[IC] GMK Cosmos - GB Sept 15 - Oct 20, 2024

[Kaptain Mike]

GB POST

Hello and welcome to my debut set: GMK Cosmos.
A black on black set using GMK’s custom, special-effects plastics.
Cosmos is black with iridescent dust.


VENDORS

United States: CannonKeys Canada: Desk Hero Europe: KEYGEM United Kingdom: ProtoTypist Oceania: Daily Clack Southeast Asia: iLumkb China: KBDfans South Korea: Swagkeys

PRICING

Base: $130 USD Extension: $40 USD Blanks: $25 USD International: $48 USD

APPROVED SAMPLES

Real pictures by @jans_keebs and @captain.sterling






KITS

Cosmic Base (Base Kit) $130 USD


Cosmic Dust (Extension Kit) $45 USD

*Note: BAE will work with ANSI stablizers due to a new mould developed for GMK Beige Addon Kits.

Meteorites (Cosmos Blanks Kit) $25 USD


Cosmic Lexicon (Standard European Kit) $48 USD


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Can’t see the legends?
Here is a diagram view of the legends.
*Note: These kits are NOT for sale.






RENDERS
*Please READ everything.
These are renders and it is very difficult to accurately convey this design.
Black with a multifaceted shimmer or iridescence is always tricky.
Please rely on the real photos at the top.


Reflection by @hanboards




Sessanta by @merisi.works



Renders by @pontus


DESKMATS

Limitless by @roksow


“Limitless” features artwork that represents the cosmos from a micro to macro level infused with colorful cosmic dust in the textures.


Dark Matter by @roksow


“Dark Matter” embodies a minimalist design in rich black, with subtle hints of cosmic dust adding depth to the textures.

900x400x4 Rough texture only Black stitched edges Zoom in to see details

ARTISAN

MVKB X Salvun
by@mvkbcom and manufactured by @salvun




Transparent black PC caps (polished outside, bead blasted inside for contrast), alu accent held in place by a screw, black infill.
Cherry profile, MX stem, R1 1U.
Final product might look slightly different, really pushing the boundaries here!


HIBI MIA x Cosmos@hibi.mx

Anodized aluminum top Silicone molded base Logo infill Hotswap VIA compatible 6x keycaps included

COSMIC COLLABORATIONS

Cosmic Artisans
I journeyed through the vast expanse of the internet, exploring the mysterious Discordian Quadrant with its uncharted systems, the spiraling depths of the Reddian Sector, and the prominent Instagronis Arm with its celestial phenomena, all in search of creative makers for Cosmic Collaborations. Please support the artisan cap makers who have captured the essence of the cosmos in their every design. Follow them to stay up to date on the collab designs and sales.

Aleekeycaps Alpha Keycaps Anomalycaps Apothecary Keycaps Archetype Artkey Artzeikaps Azi Keycaps Black Mage Caps Blanksy Caps Craftkey Crookey CYSM Deagcaps Della Key Dreadkeys Electric Caps Frumpzkeys Golden Star Keycaps Gothcaps Inkblot Caps Janky Caps Key Capital Keycap Quarry Key Pots KUG Landcaps Lavenderbeecap Lonestar Keys MFC Mythcaps Namong NZ Caps Omniclectic Raw Studio Resin Party Ritual Master Keycaps Sandun Savecaps Sludgekidd Sodie Caps Sonder Caps Spooky Stone Keys World Symbio Keys The Eye Key trmkcaps Unknown Keycaps Wheatkeys Winkeebs Zearoh Zouabee

Want to collab? Please feel free to message me via Discord
or IG or geekhack.


WALLPAPERS

Various sizes and versions in my drive.
HERE
Designed by the talented @roksow





GMK COSMOS FEATURES

Cherry profile, ABS plastic, thick doubleshot keycaps manufactured by GMK using one of GMK's new custom, special effects plastics. Colors: Cosmos base with CR (Black) legends. Accent keys are CR base with Cosmos legends. Colors: Cosmos is a custom, special-effects plastic that is black with iridescent specks of color. OG Cherry-style Icon-Text modifiers. Legends on LED keycaps are printed. Windows are CR Transparent 69% for a smoky look. No novelties kit. Instead, please consider artisan collabs! Announcement on those soon.

THANKS TO:

The community for all the feedback and support. Truly grateful for all of you, this project would not be possible without you! Whysoda, Pontus, Jan, Captain Sterling, Matthew Encina, BlindAssassin111, Vheissu, Matt, OCM, TheKeyCircle, Ankit, Pogurt. GMK and CannonKeys team for their guidance and support.

QUESTIONS/COMMENTS/CONCERNS

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to drop me a DM over on Discord @kaptainmike or join the server
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[Kaptain Mike]

Changelog
August 19, 2024 - The following changes have been made based on community feedback and my own decision after seeing samples. Please fill out the new IC Form in main post.


