using a more memorable symbol, like, say, a three-phase transformer? As a Nikola Tesla fan, this would be very cool to see.Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/VKHDlIz.png)
Or how about a full bridge rectifier (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dtPEk73X9U)? I'm sure there are some ElectroBOOM fans out here.Show Image(https://www.electronics-notes.com/images/diode-bridge-rectifier-01.svg)
Another personal favorite of mine is the Wheatstone bridge.Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/WMxfZx9.png)
Actually a full bridge would be a really cool novelty, or maybe a simple oscillator or RC filter of some sort.
Those are good points on the symbols. I did notice that there are logic components on the novelties so maybe a logic gate for the big enter? Maybe one with a MOSFET which I believe isn't on the novelties.
Post by: konstantin on Wed, 29 April 2020, 11:54:11
Konstantin that’s amazing
I bought the Is0 1 key board for ISO keycaps to use my Rolling Bones Iso enter, but the full bridge rectifier or another space filling design might take precedence.
Euro folks should pick tho.
Yeah, I'm kinda leaning towards the full bridge rectifier myself. ElectroBOOM has made a lasting impact on how I look at electronics, lol.
Post by: ebastler on Thu, 30 April 2020, 04:52:58
Also, may I ask what you use the 1.5u shift for?
Blocked 75% layouts with u/4 delimiters all over the place, like the evolv 75% (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=104531.0) or my own design where I used almost the identical layout need a 1.5u rshift.
I think this creates an exceptionally homogenous look I haven't seen on most 75% boards so far. Sadly, there's almost no sets that include a 1.5u shift (that's probably the reason few designs chose this exact layout).
You can of course use a CTRL/ALT, but having a shift key would be nicer ;D
Post by: Motte on Thu, 30 April 2020, 13:36:45
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Post by: gilgalad101 on Fri, 01 May 2020, 10:04:44
Post by: depletedvespene on Sat, 02 May 2020, 17:29:03
The NORDE kit has the R1 `¬¦ key present twice (so one can be cut off) and the R4 <> key can also be chopped, as it's now part of the base kit.
R3 #~ (required for English (UK)) is missing.
Post by: MdotMaxson on Sun, 03 May 2020, 18:01:07
With that said. I am begging if you can in one of the kits provide 2 R1 1.5U caps. I used boardwalk and although legends will suck at least with 1.5u caps for R1 I can have keys to cover my boardwalk. Else this is just my dream keycap set that serves no purpose for me to waste money on. I’m only one person. I doubt it’ll happen but would be appreciated and I’d pay extra.
Post by: MdotMaxson on Sun, 03 May 2020, 18:05:00
Post by: Vala on Sun, 03 May 2020, 23:30:44
Konstantin that’s amazing
I bought the Is0 1 key board for ISO keycaps to use my Rolling Bones Iso enter, but the full bridge rectifier or another space filling design might take precedence.
Euro folks should pick tho.
Yeah, I'm kinda leaning towards the full bridge rectifier myself. ElectroBOOM has made a lasting impact on how I look at electronics, lol.
(https://i.imgur.com/4qUqRGh.png)
So I tried to make a full bridge rectifier novelty using the entire space of the ISO enter, is this considered blasphemy or does it work?
Post by: IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES on Mon, 04 May 2020, 01:52:26
I mean it almost looks like an iso enter
AC Power? Load?
Post by: IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES on Mon, 04 May 2020, 01:53:59
I mean it almost looks like an iso enter
Post by: G562 on Mon, 04 May 2020, 02:18:48
I need this now... ;D
Post by: konstantin on Mon, 04 May 2020, 15:55:43
Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/4qUqRGh.png)
So I tried to make a full bridge rectifier novelty using the entire space of the ISO enter, is this considered blasphemy or does it work?
Nice! It does technically (and electrically) work, but it's not as instantly recognizable as the square net variant :D Maybe just try putting one like this in the center of the cap?
(https://www.electronics-notes.com/images/diode-bridge-rectifier-01.svg)
Post by: Vala on Fri, 08 May 2020, 01:20:14
Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/4qUqRGh.png)
So I tried to make a full bridge rectifier novelty using the entire space of the ISO enter, is this considered blasphemy or does it work?
Nice! It does technically (and electrically) work, but it's not as instantly recognizable as the square net variant :D Maybe just try putting one like this in the center of the cap?Show Image(https://www.electronics-notes.com/images/diode-bridge-rectifier-01.svg)
That's what I tried originally, but it forced me to make the lines super thin, making it look out of place with the other novelties. I'll try to come up with something and post it back here once I'm happy with it.
Post by: rafamundez on Fri, 08 May 2020, 02:51:58
in for one whenever its up and running!
Post by: Mr. UnderPants on Fri, 08 May 2020, 12:56:05
Post by: konstantin on Fri, 08 May 2020, 13:25:30
That's what I tried originally, but it forced me to make the lines super thin, making it look out of place with the other novelties. I'll try to come up with something and post it back here once I'm happy with it.
Proportions of electronic symbols are pretty flexible, so I think you could get away with making the leads thicker.
Post by: Vala on Sun, 10 May 2020, 20:03:27
as an electrical engineer... I'm in love <3
in for one whenever its up and running!
Awesome to hear, thanks for the support :)
Is this keycap set a possibility for a GB, I want to freaking hop on this. My academic career using Multisim for circuit design would make me love having this! Beautiful set!
Yes, the set should be going to GB soon (TM). Might be a few more months with the corona delays on stuff.
And finally, a new ISO novelty enter, this time of a three phase transformer (thanks konstantin for the suggestion). It is a rough sketch, definitely not finished, but let me know what you think of the idea. It's so hard to make an appealing ISO novelty enter that uses the entire cap!
(https://i.imgur.com/gGXC3M5.png)
Post by: IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES on Sun, 10 May 2020, 20:13:02
Post by: Vala on Sun, 10 May 2020, 20:24:07
Also some small kit updates:
- Removed duplicate R1 `¬¦ key from Norde
- Removed R4 > < key from Norde (now in base kit)
- Added R3 "~ #" key to the base kit to support ISO UK users properly
- Added 2 1u R2, 2 1u R3 novelties to novelties kit for 65% users
- Added 1.25u and 1.5u "ground" novelties to novelties kit
- Removed some other novelties from novelties kit to lower cost (might have to do this again...)
Post by: Mr. UnderPants on Sun, 10 May 2020, 21:07:29
as an electrical engineer... I'm in love <3
in for one whenever its up and running!
