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Title: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: saam on Sun, 11 July 2021, 09:56:20
(https://i.imgur.com/5tUWI96.jpeg)
You are sitting at a picnic bench waiting for your deli sandwich to be delivered. It is a hot July day and you’re enjoying a chilled bottle of pop. Then, suddenly you see your order come around. A plate with a wax-wrapped sandwich cut in half, glistening in the sun as it’s brought to you. It’s placed on the table. A deli sandwich, a plate of fries, and a pickle spear right between. The dill and vinegar smell takes over, wafts of the deli sandwich with its fresh bread and accompanied fries join in. It’s a cacophony of tingling delights. You grab the pickle spear, take a bite.... crunch....... Perfection. Now you can evoke this feeling every day at your desk without worrying about crumbs in your
board.


Presenting... GMK Pickle



(https://i.imgur.com/tZCtmj2.jpeg)




Kits:

Explanation of the kitting: The kitting is meant to be basic, easy to understand, and easy to pick what you need (ahem, you need all of the kits). We support the more popular 40's, ISO, and ANSI, all in the base kit! I have chosen the spacebars kit to clean up Alice and to support some other spacebar needs. The novelties were kitted in a way that made sense to me, I know right.


Base kit
(https://i.imgur.com/WFQMJwg.jpeg)

Novelties kit
(https://i.imgur.com/pp4jw73.jpeg)
Spacebars Kit
(https://i.imgur.com/IZRWw3d.jpeg)


Board renders:


(https://i.imgur.com/WJGRpje.jpeg)
Amano by h40



(https://i.imgur.com/TyRSXq4.jpeg)

Charon by Charue Design

(https://i.imgur.com/NLSb1XU.jpeg)

F1-8x by Geonworks



(https://i.imgur.com/zF6KI0J.jpeg)

Gherkin by Rogue_Jellybean



(https://i.imgur.com/YN076dA.jpeg)

U80 by ramaworks



(https://i.imgur.com/or3n4mw.jpeg)

Maja Vulcan X KBDFans




Deskmats:

(https://i.imgur.com/rrRdObO.jpeg)

(https://i.imgur.com/nMHdTYO.jpeg)


Comparison Chart:
(https://i.imgur.com/SrvGrR0.jpeg)


To do list: Collaborations, Find Vendors, Possibly more renders, Improve Kitting

More renders of the boards with different colors and angles can be found here: GMK Pickle Full Render Gallery  (https://imgur.com/gallery/4hj9hyQ)

I hope you all enjoy it as much as I do!



A very special thanks to the following:

Thatsdho and Stwabee for the renders and graphic design work, great job!
Krugerlive for helping me with kitting, advice, writing IC, and so much more that I cannot fit in this.
This keyset would not be in such tip top shape without you. Thank you so much Kruger!

DotMatrix for the help with kitting and formatting the IC.

The CK regulars, for listening to my long boring messages about a set they do not care much about.


Steve_Laroo for help with kitting the 40's.
Arydz for help with polishing up the IC and my horrible grammar.



IC Feedback Form: IC Form (https://forms.gle/cC48XfUw8zp1UPrf9)

It would be great for y'all to fill this out! I will read all of them individually and take notes, I will do my best to see what is wanted the most! Thank you.


GMK Pickle's Discord Server Link (https://discord.gg/gCHzzd3gRY)

Thanks for checking this out, have a great rest of your day/ night.

Stay crunchy!
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: saam on Sun, 11 July 2021, 09:57:03
Upcoming changes to kitting gained from feedback:

-Removing accent keys in base kit.
-Adding 1u R3 pipe key, 1u tilde key, and a short left shift for ISO.
-Will be looking into adding 1.5u novelties, my silly brain forgot, smh.
-The 3 keys for 40's support will be the following: R3 1.25 tab, R3 1.5 enter, and R2 1.75 Backspace..
-40's kit's will be icon, not text/icon, keeping in line with the base kit.
- Adding alternate alphas. The color of the alternate alphas is the current mod color.


Thanks to Panda and Riker for the amazing feedback
More feedback will be added here, keep it coming!

(Renders were resized, sorry about the previous sizing.)
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: Yuinth on Sun, 11 July 2021, 10:13:17
Didn't think I would like a pickle themed set. Can't wait for the collabs.
Now I'm hungry.

