[IC] GMK Abyssal

[Xanira]

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GMK Abyssal

“Prepare yourself to face the endless darkness with me.”

Design Inspiration.

GMK Abyssal is a keycap set designed and revolving around Arknights Character; Skadi.

I Designed this keycap set inspired by Skadi because I adore her character design and illustrations involving her as well as the story she has.



Kits

Base Kit


Numpad


Dark alphas


Spacebars


Novelties





Renders
refer to the kit renders for the most accurate colors

Rama u80

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Rama Koyu


Nemui


J-02

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Haus


Alpine65





Progress

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All completed

Collabs

Keybee Metal Artisan

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Vendors

US vendor: Vala Supply
CA vendor: Deskhero
EU Vendor: Mykeyboard
CN vendor: Zfrontier
SEA vendor: Zion studio
AU vendor: Dailyclack
KR vendor: KLC
UK vendor: Protozoa
JP vendor: Basekeys
SG vendor: Mecha

Forms




Discord server
https://discord.gg/nx2BjDprbK




im going to update the thread as i make updates to the set and add more renders (:
This is a interest check so Kitting, colors, novelties, etc. are subject to future change based on response I get from Google forms and replies.

[Xanira]

heyo heyo

Update 7/1/21

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ive received ral colors and will be receiving pantone colors soon, im not happy with how the ral colors look so i hope pantones look better and more like what i want.

Update 12/1/21

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New renders & signature added

Update 15/3/21

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Updated renders

Update 22/3/21

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i received final pantone color matching chips and decided to go with pantone 279 over 2727 due to 2727 looking warmer than expected.

Final things before GB:

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Finalize color matching on my end

Get Vendors
Vendors:
US vendor: Vala Supply
Ca vendor: Deskhero
EU Vendor: Mykeyboard
CN vendor: Zfrontier
OCE vendor: Zionstudio
AU vendor: Dailyclack
KR vendor: KLC
UK vendor: Protozoa
JP vendor: Basekeys
SG vendor: Mecha

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Run GB (in progress)

[yoot]

Interesting colorscheme. GLWIC!

[HoodrowThrillson]

Isn't this a chinese game.

[FinalEleven]

Wondering why you chose hiragana for an Arknights character, a game made by a chinese company.

[Xanira]

Isn't this a chinese game.

yea it is, gacha game released in 2019 

[Xanira]

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[Xanira]

Interesting colorscheme. GLWIC!

yea lets see if ppl like it or not and thanks

[Dotnick]

There are several mistakes in your base kit because you used the Dakota Felder files which have some known errors.

Known Issues/required changes include:
- "Capslock" term to "Caps Lock"
- 321 on numpad, order is backwards
- Numpad plus sign is wrong line thickness, should be consistent with other symbols on numpad
- "PrtSc" to "Print" (optional)
- "Num lock" and "Scroll lock" to "Num" and "Scroll" (optional)
- Numpad to just mono legends (optional)

I won't assume this, but I really hope you have purchased the Pantone chips you listed so that you know how they look in person. This part of the color matching process is super important. Some of your Pantones could probably be substituted for GMK stock colors to save you on the pricing for using so many custom colors in your base kit.

I believe your last render is from keyboard simulator as well. Which isn't necessarily bad, but isn't very good either.

Personally, I think this idea could have waited a couple days/weeks before going into IC. Please consider taking a little more time to run your idea past a few people and have them proofread your IC before posting in the future.

[EURA]

When someone posts an IC with a barely fixed Dakota Felder file.... That being said, I think your colors need a lot of tweaking, mainly because of the minimal value differences. I hope you were looking at the physical Pantones or had someone with the Pantone books help you while you decided on colors. The website for Pantone is not accurate to the physical swatches themselves, and if your monitor is uncalibrated, it's even less accurate. I see in your description that you want to purchase the plastic chips, but keep in mind that each chip is 20 USD and you have 5 colors. If you ended up needing to tweak all 5 colors because the physical color isn't to your liking, you may as well have just bought the Formula Guides. Have someone help you with choosing colors, and then update them. GLWIC

[Xanira]

There are several mistakes in your base kit because you used the Dakota Felder files which have some known errors.

Known Issues/required changes include:
- "Capslock" term to "Caps Lock"
- 321 on numpad, order is backwards
- Numpad plus sign is wrong line thickness, should be consistent with other symbols on numpad
- "PrtSc" to "Print" (optional)
- "Num lock" and "Scroll lock" to "Num" and "Scroll" (optional)
- Numpad to just mono legends (optional)

I believe your last render is from keyboard simulator as well. Which isn't necessarily bad, but isn't very good either.

Personally, I think this idea could have waited a couple days/weeks before going into IC. Please consider taking a little more time to run your idea past a few people and have them proofread your IC before posting in the future.

i did all of the renders myself, though i did start out with the dakota files which after i found out that they werent the right dimensions i swapped the keycaps out for actual cherry profile caps so the issues listed still remain since i still use the legends. ill fix all of the things you mentioned and im getting pantone chips very soon to look at colors in person

[Kokaloo]

do you have any nude figurines of this character so i can have a proper reference?

