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Offline Cylent

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[GB]MW Pavilion | GB Cancelled, see 7/24/23 update for details
« on: Thu, 22 September 2022, 18:02:32 »



GB: Sept 23 – Oct 24 2022

iS0 by Illuminati Keyboards




MilkyWay Pavilion is inspired by the beautiful butterflies and moths that flutter around butterfly pavilions. An elegant serif typeface and custom mod icons provide an elegant feel, while the combination of warm and cool greys allow almost any accent color to look right at home. Pavilion offers three accents from famous insects for you to pick your own butterfly or moth: a bright orange monarch butterfly, a golden yellow death’s-head hawk moth, and a pale green luna moth.


Estimated Delivery: Q2 2023
China: MilkyWay
US: Mechs & Co.
CA: Kanatakeys
EU: EloquentClicks
UK: Prototypist
SEA: ZionStudios
OCE: Allcaps







   




















All novelty illustrations created by stellaidoscope#0666.




Petrichor by Alchemist Keyboards

Phoenix WKL by Cable Car Designs

Fuji65 by CMM Studio

Cypher by Cable Car Designs

M60-A by Rama Works

Saevus Cor by Streamline, Render by MarkTheWeeb

MB 44 by MelonBred


All deskmat illustrations created by LiquidFaeStudios.

Tarot Deskmat | D60 Lite by KBDFans & Phoenix NUM by Cable Car Designs

Flower Deskmat | Maya by Vulcan


Q: How were the colors selected?
A: Colors were selected by comparing pantones to sustainably sourced insect specimens, as shown in the 3 photographs at the top of this post. I would prefer not to release the Pantone color codes to combat cloners; however, if the community expresses significant concerns regarding the colors I am willing to post the color codes. Photographs of color samples will be available before GB.
Q: These lines on the novelties look thin, how confident are you in MW’s ability to produce these?
A: All accent novelties were created with a line thickness of 0.15 mm, and test photos of prior mod novelties with those restrictions are available below of regular and reverse dyesub. Based on how good the regular dyesub tests are, I am confident in MW’s ability to produce the regular dyesub novelties. Initial testing of the reverse dyesub mod novelties was a little blurry, so we’ve revised the reverse dyesub novelties to a line thickness of 0.18-0.20 mm for the reverse keys. I will be receiving samples before GB so any further tweaks that need to be made will occur after seeing samples.
Click MORE to see images of the tests. Note that the dyesub tests are old versions of the novelties and are NOT properly aligned. The Reverse dyesub tests are up to date.
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Q: Why are there accent ansi enters in base but not iso enters?
A: MW has a significant MOQ for child kits that have colors not in the base kit, and because this is an accent-focused set, I included R1 Esc keys and Ansi enter keys of each color in the base kit. My understanding is that offering four iso enters is not possible with MW’s standard packaging and would significantly increase prices, so I did not include them in the base kit.
Q: Does this set support 40s boards? 
A: 40s users can get nearly full coverage of all 40s and orthos boards by purchasing the base kit and the 40s kit. 40s accents have all been merged into a single 40s kit, along with agnostic novelty mod legends that will work with either base kit, or a prior set you already own!


Asero Artisan Accent Combo - $75

Note: These are sold as a pair, you get both with your purchase.


Nolsia for helping me start this project
Erin from LiquidFaeStudios and Stellaidoscope for their amazing artwork and illustrations
NoPunIn10Did and DrHigsby for their help with kitting
SpikedSynapse, ImperfectLink, Mark The Weeb, Maxvoltar, BobaSweatandTears & more for their feedback on designs and renders!




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Re: [GB]MW Pavilion | Sept 23 - Oct 24
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 26 September 2022, 12:26:14 »
Approved :thumb:

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Re: [GB]MW Pavilion | Sept 23 - Oct 24
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 28 September 2022, 14:17:41 »
Those metal artisans are stunning!! I will definitely be copping those. GLWGB! :D

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Re: [GB]MW Pavilion | Sept 23 - Oct 24
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 29 September 2022, 19:10:40 »
Those metal artisans are stunning!! I will definitely be copping those. GLWGB! :D

Thank you, I'm glad you like them!

