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Title: [IC] DSA Moonlit (Update 4/7/18)
Post by: lordgiblite on Sun, 15 October 2017, 18:17:58
Hello,
This is a set that's been in the works for awhile, both in my brain and it floated around reddit a lot about a month ago.
But that wasn't enough so I bring the set here after some revamping to get the ball rolling again (and get it rolling right)
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Ooooo a fancy render/teaser, courtesy of CQ_Cumbers new rendering service site kbrenders.com (I love it! Thanks!)

The inspiration for this set is two-fold, it's from a cloudy night sky in the country and off of a childhood claymation show called Wallace and Gromit where they go to the moon.

The moon is made of cheese.

A Few Things About the Set Itself

Now Let's Get Into the Kits


*All kits are continually being worked on to offer the best compatibility without making you buy a thousand different kits*

BASE SET
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MODIFIER KIT
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NUMPAD KIT
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NON-STANDARD & ISO KIT
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SPACEBAR KIT
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40% & PLANCK KIT
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ERGODOX KIT
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ACCENT KIT
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NOVELTIES
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Imgur Album!! -->https://imgur.com/a/DPUgP (https://imgur.com/a/DPUgP)

Render Stuffs!
**Please note these were created with the web service Kbrenders.com and some the legends got messed up, I am putting these here until I can get better renders for you!**
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Currently Working On

What's the Timeline?

What's Your  Part in all  This?
So you are here to either:

UPDATE!!! 4/7/18
The set it not dead! I have been pretty busy with life stuff, starting a new position at work and I want this set to be 100% ready for a GB so if life hits again I have all the answers and can quickly help everyone out.
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit
Post by: Koobaczech on Sun, 15 October 2017, 18:43:28
Looking great!!! :thumb: - Perhaps add little dividers between the kits on imgur so its easier to pick them out brother
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit
Post by: ye_cole on Sun, 15 October 2017, 18:48:43
🔥

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think that sums it up.
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit
Post by: pixelpusher on Sun, 15 October 2017, 18:58:14
I love it.  Similar to what I had for a runner up submission to Massdrop (cool gray emphasis with yellow accent).

I personally would like to see the colors reversed just because I really like contrast on the alphas and it sets the colorway even further apart from Dolch.

Anyway... I like my colors better, but if you're going to do the legwork, I would totally buy a set  :thumb:

Love me some classic colorways in DSA.  Keep up the good work.

DSA "Depth Charge" using stock SP colors:
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Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit
Post by: lordgiblite on Sun, 15 October 2017, 21:37:59
Looking great!!! :thumb: - Perhaps add little dividers between the kits on imgur so its easier to pick them out brother

Thanks :D I went ahead and added the dividers and made the background a little darker (I think it looks better that way)

I love it.  Similar to what I had for a runner up submission to Massdrop (cool gray emphasis with yellow accent).

I personally would like to see the colors reversed just because I really like contrast on the alphas and it sets the colorway even further apart from Dolch.

Anyway... I like my colors better, but if you're going to do the legwork, I would totally buy a set  :thumb:

Love me some classic colorways in DSA.  Keep up the good work.

DSA "Depth Charge" using stock SP colors:
(Attachment Link)

I really do enjoy your color scheme but I don't feel that it captures what inspired this set, If you every stare at the moon on a cloudy night away from all the light pollution cities and houses create this set makes a lot of sense. I have tried to take some pictures from around where I live but I simply cannot get a good picture! Also, google doesn't really have any good images either. The yellow will be an ode to the Wallace and Gromit special with it representing cheese (That will be updated as I get the novelties where I want them).
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit
Post by: pixelpusher on Sun, 15 October 2017, 21:45:49
Looking great!!! :thumb: - Perhaps add little dividers between the kits on imgur so its easier to pick them out brother

Thanks :D I went ahead and added the dividers and made the background a little darker (I think it looks better that way)

I love it.  Similar to what I had for a runner up submission to Massdrop (cool gray emphasis with yellow accent).

