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GMK Alpine
Welcome to Switzerland!
GB THREAD LIVE (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=109910.0)
GB December 1st - January 12th
Have you ever been in the Alps and wanted to take a piece of it home with you? GMK Alpine is a Keycap set revolving around the beautiful Swiss Alps.
In Switzerland not only do we enjoy hiking, skiing, climbing or touring the mountains but the many different mountain animals enjoy the peaceful life up there and the Farmers watch their livestock while the herd dog plays around in the grass.
The Swiss mountains are a major part of my culture and something I would love to share with you. Even during tragic times, the Swiss alps helped defend Switzerland and gave anyone a hard time invading this beautiful country. They served as not only a shield but also as a bunker to keep the whole population safe.
This is my way of capturing the magnificent alps.
Inspiration:
(https://i.imgur.com/IWn1vx0.jpg)
The Novelties are based on real Mountains:
Esc is the Famous “Matterhorn”
Enter is from “Berner Oberland”: Eiger – Mönch – Jungfrau
This was a project that I was able to put a ton of time into because of quarantine and allowed me to truly put the beauty of the alps into my design.
I have spent much time practicing and growing my skills and truly hope you enjoy.
IC Form and Discord Server:
Please share your feedback, opinions, and general thoughts on this set below.
If you are interested, please fill out this IC Forum :)
https://forms.gle/WEniB1yToSvBhLrN9 (https://forms.gle/WEniB1yToSvBhLrN9)
Discord Server (https://discord.gg/B7j64Eg)
Kits:
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Colors:
For the colors I wanted a simple look that kind of resembles a mountain.
The 4012 is a gray with a hint of purple as to not make this a boring gray set.
The WS2 resembles the Snow and the beautiful Edelweiss, the national Swiss flower.
(https://i.imgur.com/zZkShkY.png)(https://i.imgur.com/UxryzHT.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/BUAgX9C.jpg)
Renders (Done by me):(https://i.imgur.com/c62orFD.jpg)
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Nemui by Bachoo(https://i.imgur.com/jlRZbdu.jpg)
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Whiskey by Me(https://i.imgur.com/oWzBEBb.jpg)
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M60 by RamaOld Renders:More
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Rama U80-A by Rama
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Haus 65 by Hand
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Candybar by TKC
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Alpine65 by Bitmap
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M60-A by Rama
Renders do not reflect final product.Deskmats:(https://i.imgur.com/YJDG4CG.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/yrwGTgC.jpg)
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Thank you so much to Virtual Designworks for the amazing art. It's been an absolute pleasure to work with you and I love what you did!Collaborations:Keebstuff Kabelmanufaktur (https://www.keebstuff.com/en)I'm very happy to announce that I will be working with Keebstuff on a limited number of high quality custom cables!
He puts amazing and careful work into each cable and they end up looking fantastic!
The cables will be coiled with the coiled side being Purple and the non coiled side will be white. They will come with LEMO Connectors (Made in Switzerland :D)!
You can see more pictures of the cable and his other awesome work on his Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/keebstuff/)GMK Alpine x Keebstuff Cables will also be available for preorder at the same time as the GB Dec 1st - Jan 12th(https://i.imgur.com/ALBOJoL.jpg)
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Signature:If you would like to support this set and me, please add this to your Signature: [url=https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=107618.0][img]https://i.imgur.com/uYXlIud.png[/img][/url]
Vendors:EU: CandykeysNA: Kono.storeAsia: KBDFansAustralia: Daily ClackUK: ProtoTypistCanada: AshkeebsPrice:(https://i.imgur.com/cAqHmGg.png)
Waiting on ProtoTypist Deskmat price, will update soon
Additional Information:High Quality Double-shot 1.5mm Thick ABS Cherry profile Keycap set.
Made in Germany by GMK Electronic design GmbHTo Do:Update Log:22/07More
- Due to Popular demand, I have added the white Esc and Enter keys to the Base kit.
The Enter, Arrows, and Spacebars are staying to boost sales/ popularity of the other kits as well as to not make the base kit price absurdly high.
- Renamed the "Accents kit" to "Ascents kit" :D
- Added Alpine65 Renders thanks to Bitmap
- I got the first proxy but I'd like to get some more information before I announce that
23/07More
- Replaced UK ISO support with Generic ISO support
- Added r3 PgUp
- Added r4 PgDn
- Added Ascend caps lock novelty
- Changed Prnt Sc to Print
25/07More
- Nord Kit added
- Removed all "Lock"'s from the keys (I hope GMK fix their molds)
If you want the Nord kit, don't resubmit the form as you should've already voted yes for "Would you purchase a Nord kit?"
If I made any mistakes with the Nord kit, kindly let me know, Thanks!
29/07More
Vendor update:
I'm very happy to have gotten Candykeys on board with this project!
EU: Candykeys
Asia: KBDFans
Canada: Auramech
More to come
03/08More
Kit Update:
Went from Code to System keys
Removed the 00 from Base kit, 2u and 1u spacebars from spacebarkit, added 1.25u spacebar in spacebarkit
Added Daily Clack to the Australian Vendors list :D tysm for working with me!
04/08More
Vendor Update:
Happy to anounce I have found all my vendors, Kono.store will be my US Vendor!
05/08More
Keebstuff Collaboration:
Happy to announce that I will be working with Keebstuff on a Custom Cable!
30/09More
Deskmats
Added Deskmat designs, Vote for favorite 4!
22/10More
Render Update
Added new, better renders, with more accurate colors.
Also did small kitting changes:
Changed Numbpad Symbols
Added Back arrow to 1.75u backspace
Removed R1 Back from 40% Kit
Thanks!!While there were a lot of people who gave feedback and helped with things, I would especially like to thank 1 person who helped me.
Imperfect Link:
Thanks for the countless blender questions which you answered, the cases you redesigned so they’d be easier to work with and reminding me that I should’ve used texture legends and good keycap geometry. :p
Really nice, subtle colorway. The mountains remind me of a trip I took to Interlaken; slept in the shadow of Jüngfrau <3
More
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Can we get a white and Red Cross for Switzerland's flag as a novelty? I would MELT! beautiful set and I'm buying either way
Probably not sadly as it wouldn't fit the colors at all and even if I did it with the colors I chose, it'd easily be mistaken as a first aid symbol and not really the swiss flag! :( I've already thought of doing something like that. :P
I just remember my dads bank note collection. Lots of old swiss bank note were rather blueish/violet.
Check out the banknote series on the SNB Website: https://www.snb.ch/en/iabout/cash/history/id/cash_history_overview (https://www.snb.ch/en/iabout/cash/history/id/cash_history_overview)
I think the 4th Banknoteseries 1000 banknote doesnt look bad with the violet/blueish swiss flag.
Show Image
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Or the 3rd Banknoteseries 100 banknote, has even a drawing of the Jungfrau on it, if we want to stick to the theme.
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I mean the swiss flag doesnt need to be the modern one and red. can be violet/blueish like a "shield". After all those alps are OLD. Why not use an older style swiss flag.
In my opinion (and from the few ways I've tried), putting a Swiss flag on a key cap would looks out of place, odd, and doesn't 100% fit the key cap theme as its supposed to be about the alps and mountains, not about Switzerland itself (If that were the case I would've made it a red and white set)
I am however going to try to incorporate the Swiss flag or something more Swiss in the Desk mats so keep a lookout for those when they're done :D
I hope you understand what I'm trying to say!
GB DATE ANNOUNCED:
GB December 1st - January 12th
GB THREAD LIVE (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=109910.0)
Locking this thread. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT :thumb: