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[GB] GMK Bordeaux | Production Complete + Shipping 🍷
« on: Mon, 30 May 2022, 15:41:39 »


Group Buy Live: May 30, 2022 - June 30, 2022
Current Fulfillment ETA: ~Q3-Q4 2023

I would like to introduce to you GMK Bordeaux, a keycap set based on the world capital of wine! Much of the color palette was inspired by the cream and light brown brickwork shown throughout "Old Town" Bordeaux's architectural work (Port Cailhau, Place de la Bourse, La Grosse Cloche, etc.), as well as the gravel/clay soils that the vineyards use to cultivate the grape varieties there. I also wanted to include a deep red color to represent the cabernet merlot blended wine selections that the region is most famous for producing. Here is a mood board that I used to visualize my ideas.


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Pantone 2309 C
Accents

Pantone 4045 C
Alphas

Pantone 7643 C
Modifiers

If you are interested in this set and would like to make a purchase, please visit one of the many vendors in the below links for your corresponding regions!



Vendors

NA: Novelkeys
EU: MyKeyboard
CA: Ashkeebs
UK: Prototypist
AUS/OCE: Daily Clack
SEA: Thic Thock
CN: KBDfans
KR: Monstargears



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Kits

Château (base)


Aged Oak (alt alphas)


Vineyard (novelties)


Full-Bodied (spacebars)


Glögg (NorDeUK)




Renders

HAUS by Hand Engineering



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Paragon by Artemis Design Studios



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U80-A by Rama Works




Bloq by THOK Design




Deskmats

Deskmat Trivia #1:
The Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855 (Grand Cru Classé) resulted from the 1855 Exposition Universelle de Paris, when Emperor Napoleon III (1808-1873) requested a classification system for France's finest Bordeaux wines that were to be on display for visitors from all across the globe. This quality classification system comprises only of left bank chateaus in Médoc, Graves, and Sauternes, ranked from first to fifth growths. In Bordeaux, the first growths are called "premiers crus" (highest quality) while the second through fifth growth crus are called "crus classés." As of today, the Grand Cru Classé of 1855 is the most popular and longest-standing wine classification system in Bordeaux.

"Wine Stain" (900x400 mm)

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Deskmat Trivia #2:
Nearing the end of the 1970s, intercultural relations between France and Japan were mainly connected through anime and manga. In 2006, France represented around 50% of the European market for manga and was only second behind Japan in terms of global manga consumption. In 2013, manga represented around 40% of new comics released in the country, which surpassed Franco-Belgian comics for the first time in French history.

"Affair at the Château" by 1stGarden (900x400 mm)

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Collaborations

Keyboard:
Iron 165 by Smith + Rune

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Metal Keycaps:
Hibi MX

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THOK

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Asero Foundry


Esclab

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Wooden Keycaps:
YVK Studio

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Raffle Keycaps:
Keycap Quarry

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MacherStudio

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DEAGcaps

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Namong Art

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Arcana Keys

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PrimeCaps

MOZIcaps

Cables:
VoxelMods

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RnCables

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Wrist Rest:
MarbleK

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Deskmat:
1stGarden




Social Media



ID: Kevster#6878
If you have any questions regarding the set or would like to reach out to collaborate, don't hesitate to message me!


Update Log
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07-17-2021
- Interest check posted
- Removed mod tilde from modifier alphas kit
- Added extra "b" to modifier alphas kit
- Added extra "b" to spacebars kit

07-21-2021
- Added color poll for base alphas

07-26-2021
- Posted results for base alphas color poll (choice #2 wins)
- Color matched new base alpha color with Pantone 2471 C
- Updated banner, mood board, and renders to represent new base alphas and better reflect accents

07-28-2021
- Created second interest check form
- Created discord server for set

08-01-2021
- Updated base kit with added 40% 3-key support (R2 1.75u Backspace, R3 1.5u Enter, R3 1.25u Tab)
- Updated confirmed vendors list for NA, EU, UK, and AUS/OCE

08-03-2021
- Updated confirmed vendors list for SEA

08-04-2021
- Updated confirmed vendors list for CA and KR

08-07-2021
- Updated confirmed vendors list for CN

08-20-2021
- Added final color poll for base alphas

08-29-2021
- Posted results for final base alphas color poll (new color wins)
- Added 2.75u, 2.25u, and 2.00u spacebars to alphas kit to support common Alice layouts
- Removed F5-F8 keys from alphas kit