I personally would like to see the colors reversed just because I really like contrast on the alphas and it sets the colorway even further apart from Dolch.

Anyway... I like my colors better, but if you're going to do the legwork, I would totally buy a set  :thumb:

Love me some classic colorways in DSA.  Keep up the good work.

DSA "Depth Charge" using stock SP colors:
(Attachment Link)

I really do enjoy your color scheme but I don't feel that it captures what inspired this set, If you every stare at the moon on a cloudy night away from all the light pollution cities and houses create this set makes a lot of sense. I have tried to take some pictures from around where I live but I simply cannot get a good picture! Also, google doesn't really have any good images either. The yellow will be an ode to the Wallace and Gromit special with it representing cheese (That will be updated as I get the novelties where I want them).

are the colors gray and black, or is that a pale blue and dark gray?
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit
Post by: lordgiblite on Sun, 15 October 2017, 21:52:02
are the colors gray and black, or is that a pale blue and dark gray?

GSM for the alphas (the same in your set) and NN for the modifiers which is a dark gray/black
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit
Post by: pixelpusher on Sun, 15 October 2017, 22:51:03
This is the inspiration?

Not a valid vimeo URL
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit
Post by: lordgiblite on Mon, 16 October 2017, 00:09:41
This is the inspiration?

Not a valid vimeo URL

YES! Oh man do I love me some Wallace and Gromit. But it's only the inspiration for the cheese novelty cap and the yellow accents.
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit
Post by: wongie on Mon, 16 October 2017, 03:40:44
  • Doubleshot ABS is the goal but I am willing to go for dye-sub PBT

Good to see that you've made progress on this since your initial drop kinda fell through, i'm still 100% behind this but that being said please stick to ABS!!
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit
Post by: WarmCat on Mon, 16 October 2017, 08:22:36
Love the colours!
Couple of opinions/ideas:
If you’re going to have a small font on your alphas, maybe try lower case, might look better.
A lot of set designers make this mistake: you have no 1.5u Meta keys. The main purpose of a key labelled “meta” is so that it is not OS-specific, however, mac and unix keyboards have the meta key closest to the spacebar (where windows users have their alt). For a good example of this look at the HHKB.
Anyhoo, not a criticism as such, it’s a great set and well done trying to cover all possibilities!
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit
Post by: midnightrun on Wed, 18 October 2017, 02:18:43
Waiting for the GB.
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit
Post by: lordgiblite on Wed, 18 October 2017, 15:12:43
  • Doubleshot ABS is the goal but I am willing to go for dye-sub PBT

Good to see that you've made progress on this since your initial drop kinda fell through, i'm still 100% behind this but that being said please stick to ABS!!

I do plan on keeping ABS Double-shot unless an entire crowd of people say it's make or break for them, I really don't want to screw up the colors!

Love the colours!
Couple of opinions/ideas:
If you’re going to have a small font on your alphas, maybe try lower case, might look better.
A lot of set designers make this mistake: you have no 1.5u Meta keys. The main purpose of a key labelled “meta” is so that it is not OS-specific, however, mac and unix keyboards have the meta key closest to the spacebar (where windows users have their alt). For a good example of this look at the HHKB.
Anyhoo, not a criticism as such, it’s a great set and well done trying to cover all possibilities!


Waiting for the GB.

Thanks  :D
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (Accent Kit Added)
Post by: lordgiblite on Sat, 21 October 2017, 16:14:02
Let me know what you all think of the added Accent Kit.  :D
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Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (Accent Kit Added)
Post by: aspenc4 on Sat, 21 October 2017, 16:46:46
Looks good!


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Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (Accent Kit Added)
Post by: mudcakehoney on Sat, 21 October 2017, 17:59:23
Would love to see this as an SA but awesome colourway all the same
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (Accent Kit Added)
Post by: lordgiblite on Sun, 22 October 2017, 16:33:22
Looks good!

Thanks :D

Would love to see this as an SA but awesome colourway all the same

Honestly I was initially thinking about doing this in an SA profile but 2 things stopped me.

Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (Accent Kit Added)
Post by: aspenc4 on Sun, 22 October 2017, 16:57:05
If it goes well, SA as a follow up would be pretty nice. :)


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Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (Accent Kit Added)
Post by: lordgiblite on Sun, 22 October 2017, 18:29:24
If it goes well, SA as a follow up would be pretty nice.

That was certainly an idea I was bouncing around.
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (Accent Kit Added)
Post by: wongie on Tue, 24 October 2017, 07:32:03
Any chance of a 1u Ctrl and Alt being included in the non-standard kit? 65% boards with 1.25, 1.25, 1.25, 6.5, 1,1,1,1,1,1 for the bottom row are coming popular, as it stands one would need to purchase an  additional Planck kit making it a more costly proposition.
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (Accent Kit Added)
Post by: lordgiblite on Tue, 24 October 2017, 09:18:21
Any chance of a 1u Ctrl and Alt being included in the non-standard kit? 65% boards with 1.25, 1.25, 1.25, 6.5, 1,1,1,1,1,1 for the bottom row are coming popular, as it stands one would need to purchase an  additional Planck kit making it a more costly proposition.

Done  :thumb:
Don't know why I didn't think of that when I have a board with that layout lol
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (Interest Form Up!)
Post by: lordgiblite on Wed, 25 October 2017, 18:48:07
Added Interest Form in OP or click here: https://goo.gl/forms/uZ97aTOGp3zARTqH2 (https://goo.gl/forms/uZ97aTOGp3zARTqH2)

Thanks for looking :D
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (Interest Form Up and some updates)
Post by: lordgiblite on Thu, 26 October 2017, 11:56:11
Updated the Kits, Interest Form has not yet changed to reflect new kits yet updated, and added ErogDox Kit.
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (Kits posted, feedback wanted!)
Post by: Koobaczech on Wed, 01 November 2017, 19:09:57
Yooo wheres the cheese ESC key at though! :D
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (Kits posted, feedback wanted!)
Post by: lordgiblite on Wed, 01 November 2017, 19:25:58
Yooo wheres the cheese ESC key at though! :D

It's in the works! I'm refining all the novelties from version 1 but haven't found anytime to get at Inkscape recently. I've been working a lot on the set from my laptop and for some reason it won't allow me to do anything with Inkscape lol so I'm stuck with my desktop at home (which I prefer honestly)
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (Kits posted, feedback wanted!)
Post by: Koobaczech on Thu, 02 November 2017, 22:58:52
Wonderful, i really liked the cheese novelty. Hey if anything at all, run a GB for it like Krelbit does for his watsers haha
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (Kits posted, feedback wanted!)
Post by: lordgiblite on Fri, 03 November 2017, 13:27:27
Wonderful, i really liked the cheese novelty. Hey if anything at all, run a GB for it like Krelbit does for his watsers haha

Hmmm..you give me too many ideas Koob  ;D The novelties are starting to take shape now though! I want to include at least 4 in the renders I get hopefully in the next month.
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (Render Teaser?)
Post by: lordgiblite on Mon, 27 November 2017, 12:16:41
I know I've been afk for a little bit (sorry), been a busy month on top of the holiday stuff this last week. Updates should be coming more regularly now as they happen.

Will be getting in touch with vendors next month and getting some more renders of the set on different boards.

Thanks for looking :)
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (Render Teaser?)
Post by: aspenc4 on Mon, 27 November 2017, 12:33:50
Gah, that render looks so good man!


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Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (Render Teaser?)
Post by: mbljs5555 on Mon, 27 November 2017, 15:33:30
Ahh this is the one with the cheese color keycaps... Looks really nice but haven't tried DSA profile yet!
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (Render Teaser?)
Post by: lordgiblite on Mon, 27 November 2017, 17:25:54
Gah, that render looks so good man!

I'm glad you found the render lol I didn't notice until I got to work that the images were off and I wouldn't be able to fix them until break! Glad you like it :)

Ahh this is the one with the cheese color keycaps... Looks really nice but haven't tried DSA profile yet!