NOTABLE CHANGES

Colors:
- Base is Cosmos and Legends are CR = Black
- Accents keys are: CR base with Cosmos legends
- The samples of CR legends on Cosmos base are really good. I originally proposed the opposite because I did not want a super sparkly set and I prefer a less-is-more approach to design. Well, GMK did an amazing job with these samples and they are still very subtle, dark, and low contrast.
- Look at the real sample images and zoom in.
- Please fill out the new form with updated kitting options etc

Kitting

Cosmic Base - Base Kit:
- Moved alice spacebars and extra B in base.
- Moved 4-key 40’s keys in base: R2 1u Esc, R2 1.75u Backspace, R3 1.25u Tab, and R3 1.5u Enter.
- Added accent keys: 2u Numpad Enter, R4 1u Fn
- Added a second 2.25u Shift

Cosmic Dust - Extension:
- Added shine-thru caps: R1 1u Num Lock, R3 non-step Caps Lock with smoky windows to further align with the dark aesthetic
- Added 2x 1u Spacebars, 1.25u spacebar, 6u centered spacebar
- Added BAE
- Added novelty R1 1u Cosmic Cherry icon

Meteorites - Blanks:
- 15 blanks of Cosmos R1-R4
- Do with them whatever you’d like.
- So many people wanted blanks and many wanted macros compatibility, this should satisfy both!


Cosmic Lexicon - Standard European Kit:
- Taking advantage of GMK's new offering with a low 50 MOQ
- I hope the European community takes advantage of this. Share and ask for support so vendors and designers continue offering compatibility for you.

Extras

- The GB date has been locked! September 15 to October 20
- The IC form is updated and will help us gauge current interest!
- It is very important to understand what everyone is interested in.
   - please fill and share with everyone!

What's next?

- Cosmic Collaborations!
- Lots of really good collabs are in the works. Stay tuned.
- Interested in a collab? Please reach out to me
- Also getting more renders made.
- THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT

[ankit]

hell yes ily mike

[packman86]

Those GMK samples are looking super exciting!
In for 2 sets!

[fruitykeeb]

mike bought every wob set and is yearning for more. i like

[BlindAssassin111]

Can't wait, tis a very nice set.

[mcmcmc]

 

[LightningXI]

Those GMK samples are looking super exciting!
In for 2 sets!

+1 for Carl Sagan ref

also in for one

[Trackpoint]

Really neat set! I'm curious though, why choose insert as one of the three accent keys?

[Soums]

can't wait, going to go in on this... 

[Hinkerbottom]

naise

[juaninamilli]

Nebulae? More like Nebu-bae, amirite

[TyPo.mk]

Hello I would purchase this product

[deepspacerailgun]

Samples look even better in person! GLWIC!!!

[Woovie]

10/10 WTB 

[kyuut]

very nice mike

[LightningXI]

Really neat set! I'm curious though, why choose insert as one of the three accent keys?

Some people prefer having an accent on that key, especially on TKL setups. These folks may choose to put an artisan on Insert instead of Esc or the top-right cluster, and so on... It's a key that's not used (often, if at all) in practice, so it makes it practical to put an accent there.

[Cringelord]

Wished you could have a render that didn't look like CR on N9 but I'll buy this nonetheless.

[mul7i]

very seggsy yum yum in my tum tum

[Sissy]

GMK Dark is one of my favourite sets so this really appeals to me.

[unwashed_heathen]

Very interested, GLWIC! Any chance of adding support for single macros column to macros kit?

[Natetypesfast]

man such a sick set - sign me up.  Also I would kill for that Sonnet accent.

[VAMP]

oooh i love this!

[Patty]

i cannot resist sparkly sets

im in

[caap]

man, just when i thought I could stop joining group buys, you come and make this set.

looks great mike! will be here to support when it runs

[twitchytheinsideman]

finally a gmk blanks set

[LaserCrafter]

we are one step closer to gmk blanks

[majin]

such a nice set, can’t wait to have it in hands!

[keepoto]

nice now we have GMK Nebula, GMK Universe and GMK Cosmos, what's next?

[xLeHoy]

nice now we have GMK Nebula, GMK Universe and GMK Cosmos, what's next?

Good question, I've heard of a few things

[sirieous]

Wicked, would be very down

[cthalupa]

Really nice use of the effects plastics.

[MSA_Vision]

You about to make me buy a black board, Mike…

Count me in

[Manukbs_]

Really really good

[sw3ps]

Pls add an international kit.

[Udyrstruidor]

Based kitting

[mr_foggy]

black

[Jae-3soteric]

Yes. Great theme and lovely execution so far

[obzkure]

Great work with this Mike! Those sample keycaps from GMK showing the effect are very cool.

[MartinThePolarBear]

Love the details here

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[Farhandsome]

Dude!! This is awesome - love the inclusion of a macro kit. No complaints on the kitting. +1 for windowed keys.

You are also incredibly handsome.

[tuesdaygloom]

This looks so fun!
Can we get r0 and r5?

[fzlo]

Wow! Insane work!
Definitely bus this one

International would be awesome!

[dirtywretch]

nice now we have GMK Nebula, GMK Universe and GMK Cosmos, what's next?

GMK NGC 1232.

In the meantime, I'd be down for Cosmos.

[Prim3]

 

[whohackedme]

Great design idea! Any chance of entertaining the idea of making a kit where all the alphas sparkly and the mods aren't? I think if it's on alphas instead of mods, then it'll look like you're peaking into space and your keyboard is the telescope

[tuesdaygloom]

can we also get a blank 1u spacebars too

[spingo]

That's really cool! Good use of that new plastics material!

[norb]

some novelties would be dope, maybe even in accent-style with the liquid black as primary color 
regardless of that i think i'll be grabbing a set!

[packman86]

This looks so fun!
Can we get r0 and r5?

+1 for R5