09-05-2021
- Confirmed collaborations with Rama Works, Asero Foundry, Arcana Keys, Rocket Cable, RnCables, MarbleK, and 1stGarden

10-28-2021
- Novelty fixing phase
- Confirmed collaboration with THOK and Hibi
- Revealed Asero Foundry and THOK keycap renders

12-27-2021
- Novelty revision
- Confirmed collaboration with MacherStudio and MOZIcaps

02-07-2022
- Novelties approved by GMK
- Initial price quotes

02-26-2022
- Created poll to decide base alpha colors (brown vs red) and overall kitting

03-06-2022
- Announced base alpha poll result (red wins)

03-08-2022
- Added red tab for alt-alphas kit for two keyboard support
- Updated confirmed vendors list for SEA
- Confirmed collaboration with YVK Studio
- Added new deskmat design by 1stGarden

03-28-2022
- Announced price quotes for North America
- Added grape leaf novelty for R2 tab key
- Added new renders
- Added MarbleK collaboration update

04-08-2022
- Announced official group buy date

04-28-2022
- Updated kit renders
- Added non-tertiary NorDeUK kit (Glögg)
- Announced collaboration with Esclab

05-05-2022
- Added VoxelMods collaboration update

05-19-2022
- Revealed Hibi keycap renders

05-26-2022
- Added updated deskmat design by 1stGarden
- Revealed RnCables collaboration cable

05-29-2022
- Updated pricing information
- Added Primecaps collaboration update
- Added MarbleK renders and purchase link
- Added VoxelMods purchase link

05-30-2022
- Group buy live

06-26-2022
- Announced Smith + Rune Iron 165 board collaboration

03-01-2023
- Received first round of keycap samples for color matching




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Offline aerospice

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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux - Live: May 30, 2022 to June 30 2022 🍷
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 30 May 2022, 15:42:14 »
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P.S. If you have already purchased a base kit for this set, winning this giveaway will allow for you to receive a refund for that purchase (along with a free cable + artisan)
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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux - Live: May 30, 2022 to June 30 2022 🍷
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 01 June 2022, 13:34:50 »
Approved :thumb:

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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux - Live: May 30, 2022 to June 30 2022 🍷
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 01 June 2022, 16:09:05 »
im sorry to report the wine mom gf in the second deskmat has been arrested for drinking and driving :(

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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux - Live: May 30, 2022 to June 30 2022 🍷
« Reply #4 on: Wed, 01 June 2022, 17:32:38 »
40s in the base OKAY OKAY
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Offline monkeybread44

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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Live: May 30, 2022 to June 30 2022 🍷
« Reply #5 on: Wed, 01 June 2022, 18:54:01 »
Ordered Château & Vineyard 2 days ago...








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Offline aerospice

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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | May 30, 2022 to June 30 2022 🍷
« Reply #6 on: Wed, 01 June 2022, 22:25:44 »
If you guys haven't seen these yet, Macher Studio is holding a raffle for one of her floral bouquet artisans today, which started at 9:00 AM PST! If you look a little closely, you can see tiny bunches of grapes hanging from the edges on each keycap (DO NOT EAT)! Anyway, if you wish to enter for a chance to win, feel free to fill out the form below. Be quick because the raffle form closes tomorrow at 9:00 AM PST (24 hours from the start time) 💐

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Offline DaaDaa

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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Live: May 30, 2022 to June 30 2022 🍷
« Reply #7 on: Thu, 02 June 2022, 06:22:47 »
I first day joined. Good luck with the gb.
piggy60 red upgraded PVD w/ GMK umka zaku | tiramisuit w/ GMK noire JWK silk emerald | mr.suit black/chrome glossy chamfers w/ GMK minimal cow POM stem | jelly epoch w/ SA oblivion zaku | mode80 deco w/ gmk boneyard alpaca | mode 80 imperial with ePBT origami alpaca| MODE80 viridian /w CRP boba LT | RAMA thermal kuro w/ GMK muted 2 pewter | BBox60 C64 wih marshmellows and c64 keycaps | MODE Sonnet green /w MW voynich gateron ink box pink

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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Live: May 30, 2022 to June 30 2022 🍷
« Reply #8 on: Fri, 03 June 2022, 16:37:13 »
Been waiting for this for awhile!