[Xanira]

When someone posts an IC with a barely fixed Dakota Felder file.... That being said, I think your colors need a lot of tweaking, mainly because of the minimal value differences. I hope you were looking at the physical Pantones or had someone with the Pantone books help you while you decided on colors. The website for Pantone is not accurate to the physical swatches themselves, and if your monitor is uncalibrated, it's even less accurate. I see in your description that you want to purchase the plastic chips, but keep in mind that each chip is 20 USD and you have 5 colors. If you ended up needing to tweak all 5 colors because the physical color isn't to your liking, you may as well have just bought the Formula Guides. Have someone help you with choosing colors, and then update them. GLWIC

noted, as mentioned before im trying to get pantone chips in hand as soon as  possible so ill be able to see for myself, i understand your concerns. and thanks

[Xanira]

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[Xanira]

do you have any nude figurines of this character so i can have a proper reference?

ohgod... i guess i can link some illustrations...

[Xanira]

Wondering why you chose hiragana for an Arknights character, a game made by a chinese company.

anime... xD ill consider changing it if enough ppl are interested, remember to fill out google form

[maximize]

I'm not sure if the designer of SA Abyss set ever wanted to make a GMK version, but out of courtesy you might consider asking them about it. (It was sold at Keyboard Therapy).

[treeleaf64]

Scuffed IC 

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[Xanira]

I'm not sure if the designer of SA Abyss set ever wanted to make a GMK version, but out of courtesy you might consider asking them about it. (It was sold at Keyboard Therapy).

oh hecc, i didnt even consider that... ill make sure of that, thanks for noticing me xD

[Xanira]

Scuffed IC 

Rip renders

wait what... im really getting flamed today ;-;

[hali]

keep in mind an sa set already ran a couple years ago also by the name of abyss

obligatory reserved and glwic

[treeleaf64]

Scuffed IC 

Rip renders

wait what... im really getting flamed today ;-;

My friend, I am not flaming you. But compared to other ICs that I have seen it looks unruly  and weakly presented.

[Xanira]

Scuffed IC 

Rip renders

wait what... im really getting flamed today ;-;

My friend, I am not flaming you. But compared to other ICs that I have seen it looks unruly  and weakly presented.

i see u.u ill try to make it better  thanks for the constructive criticism anyway (:

[Xanira]

keep in mind an sa set already ran a couple years ago also by the name of abyss

obligatory reserved and glwic

yeaaaa i checked a old gmk ic with that name that seems to have died, thought i was noticed that theres a sa set with that name so ill either change the name or kill this project if people dont like it

[HoodrowThrillson]

Isn't this a chinese game.

yea it is, gacha game released in 2019 

Why choose hiragana.

[Xanira]

Isn't this a chinese game.

yea it is, gacha game released in 2019 

Why choose hiragana.

i just thought it fit well with the art style of the game... anime stuff. And idk about the cn version but in the worldwide version of the game its all in japanese.

[Xanira]

Just for a smol update. I'm going to fix some of the legends that are incorrect, try doing some renderes without sub legends and see how how it looks without the purple  and the red since I got the impression that people think the colors are kind of a mess which I can totally understand and ive been considering myself as well.

[Sissy]

[Pach]

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alright

[Xanira]

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well thats another naming problem xD...

[maximize]

I'm not sure if the designer of SA Abyss set ever wanted to make a GMK version, but out of courtesy you might consider asking them about it. (It was sold at Keyboard Therapy).

oh hecc, i didnt even consider that... ill make sure of that, thanks for noticing me xD

I noticed because I thought this set might be the remake of Abyss, but in cherry profile (which I would be all over). And I bet I'm not the only one!

[Xanira]

I'm not sure if the designer of SA Abyss set ever wanted to make a GMK version, but out of courtesy you might consider asking them about it. (It was sold at Keyboard Therapy).

oh hecc, i didnt even consider that... ill make sure of that, thanks for noticing me xD

I noticed because I thought this set might be the remake of Abyss, but in cherry profile (which I would be all over). And I bet I'm not the only one!

Ah I'm sorry for making you think that u.u

[FinalEleven]

NGL, now I think of Kantai Collection with the name GMK Abyssal

[Xanira]

NGL, now I think of Kantai Collection with the name GMK Abyssal

ah i guess ill have to think of something totally different T-T

[DuellM]

Any chance of a Rama Keycap 

[krzank]

I like dark alphas but ...
Can you add R3:tilde/graveaccent and R4:pipe/backslash?

[KT-afk]

Possible to maybe make the pictures in the new google form bigger or click to view? A bit hard to compare

[sirieous]

Consider adding a picture of the inspiration source. GLWIC

[Etherealsound]

Misread this as "GMK Abysmal". Never mind, carry on.

[Araset]

Any chance of a Rama Keycap 

+1

[Xanira]

Any chance of a Rama Keycap 

ill keep that in mind, noted

[Xanira]

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[Xanira]

Misread this as "GMK Abysmal". Never mind, carry on.

im sorry to disappoint xD

[Xanira]

Consider adding a picture of the inspiration source. GLWIC

ah yea i figured people might want that instead of having too look it up, ill be adding that ^-^thanks  for mentioning.

[Xanira]

Any chance of a Rama Keycap 

ill keep that in mind

[Xanira]

Possible to maybe make the pictures in the new google form bigger or click to view? A bit hard to compare

I think you can right click and open picture or something, tell me if it doesn't work.

[pokeballer21]

I'd love a base kit with no sub legends but the colors are nice

[Xanira]

thank you I had a poll up for the sub legends where it was about a 27% wanting no sub legends and the other 73 wanting sub legends so I decided to go with sub legends but Ill reconsider it if there is enough demand. I appreciate the kind words <3

[kidgoth]

That nemui render looks cold. The nemui board on IC rn doesn't have that glow blue blocker, was that from the last private runs?

[yh]

really love the blue and black of the novelties, that lighting render is insanely cool too! GLWIC!!