Awesome to hear, thanks for the support :)Is this keycap set a possibility for a GB, I want to freaking hop on this. My academic career using Multisim for circuit design would make me love having this! Beautiful set!
Yes, the set should be going to GB soon (TM). Might be a few more months with the corona delays on stuff.
And finally, a new ISO novelty enter, this time of a three phase transformer (thanks konstantin for the suggestion). It is a rough sketch, definitely not finished, but let me know what you think of the idea. It's so hard to make an appealing ISO novelty enter that uses the entire cap!Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/gGXC3M5.png)
Heck yes, I am behind this set and it’s colors. Great job on the design!
Post by: CrazyAssMonkey on Mon, 11 May 2020, 00:45:08
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Post by: G562 on Mon, 11 May 2020, 01:09:04
as an electrical engineer... I'm in love <3
in for one whenever its up and running!
Awesome to hear, thanks for the support :)Is this keycap set a possibility for a GB, I want to freaking hop on this. My academic career using Multisim for circuit design would make me love having this! Beautiful set!
Yes, the set should be going to GB soon (TM). Might be a few more months with the corona delays on stuff.
And finally, a new ISO novelty enter, this time of a three phase transformer (thanks konstantin for the suggestion). It is a rough sketch, definitely not finished, but let me know what you think of the idea. It's so hard to make an appealing ISO novelty enter that uses the entire cap!Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/gGXC3M5.png)
I feel that compared to the rest of the keys this seems much more detailed. Kinda out of place to the rest.
Post by: konstantin on Mon, 11 May 2020, 05:53:07
And finally, a new ISO novelty enter, this time of a three phase transformer (thanks konstantin for the suggestion). It is a rough sketch, definitely not finished, but let me know what you think of the idea. It's so hard to make an appealing ISO novelty enter that uses the entire cap!Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/gGXC3M5.png)
I dig it!
Edit: I have a few notes on the current spacebars kit: I think four 6u spacebars is way too many (and I say that as someone who has 6u spacebar on several boards). Most sets usually include one, or at most two 6u spacebars. If you want to keep one, then it should be the gray, centered stem one. If you want to keep two, then it should either be gray, centered stem + gray, off-centered stem (recommended), or gray, centered stem + blue, centered stem.
The blue 1.75u space key can probably be removed, since that key is only used on a few 40% boards: Vortex Core, JD40/JD45 (requires two of them), so it's quite rare.
Post by: CrazyAssMonkey on Mon, 11 May 2020, 07:34:44
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Post by: LightningXI on Tue, 12 May 2020, 01:12:43
Will there be simpler/less busy deskmats?
Post by: FTR_Beat on Tue, 12 May 2020, 02:16:22
Would have loved to feel the electricity all across the board.
Have you thought about trying the electric blue through the letters to see how it would come out?
Just another point of view =)
Post by: Vala on Wed, 13 May 2020, 14:49:48
Hey also is a RAMA key up for consideration? Maybe an enter key with something like V=IR on it?
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Yes, I had a few ideas for RAMA. Namely, a metal enter key with the resistor symbol enameled, and a metal R1 1U novelty with the electric symbol (lightning bolt). I have yet to contact them at this point however.
These kits look really chonky. It's gonna get pricey.
Will there be simpler/less busy deskmats?
I've noticed this problem as well, I'm going to cull some keys and perhaps split up some kits to keep price down.
And I'm not sure if there were be any other deskmat options, the reception to this design has been very positive so far based on the Google poll. If anybody has some suggestions for a simpler design I'm all ears :)
I think this set is pretty awesome. However,, there is something that keeps coming into my mind. It feels like it lacks “electricity” on the alphas.
Would have loved to feel the electricity all across the board.
Have you thought about trying the electric blue through the letters to see how it would come out?
Just another point of view =)
I think I saw this suggestion in the poll and tried it out, it didn't come out very well IMO. Completely changed the feeling of the set.
Post by: CrazyAssMonkey on Wed, 13 May 2020, 15:03:28
Hey also is a RAMA key up for consideration? Maybe an enter key with something like V=IR on it?
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Yes, I had a few ideas for RAMA. Namely, a metal enter key with the resistor symbol enameled, and a metal R1 1U novelty with the electric symbol (lightning bolt). I have yet to contact them at this point however.These kits look really chonky. It's gonna get pricey.
Will there be simpler/less busy deskmats?
I've noticed this problem as well, I'm going to cull some keys and perhaps split up some kits to keep price down.
And I'm not sure if there were be any other deskmat options, the reception to this design has been very positive so far based on the Google poll. If anybody has some suggestions for a simpler design I'm all ears :)I think this set is pretty awesome. However,, there is something that keeps coming into my mind. It feels like it lacks “electricity” on the alphas.
Would have loved to feel the electricity all across the board.
Have you thought about trying the electric blue through the letters to see how it would come out?
Just another point of view =)
I think I saw this suggestion in the poll and tried it out, it didn't come out very well IMO. Completely changed the feeling of the set.
Most excellent news!
When would I be able to hand over my money?
Post by: rafamundez on Wed, 13 May 2020, 21:35:03
I think this set is pretty awesome. However,, there is something that keeps coming into my mind. It feels like it lacks “electricity” on the alphas.
Would have loved to feel the electricity all across the board.
Have you thought about trying the electric blue through the letters to see how it would come out?
Just another point of view =)
I think I saw this suggestion in the poll and tried it out, it didn't come out very well IMO. Completely changed the feeling of the set.
Could we see the render by chance :)
Might be a cool alternate alpha set? Like an "Electric Alphas" option?
Post by: Gondolindrim on Thu, 21 May 2020, 14:37:31
How did I get through EE school without this
gib
Post by: CandyKeys on Thu, 21 May 2020, 17:22:37
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Post by: harlekein on Tue, 09 June 2020, 06:29:54
Post by: MdotMaxson on Tue, 09 June 2020, 09:34:22
I wasn’t in love with this set and I believe this set is why I made an account to comment. When the designer was inactive I thought heavily about making my own set that was themed around electrical engineering (my profession) but just never had time and always hoped this would come back. I also watched GMK high voltage come and go and basically knew it was doomed from the start first from color and second from the price set by either designer or kono.store or some combination of both being dumb enough to think it’d work.
With that said. I am begging if you can in one of the kits provide 2 R1 1.5U caps. I used boardwalk and although legends will suck at least with 1.5u caps for R1 I can have keys to cover my boardwalk. Else this is just my dream keycap set that serves no purpose for me to waste money on. I’m only one person. I doubt it’ll happen but would be appreciated and I’d pay extra.
This was supposed to say I was in love with this set. Not wasn’t. so I assume the no response means there will never be any R1 1.5us.... I would think novelties would be a good place for them or I dunno. Wish I could make this work on my boardwalk but sucks it’s coming back and I have to pass. So sick of GMK
Post by: PQuix on Tue, 16 June 2020, 09:52:52
I. Am. IN!
Post by: Vala on Sat, 20 June 2020, 20:31:17
(https://i.imgur.com/sK4KfG6.png)
I didn't have to remove any of the circuitry, but adding the different shades of color really made the mat feel less busy/cluttered. I hope everyone likes it :) (and feedback is appreciated!)
Post by: dallman5 on Sat, 20 June 2020, 20:32:32
I made a new deskmat design that I am super happy with!Looks great! Looking forward to the GB :)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/sK4KfG6.png)
I didn't have to remove any of the circuitry, but adding the different shades of color really made the mat feel less busy/cluttered. I hope everyone likes it :) (and feedback is appreciated!)
Post by: LightningXI on Sat, 20 June 2020, 22:04:14
Post by: Vala on Sun, 21 June 2020, 04:41:49
God damn, the set has been revived! I was just stopping by to see if it had been officially declared dead before I deleted the bookmark :eek:
I. Am. IN!
Awesome, I'm trying my best to make sure it is worth the multi-year wait :D
This was supposed to say I was in love with this set. Not wasn’t. so I assume the no response means there will never be any R1 1.5us.... I would think novelties would be a good place for them or I dunno. Wish I could make this work on my boardwalk but sucks it’s coming back and I have to pass. So sick of GMK
I'm sorry I didn't respond to your suggestion, I'm not sure if it is worth including R1 1.5u caps within any kit. It is quite niche, and adding two caps of that size is nothing to sneeze at, especially with potentially hundreds of kits being produced.
Looks great! Looking forward to the GB :)
Looks much better with the changed shading; nice!
Thank you! I'm glad you like it
Post by: Sabin on Sun, 21 June 2020, 05:44:04
Post by: nsyinc on Sun, 21 June 2020, 15:50:04
Deskmat looks great, is there an ETA on GB?
wondering the same. though still no vendor named outside eu probably means its’s not imminent.
Post by: Vala on Mon, 22 June 2020, 18:50:14
Deskmat looks great, is there an ETA on GB?
wondering the same. though still no vendor named outside eu probably means its’s not imminent.
Currently no date... getting the vendors sorted is proving to be more difficult than anticipated. I will make sure the GB happens before 2021, but that's really the only guarantee I can give at the moment.
But don't worry, it only means there is more time to get everything right, and find awesome extras/collabs! I'm going to be approaching many artisan vendors to see if they want to make an electric themed version of their caps, so hopefully by the time the GB launches we'll have an impressive number of options.
If you've been waiting years for this set like I know many of you have, just hold out a little longer, it will be worth the wait ;)
Post by: MdotMaxson on Wed, 24 June 2020, 05:18:10
God damn, the set has been revived! I was just stopping by to see if it had been officially declared dead before I deleted the bookmark :eek:
I. Am. IN!
Awesome, I'm trying my best to make sure it is worth the multi-year wait :DThis was supposed to say I was in love with this set. Not wasn’t. so I assume the no response means there will never be any R1 1.5us.... I would think novelties would be a good place for them or I dunno. Wish I could make this work on my boardwalk but sucks it’s coming back and I have to pass. So sick of GMK
I'm sorry I didn't respond to your suggestion, I'm not sure if it is worth including R1 1.5u caps within any kit. It is quite niche, and adding two caps of that size is nothing to sneeze at, especially with potentially hundreds of kits being produced.Looks great! Looking forward to the GB :)Looks much better with the changed shading; nice!
Thank you! I'm glad you like it
I had totally forgotten when I wrote that, that the mods are n9. I think from my memory there has been talk about changing some colors.... is n9 forsure staying? Just curious cause if so then I’m not selling my n9 ergo kits and saving them for this and will purchase a few sets
Post by: Vala on Thu, 25 June 2020, 07:14:19
I had totally forgotten when I wrote that, that the mods are n9. I think from my memory there has been talk about changing some colors.... is n9 forsure staying? Just curious cause if so then I’m not selling my n9 ergo kits and saving them for this and will purchase a few sets
Yes, N9 is final. However, UN6037 will be changed to a pantone color matching the renders more closely (this will be reflected in the new renders).
Post by: cloudtastrophe on Fri, 10 July 2020, 04:29:08
The set is great; but the only key that could make this set impossible to pass for me is an R3 `~ key to cover a modern ANSI XT layout with an ISO Enter. I know it is a very special key, but being just one it could be fitted with very low impact on the cost for the set. I know there are some users that may take advantage of such layout.
PLEASE MAKE THIS A REALITY. or at least the escape novelty! there are literally zero miku "01" artisans out there..
Post by: Visionaire on Sat, 18 July 2020, 10:59:28
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Post by: rafamundez on Mon, 03 August 2020, 04:33:22
With the resurgence of so many dolch themed sets, I am kind of tempted to take GMK Electric in a totally new direction. What do people who are interested in the set think? I would retain the same novelties but go for a different color scheme.
IMO, just run this set that you have put in so much hard work into...
And then work on the next version which will be the new direction? No harm in doing both :)
Post by: Anthixious on Mon, 03 August 2020, 12:20:01
With the resurgence of so many dolch themed sets, I am kind of tempted to take GMK Electric in a totally new direction. What do people who are interested in the set think? I would retain the same novelties but go for a different color scheme.
That would be Electric v2 in case you're wondering :thumb: . Actually I have a new idea for that 2nd project, you could do a lightning theme? Then the 2nd version of that would be Lightning - The 2nd Strike :D
Post by: LightningXI on Mon, 03 August 2020, 14:32:33
With the resurgence of so many dolch themed sets, I am kind of tempted to take GMK Electric in a totally new direction. What do people who are interested in the set think? I would retain the same novelties but go for a different color scheme.
That would be Electric v2 in case you're wondering :thumb: . Actually I have a new idea for that 2nd project, you could do a lightning theme? Then the 2nd version of that would be Lightning - The 2nd Strike :D
You rang?
Post by: Vala on Mon, 03 August 2020, 18:14:46
Post by: rafamundez on Mon, 03 August 2020, 18:18:54
Alright, I think those who have responded so far are right. I'll keep the set how it is, and perhaps run a redesign in the future.