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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Live: May 30, 2022 to June 30 2022
« Reply #9 on: Mon, 06 June 2022, 19:39:28 »

Edit: revised scale to match final
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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Live: May 30 - June 30 | Week 1 Sales Update 🍷
« Reply #10 on: Tue, 07 June 2022, 08:37:40 »
Regardless of some of the tough competition going on this month, we're already around 40% away from our MOQ goals for the kits! I didn't expect sales to be as strong as they currently are for the first week, so I wanted to say thank you to everyone here for following and supporting this set thus far! There's going to be some significant collaboration news coming soon in the upcoming week (Week 3 Week 4), so look forward to that! All I have to say without revealing too much is that I know some of the plans that you guys have for this set ;)
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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Live: May 30 - June 30 | Week 1 Sales Update 🍷
« Reply #11 on: Tue, 07 June 2022, 17:15:23 »
Is there 2u shift in base kit?

Offline aerospice

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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Live: May 30 - June 30 | Week 1 Sales Update 🍷
« Reply #12 on: Wed, 08 June 2022, 01:51:51 »
Is there 2u shift in base kit?

Hey there! Answering your question, there is no 2.00u shift in the base kit.

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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Live: May 30 - June 30 | Week 1 Sales Update 🍷
« Reply #13 on: Wed, 08 June 2022, 01:52:48 »
Regarding the YVK Studio wooden spacebars, I wanted to let everyone know that the 7.00u sizes can only be purchased directly from the form below. As for the 6.25u sized spacebars, they can be purchased from either the vendors or the form; whichever method works best!

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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Live: May 30 - June 30 | Week 1 Sales Update 🍷
« Reply #14 on: Sat, 11 June 2022, 17:05:10 »
With bellies and glasses full of wine, DEAGcaps is currently holding an artisan raffle for two of her adorable characters, Miru and Bean! The Miru on the left is "under the influence" by love (and alcohol), and the Bean on the right has cracked one too many bottles. After winning one of these tipsy little dorks, make sure to lock down your wine cellar for their own safety! The raffle starts today at 3:00 PM PST (open for 24 hours)!

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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Live: May 30 - June 30 | Week 2 Sales Update
« Reply #15 on: Tue, 14 June 2022, 20:47:04 »

Edit: revised scale to match final
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Offline aerospice

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Having had golden flakes transplanted into a solidified bath of jellied wine, Arcana Keys has concocted a delicious batch of forbidden candies! If you would like a taste of this resin treat, feel free to fill out the form below. The raffle starts today at 12:00 PM PST and ends 12:00 AM PST (open for 12 hours)!

NOTE: As a safety disclaimer, please don't actually eat this if you win...

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P.S. If you have already purchased a base kit for this set, winning this giveaway will allow for you to receive a refund for that purchase (along with a free cable + artisan)
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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Live: May 30 - June 30 | Week 3 Sales Update
« Reply #18 on: Tue, 21 June 2022, 22:31:15 »

Edit: revised scale to match final
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Offline aerospice

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Some of you may have already seen this not-so-secret news, but I'm excited to officially announce the collaboration with GMK Bordeaux and Smith + Rune! This collaboration effort features the iconic "Plum" color for both the top and bottom of the Iron 165 r2 and a copper badge + weight (first time with full-bodied plum coverage). We felt the plum color would be a perfect match with the wine alphas, and vice versa with the copper accents for the cream legends!

Additionally, if you guys haven't noticed, the copper badge features a combination of two brand new Elder Futhark runes (ᚹᛃ). Since wine (hot glögg for the Nordic folks) is a commodity that can bring people together to celebrate a good time, we felt "Wunjo" (joy/harmony/friendship) and "Jera" (harvest/farming/gardening) would make an excellent bind rune to symbolize joy brought on by a plentiful grape harvest!

Specific details are still yet to come, but the GMK Bordeaux edition of the Iron 165 keyboard will be held in a raffle format later this year and will be VERY limited in quantity. More angles of the board can be found in the images below!

