Author Topic: [IC] Domikey Kuriyama - Manufacturer Update | Oct 25 2022 (Read 23046 times)

PhantomKyubii · « **on:** Thu, 09 December 2021, 21:13:11 »

Domikey Kuriyama

Hey everyone! I have had this concept idea for a while now,
but have finally managed to put something together after nearly a year; without further ado,
I present Domikey Kuriyama
These will be manufactured in the double shot style; Yes I understand that the novelties will need to be adjusted,
and they have already been done; Overall concept of the novelties have not been changed

UPDATED IC FORM LINK

https://forms.gle/vzGwfBSaTRyi97Ag9

DISCORD LINK

https://discord.gg/NwsZeBgCfS

Join the Discord to stay updated, give feedback and chat with others!

Inspiration

"Chestnut Mountains

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Color Palette

We'll be using 5 Custom colors from RAL

Colors confirmed!

If you would like to see how the colors look from the RAL book

More

These imaged have been taken on the Oneplus 7 Pro and cropped;
Please take these images with a grain of salt; as this will be the closest ill be able to show the colors until prototypes
Particularly RAL 5000

Kits

New Kitting!
(Updated: ~~Jan 7 2022~~ Jan 18 2022)

If you would like to see old kitting

More

Deskmats

Boundary

Designed and rendered by me

Gift

Designed by Lnyart; @lnyart, Rendered by me

Renders

Dalco 959 Mini by Hand Engineering

Isometria by ebastler

Nemui by Bachoo

SP-111 by BlindAssassin111

Ikki68 by Wuque Studios

Tentative design; please let me know what you think!

M60-A by Rama Works

Cypher by Cable Car Designs

Nemui by Bachoo on "Gift" Deskmat

Gentleman65 by JKeys Designs on "Boundary" Deskmat

Maja by Vulcan on "Boundary" Deskmat

Past Renders

More

Haus by Hand Engineering

8XMkii by KBD Fans

U80 by Rama Works

Isometria by ebastler

Nemui by Bachoo

Pillow65 by KeliumWorks

Bloq by Thok

Whimsy by PRKNS

Collaborations

Lnyart: Deskmat Design
Hibi: Metal Artisan
THOK: Metal Artisan
Melon Keys: Artisan
EllyArty Keys: Artisan
Frumpz Keys: Artisan

More to be announced!

DMG/DM/Tamago by Melon Keys

Pricing

TBD

Vendors

(Updated: Jan 6 2022)(To be updated...again soon)

WW:
CA: Mech.Land
US: RocketKeyboards
EU: MyKeyboard.eu
UK: Proto[Typist]
OCE: Daily Clack
SEA: Hex Keyboards

Timeline & Updates

Timeline/To-Do List

Dec ~ IC posted and awaiting feedback
~ Reach out to vendors and possible collaborators
Jan ~ Go over feedback and apply changes/updates as necessary
~ Confirm Colors
Feb ~ Post updated IC form
Mar ~ Confirm vendors and pricing
~~Apr~~ On hold/ Undecided
~ Create GB Page
~ Hopefully GB is ready

FYI: This is a very rough timeline with much still to be done
and with everything that is happening, delays should be expected.

As expected; there is some delay with ePBT and no precise GB date can be provided yet;
With this in mind, I will try to use this time to try and polish up anything else that still needs work

Change Log

~~~GMK~~ Kuriyama -> EPBT Kuriyama
~Updated grey Maja render with blue Maja render
~Uploaded 1 of 2 Desk mat renders
~Added vendors for CA, UK, EU, WW
~Confirmed RAL colors; added pics from RAL book
~Updated kitting; added num pad and 40s kit; a slight change in novelties
~Updated Rev 1 IC form
~Added vendors for PH, MX, US, KR
~Removed an extra 2.25u Shift, Moved part of SB kit to base for Alice support, added 1.5u Super, Added blue 3/1/3 to SB
~Added Vendor for SEA
~Added Discord server link
~Added Hibi and Melonkeys Collaboration listing; photos/renders to come
~Added THOK to Collaboration listing; photos/renders to come
~Added vendor for OCE Region
~Added EllyArty Keys and Lnyart to Collaboration listing
~Added another 2.25u enter key (Alpha Colorway) / 1u esc key (Mod Accent Colorway) / Changed glasses novelty to match Alpha color
~Added Frumpz Keys to Collaboration listing
~Added Lnyart Collab Desk mat render(s); Removed shift novelties from Novelty Kit
~Updated Enter novelty design and updated renders to go along with it
~Added tentative Wuque Ikki68 design and respective IC form
~Added Melon Keys artisan concept colorway
~~~ePBT~~ Kuriyama -> Domikey Kuriyama