<3
Can't wait for the redesign too! As an EE with a brother who is an EE too, I will be needing 2 sets ;D
Post by: Laneware on Tue, 04 August 2020, 00:54:49
Post by: jiezhou on Fri, 16 October 2020, 22:37:39
Post by: Anthixious on Fri, 16 October 2020, 22:48:34
With the resurgence of so many dolch themed sets, I am kind of tempted to take GMK Electric in a totally new direction. What do people who are interested in the set think? I would retain the same novelties but go for a different color scheme.
That would be Electric v2 in case you're wondering :thumb: . Actually I have a new idea for that 2nd project, you could do a lightning theme? Then the 2nd version of that would be Lightning - The 2nd Strike :D
You rang?
Butt dial, my apologies.....unless.
Post by: dryshirt on Fri, 16 October 2020, 23:40:43
Post by: Tyson on Mon, 19 October 2020, 12:58:27
Post by: treeleaf64 on Mon, 19 October 2020, 13:07:39
Post by: Vala on Mon, 19 October 2020, 13:14:51
To lead, I am extremely sorry to all those waiting for GMK Electric for all of the delays. I had promised this set would run in 2020 and that is no longer possible.
If you don't know, I'm trying to start my own mechanical keyboard vendor for the US, and it has been consuming most of my time lately.
Luckily, it has reached a point where I'm confident GMK Electric will be running on my own store :D
As for updates: the desk mat has been finalized, and a sample is currently in the mail. Here are a couple pictures:
(https://i.imgur.com/hE2BlvX.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/5Wp4lXf.jpg)
There are clearly some issues, such as the design being cut off at a weird place, and the most faded circuit being barely visible. This is why we get samples!
I'm in the process of updating my renders and applying a few last minute tweaks to the kits. Then, off to GMK it goes for pricing. Expect more updates in the coming weeks.
This set isn't dead! And if you've decided to hop onto one of the many similar looking sets that have ran recently, I don't blame you...
Post by: CrazyAssMonkey on Mon, 19 October 2020, 13:22:56
How coincidental that as I'm about to post an update, people want updates!Oh my gosh!
To lead, I am extremely sorry to all those waiting for GMK Electric for all of the delays. I had promised this set would run in 2020 and that is no longer possible.
If you don't know, I'm trying to start my own mechanical keyboard vendor for the US, and it has been consuming most of my time lately.
Luckily, it has reached a point where I'm confident GMK Electric will be running on my own store :D
As for updates: the desk mat has been finalized, and a sample is currently in the mail. Here are a couple pictures:Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/hE2BlvX.jpg)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/5Wp4lXf.jpg)
I'm in the process of updating my renders and applying a few last minute tweaks to the kits. Then, off to GMK it goes for pricing. Expect more updates in the coming weeks.
This set isn't dead! And if you've decided to hop onto one of the many similar looking sets that have ran recently, I don't blame you...
Yes! I’m so happy this is still in the works. I was worried it was gone. Thanks for the update, can’t wait to see what you have in store for us.
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Post by: Anthixious on Mon, 19 October 2020, 20:03:06
Post by: SortaToast on Wed, 21 October 2020, 20:39:08
Post by: kreuxx on Thu, 22 October 2020, 00:22:01
Post by: The.Ryan.Gamer on Thu, 22 October 2020, 11:07:51
Post by: Vala on Sun, 25 October 2020, 16:40:30
Oh my gosh!
Yes! I’m so happy this is still in the works. I was worried it was gone. Thanks for the update, can’t wait to see what you have in store for us.
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The deskmat is looking CLEAN :thumb: . Glad to see this project still coming.
I am still excited for this! Haven't decided what its going on yet though :D
That deskmat looks SICK!!
Really interested. I like these colors.
Thank you everybody for the kind words, I'm glad you are excited for the set. Progress is being made!
Post by: Vegas_ on Thu, 29 October 2020, 21:45:35
Post by: MdotMaxson on Sun, 01 November 2020, 06:09:33
Post by: Vala on Tue, 17 November 2020, 20:15:45
- New kit and board renders (by me)
- Thread formatting update
- USA, EU and CA vendors listed
- New pictures of the deskmat sample
- Base kit is now numpadless and ISO-less
- Numpad has been moved to the numpad kit, changed numpad style to single legends
- ISO has been moved to the ISO kit
- Added dark alphas kit
- Split novelties into "Symbol row" and "Novelties"
- Replaced GND symbol with a NAND symbol (thank you to those that suggested adding this)
- Fixed novelty enters being 2u instead of 2.25
- Removed "geekhack" and "/r/mk" from novelties to reduce cost
- Spacebar kit now includes a 3C key, an extra 2C key, and extra Bs. Removed non-accent 6u spacebars.
- Extension now only supports accent (electric blue) enter keys
- Reason: with the addition of the dark alphas, it would have been prohibitely expensive to include both gray and dark gray variants of all spacebars, so I see no reason in including the non-accent enters either.
- Norde kit has been updated to the latest version of GMK WOB & BOW's NordeUK+ kit
- Supports British, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Faroese, Danish, Deutsch, and Portuguese layouts. I also included an Ñ key for Spanish layouts :)
- I ommitted the » « key as I couldn't find what layout it is a part of, if you know please let me know :)
- Alt Gr and ISO enter keys are now a part of the ISO kit
Please, if you have the time, go through the new kits and let me know if anything is incorrect/missing. As soon as I am comfortable with the kits it goes off to GMK for pricing!
Post by: IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES on Tue, 17 November 2020, 21:31:56
Or put a 2.25u/2.75u in both extension and spacebar kit?
Post by: Vala on Tue, 17 November 2020, 21:56:33
If the alice split bars are only in the extension kit (not my fav thing but ok) shouldn’t the b keys be in there instead of the spacebars kit?
Or put a 2.25u/2.75u in both extension and spacebar kit?
Do no 40%s use 2.25/2.75u? I would be willing to move those into the spacebar kit if it made sense
Post by: IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES on Tue, 17 November 2020, 23:09:53
Post by: productkun on Wed, 18 November 2020, 04:54:00
Post by: STER187 on Wed, 18 November 2020, 07:00:51
Post by: dudewth on Wed, 18 November 2020, 08:12:36
Post by: Vala on Thu, 19 November 2020, 23:06:58
If the alice split bars are only in the extension kit (not my fav thing but ok) shouldn’t the b keys be in there instead of the spacebars kit?
Or put a 2.25u/2.75u in both extension and spacebar kit?
Some 40s use split bars, some don’t. Often the split bars in a 40s kit are the alpha color vs those in the spacebar kit are the accent color. I’ll defer to actual 40s users; only know 40s kit preferences because I buy split bars for any set I get.