Iron 165 by Smith + Rune

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Offline DaaDaa

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Some of you may have already seen this not-so-secret news, but I'm excited to officially announce the collaboration with GMK Bordeaux and Smith + Rune! This collaboration effort features the iconic "Plum" color for both the top and bottom of the Iron 165 r2 and a copper badge + weight (first time with full-bodied plum coverage). We felt the plum color would be a perfect match with the wine alphas, and vice versa with the copper accents for the cream legends!

Additionally, if you guys haven't noticed, the copper badge features a combination of two brand new Elder Futhark runes (ᚹᛃ). Since wine (hot glögg for the Nordic folks) is a commodity that can bring people together to celebrate a good time, we felt "Wunjo" (joy/harmony/friendship) and "Jera" (harvest/farming/gardening) would make an excellent bind rune to symbolize joy brought on by a plentiful grape harvest!

Specific details are still yet to come, but the GMK Bordeaux edition of the Iron 165 keyboard will be held in a raffle format later this year and will be VERY limited in quantity. More angles of the board can be found in the images below!

Iron 165 by Smith + Rune
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will the raffle be only available to the people who have bought a base kit in the GB?
piggy60 red upgraded PVD w/ GMK umka zaku | tiramisuit w/ GMK noire JWK silk emerald | mr.suit black/chrome glossy chamfers w/ GMK minimal cow POM stem | jelly epoch w/ SA oblivion zaku | mode80 deco w/ gmk boneyard alpaca | mode 80 imperial with ePBT origami alpaca| MODE80 viridian /w CRP boba LT | RAMA thermal kuro w/ GMK muted 2 pewter | BBox60 C64 wih marshmellows and c64 keycaps | MODE Sonnet green /w MW voynich gateron ink box pink

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will the raffle be only available to the people who have bought a base kit in the GB?

Would also like to know the answer to this

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will the raffle be only available to the people who have bought a base kit in the GB?

Would also like to know the answer to this

It was confirmed in the S+R Discord that it will not be limited to those who have purchased a base kit.

I'm venturing a guess that those who have bought a base kit will get additional entries as that's what I've seen for similar board/keycaps collaborations.

Offline aerospice

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Some of you may have already seen this not-so-secret news, but I'm excited to officially announce the collaboration with GMK Bordeaux and Smith + Rune! This collaboration effort features the iconic "Plum" color for both the top and bottom of the Iron 165 r2 and a copper badge + weight (first time with full-bodied plum coverage). We felt the plum color would be a perfect match with the wine alphas, and vice versa with the copper accents for the cream legends!

Additionally, if you guys haven't noticed, the copper badge features a combination of two brand new Elder Futhark runes (ᚹᛃ). Since wine (hot glögg for the Nordic folks) is a commodity that can bring people together to celebrate a good time, we felt "Wunjo" (joy/harmony/friendship) and "Jera" (harvest/farming/gardening) would make an excellent bind rune to symbolize joy brought on by a plentiful grape harvest!

Specific details are still yet to come, but the GMK Bordeaux edition of the Iron 165 keyboard will be held in a raffle format later this year and will be VERY limited in quantity. More angles of the board can be found in the images below!

Iron 165 by Smith + Rune
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will the raffle be only available to the people who have bought a base kit in the GB?

Answering your question, the base kit isn't going to be a requirement to enter the raffle! That requirement was the original intent to avoid potential resellers from joining in the raffle (similar to GMK Pacific) since people who purchased the set are more likely to keep the board to pair with. However, the Smith + Rune team and I have decided to remove that "gate" since we felt most people would rather get the board as soon as its production is complete, rather than waiting for the actual keycap set to arrive (which has a slated lead time of ~Q3 2023-Q4 2023). Anyway, hope I was able to clarify things regarding the upcoming raffle!

Offline DaaDaa

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Some of you may have already seen this not-so-secret news, but I'm excited to officially announce the collaboration with GMK Bordeaux and Smith + Rune! This collaboration effort features the iconic "Plum" color for both the top and bottom of the Iron 165 r2 and a copper badge + weight (first time with full-bodied plum coverage). We felt the plum color would be a perfect match with the wine alphas, and vice versa with the copper accents for the cream legends!

Additionally, if you guys haven't noticed, the copper badge features a combination of two brand new Elder Futhark runes (ᚹᛃ). Since wine (hot glögg for the Nordic folks) is a commodity that can bring people together to celebrate a good time, we felt "Wunjo" (joy/harmony/friendship) and "Jera" (harvest/farming/gardening) would make an excellent bind rune to symbolize joy brought on by a plentiful grape harvest!