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Re: [GB]MW Pavilion | Sept 23 - Oct 24
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 30 September 2022, 07:55:26 »
i dont hate it

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Re: [GB]MW Pavilion | Sept 23 - Oct 24
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 30 September 2022, 12:40:08 »
The butterfly Loves itThe Flower  lover Also loves it Yayayayayayya!!
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This is the cat and pat!!!!!!!!

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Re: [GB]MW Pavilion | Sept 23 - Oct 24
« Reply #6 on: Sat, 01 October 2022, 09:36:26 »
i dont hate it

I don't hate it either

Offline Cylent

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Re: [GB]MW Pavilion | Sept 23 - Oct 24
« Reply #7 on: Mon, 03 October 2022, 17:15:13 »
The butterfly Loves itThe Flower  lover Also loves it Yayayayayayya!!


I'm glad you like it treeleaf!

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Re: [GB]MW Pavilion | Sept 23 - Oct 24
« Reply #8 on: Thu, 06 October 2022, 16:13:09 »
Raffle sale for these gorgeous clay artisans from Macherstudio are live! https://www.instagram.com/p/CjYNUE6OqtB/

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Re: [GB]MW Pavilion | Sept 23 - Oct 24 | Halfway through GB
« Reply #9 on: Wed, 12 October 2022, 17:39:06 »
Halfway through GB. I will post numbers as soon as I get them from vendors.

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Re: [GB]MW Pavilion | Sept 23 - Oct 24 | Halfway through GB
« Reply #10 on: Fri, 21 October 2022, 20:57:35 »

Edit: revised scale
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Re: [GB]MW Pavilion | Sept 23 - Oct 24 | Halfway through GB
« Reply #11 on: Sun, 23 October 2022, 15:49:03 »
This is a good set and people should purchase it. I did!

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Re: [GB]MW Pavilion | Sept 23 - Oct 24 | Halfway through GB
« Reply #12 on: Thu, 27 October 2022, 16:28:53 »
This is a good set and people should purchase it. I did!

Thanks for the support! We should have numbers soon (tm) and I'm expecting we will make MOQ after extras.

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Re: [GB]MW Pavilion | GB Closed, Final numbers coming soon(tm)
« Reply #13 on: Thu, 22 December 2022, 14:41:43 »
MOQ has been met. All kits will be made.

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Re: [GB]MW Pavilion | MOQ reached!
« Reply #14 on: Thu, 22 December 2022, 19:40:05 »

Edit 24 July 2023: unfortunately GB canceled due to Mechs & Co. insolvency
« Last Edit: Mon, 24 July 2023, 17:50:11 by dvorcol »

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Re: [GB]MW Pavilion | MOQ reached!
« Reply #15 on: Fri, 23 December 2022, 03:39:59 »
I missed the GB  :(

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Re: [GB]MW Pavilion | MOQ reached!
« Reply #16 on: Tue, 27 December 2022, 12:51:45 »
I missed the GB  :(
That's ok, if you still want to buy you should be able to pick up preorders from your local vendor. Join my discord and your local vendor's discord for more frequent updates.

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Re: [GB]MW Pavilion | GB Cancelled, see 7/24/23 update for details
« Reply #17 on: Mon, 24 July 2023, 17:07:35 »
Attention all MW Pavilion customers:

As many of you are already aware, we have encountered unforeseen circumstances with the US vendor for MW Pavilion, Mechs & Co. Unfortunately, despite multiple attempts to establish communication and collaborate with Mechs & Co. on the best path forward for Pavilion, we (the vendors and I) have not received any response from them, and it appears that they are no longer doing business.

As such, the remaining vendors and I have decided to cancel the MW Pavilion Group Buy. If you purchased through a non-US vendor, you should receive refunds by August 25, 2023. If you purchased through Mechs & Co. we recommend requesting a chargeback through your credit card company.

Moving forward, I still intend on working with Milkyway for this project. They have some of the highest quality dyesub I've ever seen, which is needed for the highly detailed novelties and custom legends. We will continue working through the sampling process with MW, and once I have a full kit of samples that have been approved, we will either be rerunning the Group Buy or opening pre-order purchases on an instock run of Pavilion.

Please let me know if you have any questions. For those of you who have supported Pavilion, I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for supporting my passion project. I hope that in a year or two we will all look back on this situation as a speed bump, rather than a road block, to the completion of MW Pavilion.

Cylent, designer of MW Pavilion