I will just include an extra 2.75 and 2.25 in the spacebars kit. I don't think it will increase price by too much so it should be worth it to maximize capability.
looks very nice.. the deskmat especially :thumb:
Looking forward to this. Good luck with the new store sir.
Thank you!
I like my numpad in the base kit, I don't like TKL only kitting :/
I understand why some feel this way as it does slightly increase the cost for numpad users. But the increased affordability when this style fits a majority of people's needs makes more sense to me.
Post by: andtar2 on Sat, 21 November 2020, 04:23:17
- Norde kit has been updated to the latest version of GMK WOB & BOW's NordeUK+ kit
- Supports British, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Faroese, Danish, Deutsch, and Portuguese layouts. I also included an Ñ key for Spanish layouts :)
- I ommitted the » « key as I couldn't find what layout it is a part of, if you know please let me know :)
R1 "» «"-key is used in Portuguese keyboard layout.
Post by: andtar2 on Sat, 21 November 2020, 04:37:53
- Base kit is now numpadless and ISO-less
- ISO has been moved to the ISO kit
- Norde kit has been updated ...
- Alt Gr and ISO enter keys are now a part of the ISO kit
I think these changes will make it very expensive for international layouts (non UK) to just get the base language support (as you will have to buy two separate kits).
Post by: euphxenos on Sat, 21 November 2020, 15:37:08
Post by: shyBravado on Sat, 21 November 2020, 16:32:19
I am so, so in for the novelties omfg
EDIT: novelties and symbol row now
Post by: Vala on Sat, 21 November 2020, 18:18:29
R1 "» «"-key is used in Portuguese keyboard layout.
Thank you, I will add this key back then.
I don't like the new kitting. If you want to break everything up into this many kits, then you're better off using a different manufacturer that doesn't charge so much extra to split things up. This sort of kitting would be a better fit for a Keyreative set.
- Norde kit has been updated to the latest version of GMK WOB & BOW's NordeUK+ kit
- Supports British, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Faroese, Danish, Deutsch, and Portuguese layouts. I also included an Ñ key for Spanish layouts :)
- I ommitted the » « key as I couldn't find what layout it is a part of, if you know please let me know :)
R1 "» «"-key is used in Portuguese keyboard layout.
I understand these concerns. It may be worth it to move base ISO support back into the base kit. I am going to get pricing for ISO in the base and out of the base to inform my final decision.
However, the numpad will still be left out of the base. If we can lower the price of the base enough to reach a $100 or $110 price point, then the extra $30 or so for a numpad kit would equate or be slightly higher than normal GMK pricing. Considering a majority of people only need TKL kitting, I think this makes more sense.
As for splitting novelties into two kits, I think neither will have trouble reaching a sufficient MoQ, so it shouldn't be too large of a difference.
Dark alphas are there to differentiate the set from so many other Dolch derivatives releasing in the past year, so I think adding this kit won't be an issue in regards to pricing either.
Having 10 kits with GMK can definitely be a bad idea if the set underperforms, but I have high hopes for Electric :D I'm open to creative suggestions of course.
Oh my GOD this is actually making progress? I just logged in for the first time in a few years!
I am so, so in for the novelties omfg
EDIT: novelties and symbol row now
I'm glad you're excited for the set to come into reality :D
Post by: Techichi on Sat, 21 November 2020, 18:36:02
Post by: Vala on Sun, 22 November 2020, 03:37:01
Probably to late for this but I'd love to see the deskmats in some different colors, monochrome, etc. I'll probably be in for that deskmat either way.
There will be different colors! I am simply trying to get the original design perfect before making the others so I have less adjustments to make :)
Post by: Techichi on Sun, 22 November 2020, 06:51:54
Probably to late for this but I'd love to see the deskmats in some different colors, monochrome, etc. I'll probably be in for that deskmat either way.
There will be different colors! I am simply trying to get the original design perfect before making the others so I have less adjustments to make :)
Excellent. Can't wait to see them!
Post by: sevenseacat on Sat, 28 November 2020, 06:58:39
Post by: GSPADE on Sat, 28 November 2020, 07:59:23
Post by: Vala on Sat, 28 November 2020, 10:17:40
I just noticed there's a Colevrak kit - I'm back in babyyyyyyyyy <3 <3 <3 <3
Of course! I didn't want to remove any compatibility with the new kitting, so Colevrak and Norde are in for good.
Electrifying, I like these
Thank you :D
Post by: Prelim on Sat, 28 November 2020, 15:52:31
- Norde kit has been updated to the latest version of GMK WOB & BOW's NordeUK+ kit
- Supports British, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Faroese, Danish, Deutsch, and Portuguese layouts. I also included an Ñ key for Spanish layouts :)
- I ommitted the » « key as I couldn't find what layout it is a part of, if you know please let me know :)
» « is from Portuguese layout, please include it as well!
I'm /in for this, but I also agree on the "icon mods" like many people said. If you end up not changing it to icon mods, at least complete the ISO addon with the icon mods instead (4 more caps only) :thumb:
Post by: LightningXI on Sun, 29 November 2020, 05:37:01
More importantly, if this set changes to icon only mods, I'm out.
Post by: Vala on Tue, 01 December 2020, 02:03:15
- Norde kit has been updated to the latest version of GMK WOB & BOW's NordeUK+ kit
- Supports British, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Faroese, Danish, Deutsch, and Portuguese layouts. I also included an Ñ key for Spanish layouts :)
- I ommitted the » « key as I couldn't find what layout it is a part of, if you know please let me know :)
» « is from Portuguese layout, please include it as well!
I'm /in for this, but I also agree on the "icon mods" like many people said. If you end up not changing it to icon mods, at least complete the ISO addon with the icon mods instead (4 more caps only) :thumb:
I will add the Portuguese key, don't worry c:
I personally think it's a bit presumptuous to go with the base with no numpad route. It's expected to be okay when the base kit is expected to sell north of 1000 kits, but I have a bit of skepticism for this case.
More importantly, if this set changes to icon only mods, I'm out.
I'm honestly quite hopeful for 4 digit kit numbers. Soon there will be pretty 3D renders and a full pricing + vendors list, meaning the set can begin proper hyping. Considering how long Electric has been in IC, I think it will pick up good traction.
And, I will not be changing the set to icon only mods. It is staying as text. Perhaps i'll consider icon mods for a future run.
Post by: merriaki on Fri, 04 December 2020, 00:26:03
Post by: Vala on Sun, 06 December 2020, 16:25:22
Curious, is there a reason why the symbol keys and novelties are in two separate kits vs being combined into a single kit?