Specific details are still yet to come, but the GMK Bordeaux edition of the Iron 165 keyboard will be held in a raffle format later this year and will be VERY limited in quantity. More angles of the board can be found in the images below!

Iron 165 by Smith + Rune
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will the raffle be only available to the people who have bought a base kit in the GB?

Answering your question, the base kit isn't going to be a requirement to enter the raffle! That requirement was the original intent to avoid potential resellers from joining in the raffle (similar to GMK Pacific) since people who purchased the set are more likely to keep the board to pair with. However, the Smith + Rune team and I have decided to remove that "gate" since we felt most people would rather get the board as soon as its production is complete, rather than waiting for the actual keycap set to arrive (which has a slated lead time of ~Q3 2023-Q4 2023). Anyway, hope I was able to clarify things regarding the upcoming raffle!

There was a similar situation with mrsuit tiramisuit edition. In that case they also opened the raffle to everyone but gmk tiramisuit participants got some 2:1 or 3:1 odds. Way it worked is that we uploaded screenshot of Order  page with order number. In this way they ensured that gb participants get a good chance because it is properly upsetting if someone who bought your keycap set misses out and watches someone who doesn’t have the keycap, walk away with the board. Also at least for near future there won’t be many flippers as the market has cooled down, iron boards don’t go for a lot over gb price, and people are struggling to pay rent as opposed to last summer when people were going berserk with their stimmy money and couldn’t wait to spend it.
piggy60 red upgraded PVD w/ GMK umka zaku | tiramisuit w/ GMK noire JWK silk emerald | mr.suit black/chrome glossy chamfers w/ GMK minimal cow POM stem | jelly epoch w/ SA oblivion zaku | mode80 deco w/ gmk boneyard alpaca | mode 80 imperial with ePBT origami alpaca| MODE80 viridian /w CRP boba LT | RAMA thermal kuro w/ GMK muted 2 pewter | BBox60 C64 wih marshmellows and c64 keycaps | MODE Sonnet green /w MW voynich gateron ink box pink

Offline aerospice

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There's not much else to say other than "thank you" to everyone here for participating and supporting this set from beginning to end! For anybody wondering, no charts are going to be posted for this update until the conclusion of the group buy for the sake of redundancy. Just to give some peace of mind however, I can safely say that we naturally hit MOQ! As a last minute reminder, today is the FINAL chance to join in the group buy. If you're interested in this set and would like to make a purchase, today is the time to do it!

Moving away from the last minute marketing talk, I wanted to give some shoutouts to my vendors, collaborators, fellow keycap designers (you know who you are), and everyone else for making this possible! It's been about a year and a half since this set has been in development, so seeing it near the end of the group buy phase is pretty surreal. There's still a long road ahead, but until then, cheers 🍷



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Congratulations on hitting MOQ! I never had a doubt, it's a beautiful set. :)

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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Awaiting Final Sales Numbers + Extras 🍷
« Reply #27 on: Sun, 24 July 2022, 21:07:18 »


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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Final Sales + Extras 🍷
« Reply #28 on: Mon, 25 July 2022, 17:09:09 »
I think it's waived, no waved  >_>

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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Final Sales + Extras 🍷
« Reply #29 on: Sat, 30 July 2022, 05:18:22 »
When do vendors typically refund for artisans (Asero in this case) that don't make MOQ?

Offline aerospice

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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Sale Completed + Production Period 🍷
« Reply #30 on: Thu, 06 October 2022, 00:46:01 »
Waiting for keycaps to arrive is kinda tedious from personal experiences, so I wanted to hit you guys with a small update just so everyone here at least knows where we're currently standing. Starting off, my vendors and I are waiting for GMK invoices to come through. No promises, but the invoice payment period is estimated to occur sometime between November 2022 - December 2022. From there, more exciting parts of the production process will start to kick off (color matching production samples, manufacturing, delivery, etc.).

In other news, I did receive some samples for the "Affair at the Château" deskmats, which I am happy with (seen in the images below)! The first image was taken under a cooler light, and the second image was taken under a warmer light. As for the "Wine Stain" deskmats, I did receive an early sample for it awhile ago, but the background color looked off when it arrived (pink background instead of cream). For that reason, I ordered and am currently waiting on a revision of the "Wine Stain" deskmat sample to arrive with a hopefully more creamy background color.