Acknowledgements

Bachoo and Izeri for kitting advice
Dandruff and Chuttau for advice on vendors
Domikey for assisting with the process
All the vendors who agreed to be my proxy for this project
Special thanks to Lnyart for the awesome OC desk mat art!
Thank you to all those who agreed to a collab!
Those in the Solstice discord who are keyboard nerds as well
Everyone who provided feedback and pushed me to complete this project

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Contact

Hey yall! thanks for reading 'till the end; much appreciated!
If anyone is interested or wants to talk about collaborations or give direct
feedback in DM's you can contact me on discord at:

YOTSUBA MVP#0168

Fraaaan · « **Reply #1 on:** Thu, 09 December 2021, 21:47:37 »

Kitting looks great. Might want to hide the inspiration if you plan on running this with GMK.

audax989 · « **Reply #2 on:** Thu, 09 December 2021, 23:19:35 »

kylekwong1 · « **Reply #3 on:** Fri, 10 December 2021, 00:59:27 »

The macro column on the novelties kit is missing r2.

doggo1dance · « **Reply #4 on:** Fri, 10 December 2021, 02:13:06 »

IP issues?

Dyto69 · « **Reply #5 on:** Fri, 10 December 2021, 02:47:35 »

This set is not for me but nice kitting, I just don't like the Stepped caps with just 'Caps' on it

Kisyunie · « **Reply #6 on:** Fri, 10 December 2021, 03:29:34 »

Love the color choices and anime. Also it is nice to see more icon + text mods

PhantomKyubii · « **Reply #7 on:** Fri, 10 December 2021, 05:06:40 »

Quote from: Fraaaan on Thu, 09 December 2021, 21:47:37

Kitting looks great. Might want to hide the inspiration if you plan on running this with GMK.

Thanks! I'll definitely edit the ic page regarding the inspiration to not conflict with ip

I'll definitely edit the ic page inspiration with regards to the ip issue, thanks!

soundstage · « **Reply #8 on:** Fri, 10 December 2021, 06:16:03 »

Good colour theme. All functional keys need to have their own icons so that kitting looks better instead of just words.

PhantomKyubii · « **Reply #9 on:** Fri, 10 December 2021, 07:42:41 »

Quote from: soundstage on Fri, 10 December 2021, 06:16:03

Good colour theme. All functional keys need to have their own icons so that kitting looks better instead of just words.

Would you be able to give an example; I'm not too sure if I follow what you mean.
Are you referring to keys such as caps, shift, enter and so on, should have just icons?

soundstage · « **Reply #10 on:** Fri, 10 December 2021, 08:12:43 »

Quote from: PhantomKyubii on Fri, 10 December 2021, 07:42:41

Would you be able to give an example; I'm not too sure if I follow what you mean.
Are you referring to keys such as caps, shift, enter and so on, should have just icons?

Yes. Caps, shift, enter, del, ins, home, end, pg up, pg dn, scroll lock, pause/break, ctrl, alt, prtscr, num lock could all have some themed icons instead of just words. That way the whole kit would fit to the theme of Kuriyama completely.

7h3of7 · « **Reply #11 on:** Fri, 10 December 2021, 09:25:34 »

Quote from: soundstage on Fri, 10 December 2021, 08:12:43

Quote from: PhantomKyubii on Fri, 10 December 2021, 07:42:41
Would you be able to give an example; I'm not too sure if I follow what you mean.
Are you referring to keys such as caps, shift, enter and so on, should have just icons?

Yes. Caps, shift, enter, del, ins, home, end, pg up, pg dn, scroll lock, pause/break, ctrl, alt, prtscr, num lock could all have some themed icons instead of just words. That way the whole kit would fit to the theme of Kuriyama completely.

This sounds cursed as hell.