Mostly to lower the cost of the novelties kit, as it was probably going to be $70+ with the symbols included. Since not everybody wants the symbol row, I thought it would be a good idea to split them up. This also allows me to include more in the novelties kit without fear of making the price too high.
Post by: MdotMaxson on Wed, 30 December 2020, 06:13:49
I personally think it's a bit presumptuous to go with the base with no numpad route. It's expected to be okay when the base kit is expected to sell north of 1000 kits, but I have a bit of skepticism for this case.
More importantly, if this set changes to icon only mods, I'm out.
It’s not presumptuous to assume that you know so much that his keyset won’t sell over 1000 sets? You’re comment honestly sounds much more presumptuous than the notion of a separate numpad kit..... or that he should listen to your threat to not buy if icon mods lol. Just saying. (I assume most keysets with 7 pages of discussion and that’s maintained people’s interest for about three years lol would sell decent. Especially since big sets are now almost hitting 10,000+)
Post by: Prelim on Wed, 30 December 2020, 10:16:06
I will not be changing the set to icon only mods. It is staying as text. Perhaps i'll consider icon mods for a future run.
Can you please include the icon mods on the ISO addon instead? (ISO layouts use icon mods and it's only 4 caps more into the addon - tab, capslock, shift, backspace)
Post by: Ripcord on Wed, 30 December 2020, 10:23:16
Post by: Oblotzky on Wed, 30 December 2020, 10:52:22
Post by: Vala on Wed, 30 December 2020, 15:52:10
I will not be changing the set to icon only mods. It is staying as text. Perhaps i'll consider icon mods for a future run.
Can you please include the icon mods on the ISO addon instead? (ISO layouts use icon mods and it's only 4 caps more into the addon - tab, capslock, shift, backspace)
Sorry but no, that would also require icon only ISO enters which I don't have already. The entire set is staying text for the first run at least.
I believe the 1.75u Backspace legend should have a Arrow on it as it fits, basically the same legend as a 2u.
Thanks Oblotzky, this will be fixed with the next update coming later today.
Love this set! I keep up the great work all.... So many great set coming out right now hard to pick them all
Thank you :D
I personally think it's a bit presumptuous to go with the base with no numpad route. It's expected to be okay when the base kit is expected to sell north of 1000 kits, but I have a bit of skepticism for this case.
More importantly, if this set changes to icon only mods, I'm out.
It’s not presumptuous to assume that you know so much that his keyset won’t sell over 1000 sets? You’re comment honestly sounds much more presumptuous than the notion of a separate numpad kit..... or that he should listen to your threat to not buy if icon mods lol. Just saying. (I assume most keysets with 7 pages of discussion and that’s maintained people’s interest for about three years lol would sell decent. Especially since big sets are now almost hitting 10,000+)
I hope we can hit 4 digit numbers, that would be great. But since i'm going to be running it on my new U.S store it has a little less exposure than it might with a bigger vendor. We'll see but I'm hopeful :)
In other news, I got the new deskmat sample and it looks absolutely amazing in comparison to the first. Here's a pic:
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/743970478749646868/792448248454709288/Snapchat-1538525384.png)
Post by: Prelim on Wed, 30 December 2020, 16:28:45
I will not be changing the set to icon only mods. It is staying as text. Perhaps i'll consider icon mods for a future run.
Can you please include the icon mods on the ISO addon instead? (ISO layouts use icon mods and it's only 4 caps more into the addon - tab, capslock, shift, backspace)
Sorry but no, that would also require icon only ISO enters which I don't have already. The entire set is staying text for the first run at least.
ISO Enter isn't included in the base kit (only in the ISO addon) so it only needs to be switched for icon version. But then, it's all call. I just think ISO users are the ones who beg more for icon mods and this isn't even impacting the base kit and overall ANSI users.
Post by: Vala on Wed, 30 December 2020, 16:39:23
I will not be changing the set to icon only mods. It is staying as text. Perhaps i'll consider icon mods for a future run.
Can you please include the icon mods on the ISO addon instead? (ISO layouts use icon mods and it's only 4 caps more into the addon - tab, capslock, shift, backspace)
Sorry but no, that would also require icon only ISO enters which I don't have already. The entire set is staying text for the first run at least.
ISO Enter isn't included in the base kit (only in the ISO addon) so it only needs to be switched for icon version. But then, it's all call. I just think ISO users are the ones who beg more for icon mods and this isn't even impacting the base kit and overall ANSI users.
Can anybody weigh in on this? I'd be willing to make ISO icon if others agree it is worth the added cost. However, I'm still not too fond of the idea because it breaks up the set's overall look.
Post by: Oni74 on Thu, 31 December 2020, 10:47:04
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Post by: Vala on Thu, 31 December 2020, 15:23:14
This is a very interesting set, and thank you for splitting the numpad out of the base kit. I wish all the designers would do it. The desk mat looks fantastic!!
Thank you, glad to see somebody appreciates the change :-\
Big update today with the "semi-final" kitting. This will be going to GMK for pricing and I'll only be accepting necessary modifications to the kits from now on.
Changelog 12/31/20:
Spacebars kit:
- Added a 2.75uC and 2.25uC key
- Moved 1.25uC from extension kit
- Added 2x blue 1uC
- Added a second 3uC
Extension kit:
- Added 2u R4 resistor novelty
- Added F13 key
- Moved 1.25uC to spacebars kit
- Fixed some legends (thanks Oblotzky for pointing out the 1.75 backspace needing an arrow)
* Decided to ommit the 1.75u Lock key
* Decided to keep the two 1.75uC keys for JD40/45 users
* Decided to keep the 2.25u shift even though it isn't necessarily used by many layouts.
660 style boards should have compatibility too.
International changes:
- Readded the » « key to Norde for Portuguese users
- Removed duplicate keys from Norde that were already in the ISO kit
* Decided dark alpha compatibility will not be offered for special ISO keys. no way this would hit MoQ.
Other:
- Added 1.25u Fn to base kit
- Added backspace resistor novelty to symbol row
* If you want split backspace support you'll need the novelties kit as well, it has 1u R1 novelties for AC and DC power which will match the symbol row
- Added dark alphas to the numpad kit by default
* This was a hard decision because I don't want to increase cost for those who have no interest in dark alphas. But, that is a preferable alternative in my eyes to including the numpad by default in the dark alphas.