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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Color Matching Round #1 🍷
« Reply #31 on: Wed, 01 March 2023, 23:19:57 »
I recently received the first round of keycap samples to start off the color matching process, and placed them on top of their respective color chips/swatches to compare. Additionally, I made sure to use the D50 lighting indicator on the Pantone color book for optimal lighting + edited the photo a bit to match how they look in real life as best as I could. Anyway, based on what I saw, I'm definitely happy with how the 2309C and 7643C samples turned out!

As for the 4045C sample, I don't have a physical chip for it since they didn't offer that color last time I tried to purchase it a few months ago, but based on the swatch on the color guide, the brown needs to be a bit more on the warmer side with a slight reddish tint. Fast forward, since the Pantone website now has a plastic 4045C chip available to purchase at the time of this post, I went ahead and ordered the physical chip and am currently waiting for it since it'll be the closet comparison. Before I ask for another round of samples, I want to see if the plastic chip itself matches the render like the swatch.

Until then, I will continue to keep you all posted!


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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Color Matching Round #1 🍷
« Reply #32 on: Thu, 02 March 2023, 00:49:08 »
Thank you for the great work. This set is gonna be amazing
piggy60 red upgraded PVD w/ GMK umka zaku | tiramisuit w/ GMK noire JWK silk emerald | mr.suit black/chrome glossy chamfers w/ GMK minimal cow POM stem | jelly epoch w/ SA oblivion zaku | mode80 deco w/ gmk boneyard alpaca | mode 80 imperial with ePBT origami alpaca| MODE80 viridian /w CRP boba LT | RAMA thermal kuro w/ GMK muted 2 pewter | BBox60 C64 wih marshmellows and c64 keycaps | MODE Sonnet green /w MW voynich gateron ink box pink

Offline aerospice

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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Color Matching Round #1 🍷
« Reply #33 on: Sun, 12 March 2023, 19:57:44 »
I got the Pantone chips for 4045C delivered a few days ago. I was curious to see how 4044C would look as well, so I got that as a potential backup. Anyway, comparing the plastic chips, the actual color for 4045C matches what I was looking for per the images. Based on that, I plan on asking for a Round 2 sample for 4045C since the keycap and plastic chip vary a bit (needs a warmer tint). 2309C and 7643C both look good based on what I saw earlier last week, so the samples for those two colors are going to remain the same. I'll continue to discuss this with my head vendor, and will update you all whenever I receive the new samples.



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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Color Matching Round #1 🍷
« Reply #34 on: Tue, 27 June 2023, 16:35:20 »
It seems like mechs and co are MIA so is it true that we will have to seek refund for our payments thorugh credit card company?
piggy60 red upgraded PVD w/ GMK umka zaku | tiramisuit w/ GMK noire JWK silk emerald | mr.suit black/chrome glossy chamfers w/ GMK minimal cow POM stem | jelly epoch w/ SA oblivion zaku | mode80 deco w/ gmk boneyard alpaca | mode 80 imperial with ePBT origami alpaca| MODE80 viridian /w CRP boba LT | RAMA thermal kuro w/ GMK muted 2 pewter | BBox60 C64 wih marshmellows and c64 keycaps | MODE Sonnet green /w MW voynich gateron ink box pink

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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Color Matching Round #1 🍷
« Reply #35 on: Wed, 28 June 2023, 14:13:07 »
It seems like mechs and co are MIA so is it true that we will have to seek refund for our payments thorugh credit card company?

I’m currently working with my other vendors and a GMK representative to go over our plans to handle the M&C situation. We’re currently waiting on a decision to be made sometime on 6/30, so expect to see an update early July (announcement will likely be on Discord server).
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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Color Matching Round #1 🍷
« Reply #36 on: Wed, 28 June 2023, 17:10:38 »
Really appreciate you writing. To be granular, I'd like the following covered:

- Whether each payment has been made in full, or not to GMK, whoever for the deskmats, Hibi, and Asero, etc. I dont need to see receipts, but seems fair for you to have indicated that you've seen them.
- Whether your share of the profit for a nice design/renders vis a vis Mechs and Co has been paid, in part or full, and when that was.
- Where the caps and such will be delivered, and how far in advance that site has been paid for in full, and whether money has been set aside to pay for shipping assuming shipping costs about what it does now.
- If money has changed hands from other businesses relative to mechs and co for GMK Bordeaux: Who? There's quite a range in public perception from, say... Mykeyboard to Novelkeys.