Bachoo · « **Reply #12 on:** Fri, 10 December 2021, 09:33:11 »

Quote from: soundstage on Fri, 10 December 2021, 08:12:43

Quote from: PhantomKyubii on Fri, 10 December 2021, 07:42:41
Would you be able to give an example; I'm not too sure if I follow what you mean.
Are you referring to keys such as caps, shift, enter and so on, should have just icons?

Yes. Caps, shift, enter, del, ins, home, end, pg up, pg dn, scroll lock, pause/break, ctrl, alt, prtscr, num lock could all have some themed icons instead of just words. That way the whole kit would fit to the theme of Kuriyama completely.

I have ptsd just thinking about all those new mold costs. Either OP would have to quote out at very high moq or have an exorbitantly expensive kit. It is possible to do, but probably isn't the best idea.

Kacperoni · « **Reply #13 on:** Fri, 10 December 2021, 09:35:55 »

As much as I love GMK sets, I wish we did not have to wait 2 years… could you consider MilkyWay Keys?

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PhantomKyubii · « **Reply #14 on:** Fri, 10 December 2021, 09:44:05 »

Quote from: Kacperoni on Fri, 10 December 2021, 09:35:55

As much as I love GMK sets, I wish we did not have to wait 2 years… could you consider MilkyWay Keys?

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Im definately not locked into any particular manufacturers yet; MW is still very much likely an option if thats what yall want;
But yea, the turn around time for GMK has been crazy as of late.

Fraaaan · « **Reply #15 on:** Fri, 10 December 2021, 09:57:06 »

Quote from: PhantomKyubii on Fri, 10 December 2021, 09:44:05

Quote from: Kacperoni on Fri, 10 December 2021, 09:35:55
As much as I love GMK sets, I wish we did not have to wait 2 years… could you consider MilkyWay Keys?

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Im definately not locked into any particular manufacturers yet; MW is still very much likely an option if thats what yall want;
But yea, the turn around time for GMK has been crazy as of late.

If you go with PBT all your modifiers and accents will have to be 5-side dyesubbed. This causes major shrinkage and warping so I'd recommend you stick with ABS with your current colorway. You could look into JTK (which can do tripleshot so you have the option of having the hiragana sublegend use a third color) or DMK.

CookieFlow · « **Reply #16 on:** Fri, 10 December 2021, 10:31:40 »

+1 for MilkyWay

Especially for an anime inspired set, they allow for a lot more flexibility with what you can do with the novelties.
And ofc the lower price point and much shorter lead time.

AASH · « **Reply #17 on:** Fri, 10 December 2021, 12:55:54 »

Quote from: Fraaaan on Fri, 10 December 2021, 09:57:06

Quote from: PhantomKyubii on Fri, 10 December 2021, 09:44:05
Quote from: Kacperoni on Fri, 10 December 2021, 09:35:55
As much as I love GMK sets, I wish we did not have to wait 2 years… could you consider MilkyWay Keys?

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Im definately not locked into any particular manufacturers yet; MW is still very much likely an option if thats what yall want;
But yea, the turn around time for GMK has been crazy as of late.

If you go with PBT all your modifiers and accents will have to be 5-side dyesubbed. This causes major shrinkage and warping so I'd recommend you stick with ABS with your current colorway. You could look into JTK (which can do tripleshot so you have the option of having the hiragana sublegend use a third color) or DMK.

There might be a world in which MW's 5 sides comes out not too bad. I'd advise DMK, personally.

Mr Chrome · « **Reply #18 on:** Fri, 10 December 2021, 21:11:10 »

Nice colours and clean novelties. I have a PBT bias so I’d be down for another manu, but MW has already run two recent sets with pink alphas + red legends + Japanese sublegends, so maybe there’s a bit of buyer fatigue there?

Kacperoni · « **Reply #19 on:** Mon, 13 December 2021, 00:28:37 »

Regardless who you go with I’ll definitely jump on this one. Love the anime and the color way is absolutely beautiful. Hoping for short lead time, but I’m also willing to wait. GLWIC

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PhantomKyubii · « **Reply #20 on:** Mon, 13 December 2021, 20:40:04 »

Quick Update 1:
I have decided to go with ePBT.
I know most of yall wanted MilkyWay, however after reaching out, there were some slight creative differences.