That it is! I have DSA on my Let's Split and really enjoy the profile, it also just looks really nice. I haven't tried SA or a GMK set but have them on the way eventually. And don't forget there's always the possibility of a round 2 in a different profile  ;)

Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (More Renders??)
Post by: lordgiblite on Fri, 22 December 2017, 01:49:40
Added some of my renders gathered during Kbrenders.com short life span. Thank you CQ_Cumber for the service.

Hope you all enjoy the new renders!
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (More Renders??)
Post by: Kafka on Fri, 22 December 2017, 04:00:02

This looks dope, dsa isn't my cup of tea though.

(GMK pls)
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (More Renders??)
Post by: poolside on Fri, 22 December 2017, 07:20:12
Nice retro colors on that TKL render  :thumb:
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (More Renders??)
Post by: Koobaczech on Fri, 22 December 2017, 10:03:28
That TKL looks so hot! Mann lets get this going. What's next in this project bud?
(https://geekhack.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=92092.0;attach=184926;image)
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (More Renders??)
Post by: lordgiblite on Sat, 23 December 2017, 08:42:24

This looks dope, dsa isn't my cup of tea though.

(GMK pls)

I have thought about making this a GMK set in all reality as when I first started making this I had very little knowledge of row profile and really how the heck to even design a set!
I plan on exploring GMK a little further as well because 1) it's a very popular profile and 2) the work that Mito has done with GMK has opened a lot of doors as far as making GMK a versatile set.

Nice retro colors on that TKL render  :thumb:

Thanks  :D I was really happy how they turned out!

That TKL looks so hot! Mann lets get this going. What's next in this project bud?
Show Image
(https://geekhack.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=92092.0;attach=184926;image)


Thanks Koob! Next on the list is to get the list of novelties I want completely finished and then actually finish making them in lol
I hope to have more progress done in a few weeks after all the holiday stuff has died down, but I wouldn't expect much until after the first week in January because my brother's getting married and as the Best Man I can't devote all my time to this  :D
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (More Renders??)
Post by: aspenc4 on Sat, 23 December 2017, 09:45:53
Man, that’s a bummer; I’ve wanted this set since you first setup an IC but I’m not interested in GMK. :(


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Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (More Renders??)
Post by: wongie on Sat, 23 December 2017, 12:37:39
I hope to have more progress done in a few weeks after all the holiday stuff has died down, but I wouldn't expect much until after the first week in January because my brother's getting married and as the Best Man I can't devote all my time to this  :D

Kill two birds with one stone by designing some commemorative Moonlit wedding novelty caps to go with the set to present as a wedding present for your brother.
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (More Renders??)
Post by: lordgiblite on Sat, 23 December 2017, 22:23:45
Man, that’s a bummer; I’ve wanted this set since you first setup an IC but I’m not interested in GMK. :(


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For you I will keep it DSA, I have a special novelty just for you and I don't want all that time to go to waste!

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Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (More Renders??)
Post by: trabbit on Sun, 24 December 2017, 21:33:28
Looks great, could you pls put yellow escape or some other yellow keys in Novelties?
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (More Renders??)
Post by: aspenc4 on Tue, 26 December 2017, 01:57:31
Man, that’s a bummer; I’ve wanted this set since you first setup an IC but I’m not interested in GMK. :(


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For you I will keep it DSA, I have a special novelty just for you and I don't want all that time to go to waste!

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Do what you think is best for the set; I’ll throw my support in regardless because I really adore this color way and appreciate all of the effort you’ve put in. I’m just partial to DSA over GMK, but I’d rather see this come to fruition in any capacity my man. Can’t wait to see that novelty too, I know you’ve been at it for a while now!


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Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (More Renders??)
Post by: lordgiblite on Tue, 26 December 2017, 08:57:13
Looks great, could you pls put yellow escape or some other yellow keys in Novelties?

The yellow escape is in the accent kit, along with the light gray :)

Man, that’s a bummer; I’ve wanted this set since you first setup an IC but I’m not interested in GMK. :(


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For you I will keep it DSA, I have a special novelty just for you and I don't want all that time to go to waste!