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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Color Matching Round #1 🍷
« Reply #37 on: Wed, 28 June 2023, 18:03:49 »
It seems like mechs and co are MIA so is it true that we will have to seek refund for our payments through credit card company?

I’m currently working with my other vendors and a GMK representative to go over our plans to handle the M&C situation. We’re currently waiting on a decision to be made sometime on 6/30, so expect to see an update early July (announcement will likely be on Discord server).

thank you. I realize how complicated the situation is. GMK is probably legally required to ship to them because they are the entity that paid them and have contract with them, but if they are not there anymore to do the work and ship these to customers then our only hope is for a 3rd party to take over and ship it to us but who is gonna pay that 3rd party? do we have to pay a fee for their time and effort and shipping cost? personally im fine with that because its better than not getting the set but it would be very difficult to set this up with all the customers. honestly thinking about it makes my head spin There are many other complications. for example it is only mechs and co that knows what needs to be shipped to who. GMK and you probably do nmot have accesss to that data to know who has ordered what. so all of these requires cooperation from mechs and co. hopefully you can make it work.
piggy60 red upgraded PVD w/ GMK umka zaku | tiramisuit w/ GMK noire JWK silk emerald | mr.suit black/chrome glossy chamfers w/ GMK minimal cow POM stem | jelly epoch w/ SA oblivion zaku | mode80 deco w/ gmk boneyard alpaca | mode 80 imperial with ePBT origami alpaca| MODE80 viridian /w CRP boba LT | RAMA thermal kuro w/ GMK muted 2 pewter | BBox60 C64 wih marshmellows and c64 keycaps | MODE Sonnet green /w MW voynich gateron ink box pink

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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Color Matching Round #1 🍷
« Reply #38 on: Fri, 30 June 2023, 10:03:54 »
Except…GMK wasn’t paid, and for many of the sets in GB.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/14n21mo/63023_update_psa_regarding_mechs_co_and_vendor/

Aerospice, you get your designer cut from them?

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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Color Matching Round #1 🍷
« Reply #39 on: Fri, 30 June 2023, 14:10:23 »
It seems like mechs and co are MIA so is it true that we will have to seek refund for our payments through credit card company?

I’m currently working with my other vendors and a GMK representative to go over our plans to handle the M&C situation. We’re currently waiting on a decision to be made sometime on 6/30, so expect to see an update early July (announcement will likely be on Discord server).

thank you. I realize how complicated the situation is. GMK is probably legally required to ship to them because they are the entity that paid them and have contract with them, but if they are not there anymore to do the work and ship these to customers then our only hope is for a 3rd party to take over and ship it to us but who is gonna pay that 3rd party? do we have to pay a fee for their time and effort and shipping cost? personally im fine with that because its better than not getting the set but it would be very difficult to set this up with all the customers. honestly thinking about it makes my head spin There are many other complications. for example it is only mechs and co that knows what needs to be shipped to who. GMK and you probably do nmot have accesss to that data to know who has ordered what. so all of these requires cooperation from mechs and co. hopefully you can make it work.

That sounds about right! Based on what I've heard from GMK, their aim is to get the set produced regardless of the situation since they would like for everyone who joined the group buy to have a chance at getting the set. However, the main issue is going to involve the payments that were made to M&C since there is some necessary information that we'll need in order to get the set correctly delivered after production is complete (customer invoices, shipping addresses, etc.). For that reason, the ideal outcome is going to involve finding a viable solution with M&C so we won't have to go through all that trouble. All in all, the action that we decide to take largely depends on the upcoming decision I'm currently waiting on...

Except…GMK wasn’t paid, and for many of the sets in GB.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/14n21mo/63023_update_psa_regarding_mechs_co_and_vendor/

Aerospice, you get your designer cut from them?

Can't really speak for everyone else here, but I don't believe designers get a cut of anything until a set goes into production with all GMK invoices paid. To give you a better idea of the current timeline, the set is currently undergoing color matching (Round 2) + production render review at the moment (mainly novelty size fixes).