I hope everyone understands;
More updates coming soon.

teddo · « **Reply #21 on:** Tue, 14 December 2021, 04:04:14 »

Love the colors and novelties ! GLWIC !

PhantomKyubii · « **Reply #22 on:** Thu, 16 December 2021, 19:14:11 »

Quick Update 2:
1 of 2 desk mat has been rendered and uploaded;
The second desk mat design is expected towards new years;
Updated Maja Renders; Colors might be slightly different; tweaked settings in Blender to be more color-accurate;
Updating renders in the works
Added vendors for CA, EU, UK; more vendors soon to come;
Reaching out to collabs

Cheers

Pyroo · « **Reply #23 on:** Thu, 16 December 2021, 19:20:12 »

consider not running 5side weeb epbt set #69 and looking into less cursed manufacturing options/choose colors wiser

hali · « **Reply #24 on:** Thu, 16 December 2021, 19:41:40 »

new manu should mean new kits

PhantomKyubii · « **Reply #25 on:** Thu, 16 December 2021, 19:57:07 »

Quote from: hali on Thu, 16 December 2021, 19:41:40

new manu should mean new kits

I am in the process of updating the novelties;
and as for more kits;
I would like to keep it to a minimum unless there is enough request/interest for it

SwitchKeys · « **Reply #26 on:** Fri, 17 December 2021, 19:23:47 »

Consider fixing duplicate accent ESC / Enter

PhantomKyubii · « **Reply #27 on:** Fri, 17 December 2021, 20:10:07 »

Quote from: SwitchKeys on Fri, 17 December 2021, 19:23:47

Consider fixing duplicate accent ESC / Enter

Ah, yes, yes; reworking the kits as we speak

surplusofchairs · « **Reply #28 on:** Sat, 18 December 2021, 03:35:38 »

Quote from: PhantomKyubii on Thu, 16 December 2021, 19:57:07

Quote from: hali on Thu, 16 December 2021, 19:41:40
new manu should mean new kits

I am in the process of updating the novelties;
and as for more kits;
I would like to keep it to a minimum unless there is enough request/interest for it

i think they mean since gmk kitting is different from epbt kitting. base kit, how moqs work etc. are all different. so the kitting can be altered to make base cheaper by moving numpad to child kit, removing 3-key and adding a full-blown 40s kit (personal request), etc. since all epbt child kits will be made as long as base reaches moq.

PhantomKyubii · « **Reply #29 on:** Sat, 18 December 2021, 09:33:37 »

Quote from: surplusofchairs on Sat, 18 December 2021, 03:35:38

Quote from: PhantomKyubii on Thu, 16 December 2021, 19:57:07
Quote from: hali on Thu, 16 December 2021, 19:41:40
new manu should mean new kits

I am in the process of updating the novelties;
and as for more kits;
I would like to keep it to a minimum unless there is enough request/interest for it
i think they mean since gmk kitting is different from epbt kitting. base kit, how moqs work etc. are all different. so the kitting can be altered to make base cheaper by moving numpad to child kit, removing 3-key and adding a full-blown 40s kit (personal request), etc. since all epbt child kits will be made as long as base reaches moq.

Ahhh, I see, alright, ill try to rerender them with more child kits!
I appreciate your clarification and help

PhantomKyubii · « **Reply #30 on:** Sun, 26 December 2021, 00:00:43 »

Quick Update 3:
Updated Kitting to include Num Pad kit and Full 40's Kit
More Keyboard renders
Updated vendors to include PH and MX
Added Signature

Happy Holidays!

sae saint · « **Reply #31 on:** Sun, 02 January 2022, 00:11:17 »

must cop

PhantomKyubii · « **Reply #32 on:** Sun, 02 January 2022, 11:13:20 »

Quick Update 4:
Removed an extra 2.25u Shift on Base
Moved part of SB kit to base for alice support
Added 2x 1.5u Super
Added Ral 5000 3/1/3 SB
Added Hex Keyboards as SEA Vendor

Currently in discussion with Hibi regarding artisan collab; Stay tuned!

Happy New Year!