Post by: STER187 on Mon, 04 January 2021, 13:04:39
Post by: Devil on Thu, 07 January 2021, 15:55:06
Post by: Vala on Sat, 09 January 2021, 23:38:31
I would like to see the blue backspace thrown into the base kit as there is already an extra blue backspace in the current renders. Buying whole kits just for 1 key isn't worth it.
I'm confused as to what you mean? Not sure why I would include a blue backspace in the base kit.
Post by: koolaidpapa on Sun, 10 January 2021, 18:14:36
Post by: Whale_algorithm on Thu, 14 January 2021, 16:32:09
Post by: Devil on Sat, 16 January 2021, 18:40:11
I would like to see the blue backspace thrown into the base kit as there is already an extra blue backspace in the current renders. Buying whole kits just for 1 key isn't worth it.
I'm confused as to what you mean? Not sure why I would include a blue backspace in the base kit.
There's nothing confusing about this. It's pretty stupid to give a symbol based kit an extra normal backspace and then claim it's confusing as to why it should be in the base kit. It's on par with GMK Muted R2 have 4 caps lock keys. You also include a blue enter and space bar in kit but somehow that isn't confusing?
Post by: Tyson on Sun, 17 January 2021, 16:55:40
I would like to see the blue backspace thrown into the base kit as there is already an extra blue backspace in the current renders. Buying whole kits just for 1 key isn't worth it.
I'm confused as to what you mean? Not sure why I would include a blue backspace in the base kit.
There's nothing confusing about this. It's pretty stupid to give a symbol based kit an extra normal backspace and then claim it's confusing as to why it should be in the base kit. It's on par with GMK Muted R2 have 4 caps lock keys. You also include a blue enter and space bar in kit but somehow that isn't confusing?
The only reason why there's a teal backspace in the symbols kit is because it makes the whole Numrow blue, there's no reason to be agro at OP for this reasoning. The only set that I can think of right now that had a accented backspace in the base was GMK Honeywell R1 & R2.
Post by: andtar2 on Mon, 18 January 2021, 01:05:29
Post by: Vala on Mon, 18 January 2021, 18:21:47
I would like to see the blue backspace thrown into the base kit as there is already an extra blue backspace in the current renders. Buying whole kits just for 1 key isn't worth it.
I'm confused as to what you mean? Not sure why I would include a blue backspace in the base kit.
There's nothing confusing about this. It's pretty stupid to give a symbol based kit an extra normal backspace and then claim it's confusing as to why it should be in the base kit. It's on par with GMK Muted R2 have 4 caps lock keys. You also include a blue enter and space bar in kit but somehow that isn't confusing?
Why would it be in the base kit? Accent backspaces aren't a thing.
You are suggesting forcing the cost of this alternate key *made to accompany the symbol row* onto anyone who buys a base kit. Sorry, but you are the one being stupid here.
I put it in as another option if people don't want the resistor on their backspace. Somebody suggested it in the IC form and I thought it was a reasonable idea.
It's like $1 per kit. Get over it dude.
edit:
The only reason why there's a teal backspace in the symbols kit is because it makes the whole Numrow blue, there's no reason to be agro at OP for this reasoning. The only set that I can think of right now that had a accented backspace in the base was GMK Honeywell R1 & R2.
Thanks for clarifying this as well Tyson, didn't read your message before I fell for the temptation to reply to that guy... :-X
Post by: Vala on Mon, 18 January 2021, 18:26:01
Love the colors. Perhaps make a second version of the deskmat but with a more "copper" color to represent traces more?
Good idea! There will be more deskmat designs coming soon ;)
Forgive me for not having read the whole thread, but is this set actually happening? I see this IC is in its fourth year.
Yes! I apologize for the extremely lengthy IC, but it is finally happening. Kits are off to GMK for pricing.
There is a mod colored 1,5 R2 Delete in base, but is that not supposed to be a Backspace key instead?
Good point, not sure why I made it a delete...
Post by: youngki.bear on Wed, 20 January 2021, 09:04:05
Forgive me for not having read the whole thread, but is this set actually happening? I see this IC is in its fourth year.
Yes! I apologize for the extremely lengthy IC, but it is finally happening. Kits are off to GMK for pricing.
I'm really excited for this GB!
Post by: Stompy on Thu, 21 January 2021, 05:25:54
(https://i.imgur.com/GfORUt9.png) (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=90706.0)
Post by: candravamsa on Thu, 21 January 2021, 11:06:44
KiCAD macropad time!
Post by: Vala on Wed, 24 February 2021, 10:05:43
Please give me your feedback if you notice anything that could be improved. I'm going to give it a couple days before I send these to GMK, then they will be locked in as the final kitting.
- Changed R2 1.5u "Delete" to "Backspace" in Base Kit
- Moved extra B keys into Base & Dark Alphas rather than being in the Spacebars Kit
- Added extra tab to Dark Alphas to potentially provide coverage for another board alongside the Base
- Moved 6.25u accent from Base to Spacebars (sorry to those who appreciated this in the Base, have to make room for basic ISO)
- Moved R3 PgUp, R4 PgDn, F13 from Extension to Base
- Removed ' " key from Extension (not sure why that was there in the first place...)
- Added R4 "Send" key to Extension
- Added R1 blue pipe key to Symbol Row for better split backspace support
- Updated some novelties to fit GMK tolerances
- Added barred 5s to numpad
- Moved basic ISO back into Base Kit.
* This includes the basic ISO enter, R4 <> key, 1.25u shift and R3 pipe key
* Also included a dark option for the R4 <> key and R3 pipe key in Dark Alphas
* The remaining UK alpha keys have been moved to Norde (now NorDeUK), along with the Alt Gr keys, and the accent ISO enter
Post by: Prelim on Wed, 24 February 2021, 11:49:07
Post by: Tyson on Mon, 15 March 2021, 13:27:32
Post by: Oblotzky on Mon, 15 March 2021, 14:50:24
This set looked like it was close to running about a month ago, then updates stopped again. Any word on when this will run?
edit: nvm idk what I'm talking about
Post by: acitrin on Mon, 15 March 2021, 19:12:11
This set looked like it was close to running about a month ago, then updates stopped again. Any word on when this will run?
Hey Tyson!
I’m an employee at the Canadian vendor for this set, AlphaKeys. Rest assured, this set is intended to run soon. Vala has been super busy behind the scenes working on this set, as well as expanding his new US vendor, Vala Supply. Don’t worry, there will be updates!
:)
Post by: Visionaire on Thu, 18 March 2021, 21:52:20
Post by: Gondolindrim on Thu, 18 March 2021, 22:54:38
I need this.