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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Color Matching Round #1 🍷
« Reply #40 on: Fri, 14 July 2023, 04:52:58 »
Any news?
piggy60 red upgraded PVD w/ GMK umka zaku | tiramisuit w/ GMK noire JWK silk emerald | mr.suit black/chrome glossy chamfers w/ GMK minimal cow POM stem | jelly epoch w/ SA oblivion zaku | mode80 deco w/ gmk boneyard alpaca | mode 80 imperial with ePBT origami alpaca| MODE80 viridian /w CRP boba LT | RAMA thermal kuro w/ GMK muted 2 pewter | BBox60 C64 wih marshmellows and c64 keycaps | MODE Sonnet green /w MW voynich gateron ink box pink

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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Color Matching Round #1 🍷
« Reply #41 on: Fri, 14 July 2023, 05:16:37 »
Any news?

There was a deadline where M&C were supposed to respond to GMK on 6/30 to talk out a solution (which was why I promised an announcement early July), but we still haven’t heard anything back from them yet. Take this with a grain of salt, but there are rumors of an action item response sometime next week from other designer Discord servers affected by this drama. Outside of that, I pretty much know as much as everyone here per the recent Reddit threads.

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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Color Matching Round #1 🍷
« Reply #42 on: Sat, 15 July 2023, 04:30:38 »
So Mike & Patrick took revenue as profits, didn't pay their invoices to all manufacturers and on top of that didn't even pay you designers your cut?

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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Color Matching Round #1 🍷
« Reply #43 on: Mon, 17 July 2023, 00:58:10 »
So Mike & Patrick took revenue as profits, didn't pay their invoices to all manufacturers and on top of that didn't even pay you designers your cut?

Pretty much. Not only that, but they are sitting on paid inventory with no motive to ship. They basically got caught red-handed and are more than willing to let it all burn to the ground.

It's not just GMK sets, but MW, artisan, deskmats and keyboard GBs too.

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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Color Matching Round #1 🍷
« Reply #44 on: Thu, 24 August 2023, 23:05:10 »
Any news?

There was a deadline where M&C were supposed to respond to GMK on 6/30 to talk out a solution (which was why I promised an announcement early July), but we still haven’t heard anything back from them yet. Take this with a grain of salt, but there are rumors of an action item response sometime next week from other designer Discord servers affected by this drama. Outside of that, I pretty much know as much as everyone here per the recent Reddit threads.

Hey there, just created an account here to see if theres any progress on this end? Havent seen any updates in the Discord or any channel for anything like that. Really hoping I can still get the set I payed for.

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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Color Matching Round #1 🍷
« Reply #45 on: Sun, 27 August 2023, 21:54:44 »
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Really hoping I can still get the set I payed for.

If you ordered from Mechs & Co., I would initiate a chargeback as soon as possible, and plan on trying to pick up extras from the other vendors later.

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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Color Matching Round #1 🍷
« Reply #46 on: Wed, 13 September 2023, 12:52:19 »
Here are the finalized color samples we received for this set.


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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Color Matching Round #1 🍷
« Reply #47 on: Wed, 13 September 2023, 19:53:14 »
have you had any contact with the owner of thic thock?

They never fulfilled my gmk monarch and there was a post on his discord last year he was having financial troubles.

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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Color Matching Round #1
« Reply #48 on: Sat, 16 September 2023, 17:32:19 »
Novelkeys has graciously picked up Mechs & Co’ sets and are offering discounted prices for those who can’t get a refund or charge back. Please read the Reddit post about it
https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/16clezy/important_information_regarding_mechs_and_co_gmk/

Edit: Related GH thread - https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=121348
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Re: [GB] GMK Bordeaux | Production Complete + Shipping 🍷
« Reply #49 on: Wed, 29 November 2023, 17:04:39 »
So  I guess this is shipping according to some info on KBDfans:

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    Start fulfilling orders(2023-11-22)
    GMK shipping keycaps to vendors (2023-11-18)
    Estimated Shipping Date – Q4 2023 (2023-11-09)

What is the method of shipping? I'm in Europe (vendor MyKeyboard) and obviously shipping by plane is much faster than by boat, anyway an estimate would be nice.  ;)