PhantomKyubii · « **Reply #33 on:** Fri, 07 January 2022, 19:09:40 »

Quick Update 5:
Added EllyAtry Keys to collab list
Added another 2.25u Enter key (Alpha Color) and 1u Esc Key (Accent Mod Color) to Novelties kit
Changed glasses novelty to match Alpha colors
All vendors confirmed: WW/ CA/ US/ EU/ MX/ PH/ UK/ KR/ OCE/ SEA
Melon Keys Collab underway; preliminary design moc up came in (picture in discord); Will post finalized design on GH

Updated renders to come!

Thanks!

2Moons · « **Reply #34 on:** Thu, 13 January 2022, 18:03:02 »

Quote from: doggo1dance on Fri, 10 December 2021, 02:13:06

IP issues?

Probably not much of a problem outside of Japan but a Japan vendor might get the cease and desist (or worse). Unless we can get permission to run it in Japan from Kyoto Animation or whoever the current licence holder is first.

PhantomKyubii · « **Reply #35 on:** Thu, 13 January 2022, 19:50:07 »

Quote from: 2Moons on Thu, 13 January 2022, 18:03:02

Quote from: doggo1dance on Fri, 10 December 2021, 02:13:06
IP issues?

Probably not much of a problem outside of Japan but a Japan vendor might get the cease and desist (or worse). Unless we can get permission to run it in Japan from Kyoto Animation or whoever the current licence holder is first.

I will not be having a JP vendor for this kit at this time. My vendor list is more or less finalized with little to no changes.
THanks for letting me know though!

PhantomKyubii · « **Reply #36 on:** Sat, 15 January 2022, 19:41:14 »

Quick Update 6:
Collab desk mat with Lnyart has been finished and added to IC
Removed Left and Right Shift novelties from Novelty kit
Changed Enter novelty design
Reworked renders accordingly
Added tentative design for a possible Wuque Ikki68 collab
Feel free to provide feedback!

Thanks!

PhantomKyubii · « **Reply #37 on:** Thu, 03 March 2022, 11:22:24 »

Quick Update 7:

Hey Everyone,
My apologies for the lack of updates;
Just got the Melon Key collab colorway rendition done; looking quite nice!
Also currently working on getting quotes and pricing from all vendors before I post them up;

As with other ePBT kits as of late; there is a hold on ePBT GB dates as they want to clear up their queue first - there's not much I can do on my end regarding that except to wait

As always, thanks for checking
I hope to update soon again!

PhantomKyubii · « **Reply #38 on:** Mon, 12 September 2022, 17:29:02 »

Quick Update 8:

Hey Everyone,

I have just received word from ePBT that new projects will be on hold for another 10-12 months and unfortunately that means my set will also be on hold for another 10-12 months;

I MAY look into the possibility of seeking out different manufacturers, but my options are quite limited; I have reached out to MW prior to ePBT and they have turned me down, so I'm not sure what the chances are that they will accept me this time (If I were to reach out again).

I may reach out to Infinikey or Domikey as well to see their availabilities in the timeline

Regardless, I do deeply apologize for this elongated wait time; I had anticipated the group buy to be this year. Sorry!

mariajose1197 · « **Reply #39 on:** Mon, 12 September 2022, 22:28:36 »

I love this!!!!!!!

PhantomKyubii · « **Reply #40 on:** Tue, 25 October 2022, 18:36:50 »

Quick Update 9:

Hellos Everyone!

I have reached out to Domikey and they have agreed to work with me as the manufacturer for Kuriyama!
We have been in discussion in regard to the design and possible manufacturing method;
With that said, we believe we'll be able to pull off this set in Doubleshot.

Yes, I agree with the current styling of the novelties it will not be possible, but we have already worked on that and the updated novelties are shown below:

The overall concept has not been changed.

Once again, I apologize for the delays but at least were getting somewhere now.
I will follow up with more information once ready!

Thanks

caughtquick · « **Reply #41 on:** Wed, 26 October 2022, 00:12:15 »

Love the color scheme and the mix between bolder darker colors and the pastels, seems like it could end up with a nice result on a board.

0xtanja · « **Reply #42 on:** Wed, 23 November 2022, 08:45:22 »

Is the kitting going to be updated now that you switched to Domikey?

The 40s kit has two (2) dark grey `esc`, two (2) light grey `esc`, and two (2) `back` keys on R1 - when combined with the base kit, one would end up with three (3) dark grey `esc`, and three (3) light grey `esc` keys on R1, is this intentional?

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