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Do what you think is best for the set; I’ll throw my support in regardless because I really adore this color way and appreciate all of the effort you’ve put in. I’m just partial to DSA over GMK, but I’d rather see this come to fruition in any capacity my man. Can’t wait to see that novelty too, I know you’ve been at it for a while now!


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I believe DSA is probably a good place for this set to be, that way it can be combined with DSA Starry Night if people want to mix and match! And I'd keep a look out for a few novelties showing up in January after all the holiday (and wedding) stuff dies down for me.
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (More Renders??)
Post by: swenbearswen on Tue, 26 December 2017, 22:15:17
Looks great, I really appreciate that the alternates kit has a 2u shift.
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (More Renders??)
Post by: swenbearswen on Tue, 26 December 2017, 22:22:20
Also for compatibility reasons (and my own personal bias as I'm looking for a DSA set with white on black mods) I think DSA is the best way to go.
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (More Renders??)
Post by: lordgiblite on Wed, 27 December 2017, 12:56:21
Looks great, I really appreciate that the alternates kit has a 2u shift.

I've really tried to get as many layouts as possible represented with the kits and still have all of them hopefully hit MOQ (that's why ISO is combined in the alt kit)
I'm glad you like it! Hoping to get this rolling close to GB in Feb/March, you know, all them tax returns lol

Also for compatibility reasons (and my own personal bias as I'm looking for a DSA set with white on black mods) I think DSA is the best way to go.

I've basically decided DSA is here to stay. It offers the easiest as far as compatibility and the lead time from SP isn't too bad (especially compared to SA!)
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (More Renders??)
Post by: SirWalross on Mon, 12 February 2018, 08:03:58
Would a Norde/International Kit be possible especially for an ISO-DE Layout?
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (More Renders??)
Post by: lordgiblite on Mon, 12 February 2018, 09:57:59
Would a Norde/International Kit be possible especially for an ISO-DE Layout?

I can certainly try, the hardest part of adding Nordic support is that that set may not be able to reach MOQ or at least a reasonable price.
If Nordic is only a few extra keys that I can throw in then that's a different story too, I will definitely take a gander at it though  :thumb:
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (More Renders??)
Post by: swenbearswen on Tue, 03 April 2018, 23:03:31
How is this set coming? really interested in picking up some white-on-black mods for myself.
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (More Renders??)
Post by: lordgiblite on Tue, 03 April 2018, 23:09:45
How is this set coming? really interested in picking up some white-on-black mods for myself.
It's still going well :) been doing a lot of stuff on the side without updates since I've been busy changing Job positions and a wedding, and my wife and I's essential oil business had a lot come up too. So this set has had a sort of silenced update process but I've gotten novelties pretty close to being nailed down and am saving up for some really nice renders as well as gearing  up for making the set itself more known in the community. So yeah lots of stuff going on still and really glad you're interested :D hoping to have an official update in a few weeks with lots of new info!

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Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (More Renders??)
Post by: ChrisSwires on Wed, 04 April 2018, 10:39:55
I'm in. That is all.
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (More Renders??)
Post by: RavenPanther on Wed, 04 April 2018, 21:58:56
I'm in. That is all.

Seconded.
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (Update 4/7/18)
Post by: lordgiblite on Sat, 07 April 2018, 09:59:26
Hey everyone! I got an update for you!!! It's also in the main post if too if you want to stare at some of the pictures there too!

UPDATE!!! 4/7/18
The set it not dead! I have been pretty busy with life stuff, starting a new position at work and I want this set to be 100% ready for a GB so if life hits again I have all the answers and can quickly help everyone out.

I'm in. That is all.

Seconded.

Thanks you too! I'm not done with this and I will for sure be making it happen!![/list]
Title: Re: [IC] DSA Moonlit (Update 4/7/18)
Post by: HamKenobi on Sun, 08 April 2018, 20:47:31
You should consider making moon phase novelties. For the num row or numpad