Hey hey hold on
I saw it first, I need it more
Post by: Vala on Sun, 28 March 2021, 00:00:26
This set looked like it was close to running about a month ago, then updates stopped again. Any word on when this will run?
What acitrin said before this post is correct, I've been busy with managing my new vendor vala.supply, and have ran into some roadblocks in getting the quotes for Electric (mostly novelty updates).
I'm just waiting on GMK now, hopefully everything is ready to go and we can finally get a GB date decided.
i seriously feel bad about how long this is taking to get to GB :'( but rest assured it will get there
good decisions, I still miss the icon mods option but overall... I'm all /in for this :thumb:
Thank you for the feedback and support :)
I need this.
I need this.
Hey hey hold on
I saw it first, I need it more
<3
Post by: Xury46 on Tue, 30 March 2021, 15:49:39
Post by: Shorle on Thu, 29 April 2021, 09:08:29
Any chance for dark Alpha NorDe? I know I a m asking alot but this neon on dark color scheme seems to be missing NorDe support most of the time.
Post by: Prelim on Sat, 12 June 2021, 12:28:21
Post by: Vala on Mon, 14 June 2021, 07:27:12
I love that desk mat design, looks great!
Thank you!
This is very promising <3
Any chance for dark Alpha NorDe? I know I a m asking alot but this neon on dark color scheme seems to be missing NorDe support most of the time.
I apologize but that won't be happening :( It's simply too hard to reach moq even on a single norde kit for an alternate coloring to be tenable as well.
GB when?
We are looking at August or September.
Quotes have been received and 3D renders are in progress! Renders, pricing, and a solid GB date should be in by the end of the month :D
IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING BOIS
Post by: Vala on Sun, 20 June 2021, 02:39:28
Post by: Vala on Fri, 02 July 2021, 04:10:26
Regional pricing will be updated as it becomes available.
Collabs are in progress. If you want to make a collab for GMK Electric, hit me up on Discord! (Vala#9001)
Also happy to show off the first 3D render of many by Izeri. His work is top notch and I can't wait to share the rest :D (its 4k btw, zoom in)
Post by: nvh2092 on Fri, 02 July 2021, 04:38:37
Group buy date and final vendors announced!I think you should switch the gb annoucement since now it's from september to august.
Regional pricing will be updated as it becomes available.
Collabs are in progress. If you want to make a collab for GMK Electric, hit me up on Discord! (Vala#9001)
Also happy to show off the first 3D render of many by Izeri. His work is top notch and I can't wait to share the rest :D (its 4k btw, zoom in)
Post by: Vala on Fri, 02 July 2021, 05:28:54
Group buy date and final vendors announced!I think you should switch the gb annoucement since now it's from september to august.
Regional pricing will be updated as it becomes available.
Collabs are in progress. If you want to make a collab for GMK Electric, hit me up on Discord! (Vala#9001)
Also happy to show off the first 3D render of many by Izeri. His work is top notch and I can't wait to share the rest :D (its 4k btw, zoom in)
Fixed :blank:
Post by: Ella on Sun, 04 July 2021, 05:01:39
Post by: Izeri on Sun, 04 July 2021, 05:41:16
Are you sure the argyle is by Alchemist Keyboards? According to its Interest Check thread, that is not the case https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=106255.0 (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=106255.0)
Technically the design is
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Jae: logistics and fulfillment, James: housing design, Yiancar: PCB design
Post by: Prelim on Thu, 08 July 2021, 09:29:10
- Norde kit has been updated to the latest version of GMK WOB & BOW's NordeUK+ kit
- Supports British, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Faroese, Danish, Deutsch, and Portuguese layouts. I also included an Ñ key for Spanish layouts :)
- I ommitted the » « key as I couldn't find what layout it is a part of, if you know please let me know :)
» « is from Portuguese layout, please include it as well!
I'm /in for this, but I also agree on the "icon mods" like many people said. If you end up not changing it to icon mods, at least complete the ISO addon with the icon mods instead (4 more caps only) :thumb:
I will add the Portuguese key, don't worry c:
Hi Vala!
I've noticed that the »« key is still missing on the first post. This is a mandatory Portuguese cap, which was present in all Nordeuk sets:
(https://i.imgur.com/5aqO1Rf.png)
I hope it can be corrected with GMK in time for producing ;)
Post by: VXQN on Thu, 08 July 2021, 10:31:34
Post by: Vala on Fri, 16 July 2021, 17:52:03
- Norde kit has been updated to the latest version of GMK WOB & BOW's NordeUK+ kit
- Supports British, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Faroese, Danish, Deutsch, and Portuguese layouts. I also included an Ñ key for Spanish layouts :)
- I ommitted the » « key as I couldn't find what layout it is a part of, if you know please let me know :)
» « is from Portuguese layout, please include it as well!
I'm /in for this, but I also agree on the "icon mods" like many people said. If you end up not changing it to icon mods, at least complete the ISO addon with the icon mods instead (4 more caps only) :thumb:
I will add the Portuguese key, don't worry c:
Hi Vala!
I've noticed that the »« key is still missing on the first post. This is a mandatory Portuguese cap, which was present in all Nordeuk sets:Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/5aqO1Rf.png)
I hope it can be corrected with GMK in time for producing ;)
That key is present in the current NorDeUK kit, 4th key on the first row.
I have to say that the dark alphas look much better than the grey ones. It seems that whoever did the latest renders did too — I suggest that a version with the actual base kit is used for promotion otherwise it feels a little like a bait-and-switch.
These are only the very first of many renders to come. It just happens to be showcasing the Dark Alphas since I thought it suited the Argyle better. There are nearly 40 more renders on the way!
Post by: Prelim on Sat, 17 July 2021, 05:17:12
Post by: HappyB0T on Sun, 18 July 2021, 08:59:32
Post by: Vala on Mon, 19 July 2021, 03:29:35
uhm - your prices are fantastic! Way to go!
Thank you, I tried my best to keep the US prices super low. It's certainly a benefit of being a designer and vendor at the same time!
Post by: tngpq on Fri, 20 August 2021, 23:45:49
Post by: Vala on Mon, 06 September 2021, 04:08:06
I will be updating the Geekhack thread fully and making the GB thread tomorrow, as of now it is outdated.
Any news on the 40 more renders? I'd be going all in if the base kit looks as good as the dark alphas. Glad to see a kitting options with two full backspaces which rarely happens.
The product page has the renders with the V4N4G0N, which uses the base/light alphas.
Post by: Vala on Mon, 06 September 2021, 22:25:42
<3
GB THREAD IS LIVE HERE → (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=114501.0)