GLWIC & GB.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: gypsyunit on Sun, 11 July 2021, 10:16:46
Looks good, GLWIC
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: ad4m on Sun, 11 July 2021, 10:18:13
glwic, i was working on a cucumber set too, unfortunately hard drive died on me with no backups
anyways, i like cucumbers, so i like this set
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: doggo1dance on Sun, 11 July 2021, 10:38:32
pickle rick
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: not tj on Sun, 11 July 2021, 10:51:21
FINALLYYYYYY POGGGG
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: krugerlive on Sun, 11 July 2021, 11:36:15
Yes!!  It is finally pickle time.

This set could not be more pickle, I love it. 
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: heyimpanda on Sun, 11 July 2021, 11:46:59
nice work sam

- base 40s support has text + icon backspace and enter but the rest of the set is icon mods?
- are the 'accent' enter & esc supposed to be alpha colored?
- consider 2x 3u spacebars in spacebar kit
- ne f13 avail nvm it's to the right of the 65 mods
- please consider compressing the images
- why is there a shift next to the stepped caps, is this supposed to be control? or is this some 40s thing I'm not familiar with

glwic :)
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: LittleAad on Sun, 11 July 2021, 11:48:15
your kitting is a bit wonky... you have alpha colored "accents" and you dont have proper terminal iso support. That pickle jar novelty may have trouble with spec with the small gaps it has.
 
1.5u novelties would be cool to see. GLWIC
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: Armyofkeyboards on Sun, 11 July 2021, 11:49:15
I like pickles. GLWIC
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: Senpai_deezy on Sun, 11 July 2021, 11:55:16
glwic, would like to see a bit nicer renders and something like a dark green case for this set to shine. Good work
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: treeleaf64 on Sun, 11 July 2021, 12:51:51
The treeleaf and the  Pickle
 There is one thing they have in common

We are both green
Yay!
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: Benchiridion on Sun, 11 July 2021, 13:24:55
I enjoy this a lot
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: h40 on Sun, 11 July 2021, 13:55:50
I would like to see this actually on Amano, not just rendered. GLWIC.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: Cylent on Sun, 11 July 2021, 14:01:49
I appreciate the amount of effort and professional renders put into this set, but I just can't get behind the alpha color, it looks like that one time I chugged a Rockstar energy drink and peed light green.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: rikercd on Sun, 11 July 2021, 14:21:08
Quote from: heyimpanda on Sun, 11 July 2021, 11:46:59
nice work sam

- base 40s support has text + icon backspace and enter but the rest of the set is icon mods?
- are the 'accent' enter & esc supposed to be alpha colored?
- consider 2x 3u spacebars in spacebar kit
- ne f13 avail nvm it's to the right of the 65 mods
- please consider compressing the images
- why is there a shift next to the stepped caps, is this supposed to be control? or is this some 40s thing I'm not familiar with

glwic :)

I have said this before but I'll put it here for posterity:
"Accent" colored escape and enter keys don't make a whole lot of sense for a set with no accent colors. I'd personally prefer to see the 40s support expanded in favor of those two keys.

Couple of additional notes from myself:

Nice work Sam, this set works really well and I think it will be successful if you work out the minor kitting issues.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: mymeepo on Sun, 11 July 2021, 14:42:21
Your description of the inspiration was cute. Made me laugh. GLWIC
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: honorless on Sun, 11 July 2021, 16:55:01
...Shout-outs to the Gherkin render with the big bezel alu case lmfao. Did your renderer design that?

Those three 40s keys should be a R2 1.75u Backspace, an R3 1.25u Tab, and an R3 1.5u Enter. They...do not appear to be that size in your render.

Normally "4-key ISO" is ISO Enter, R4 1.25u Shift, R3 1u |\, and R4 1u <>; no tilde involved.

Having two "macro columns" in your novelty kit is rather nice for ortho and colstag boards, since this is likely too niche of a set to support a standalone ortho/40s kit. But I do wonder if there are enough pickle enthusiasts out there to support such a kit at all.
Out of curiosity, are the 1.25u novs dilly beans?
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: hkf on Sun, 11 July 2021, 17:11:23
Most of the real comments have been said already, but I have a few alternative considerations:

Quote
Normally "4-key ISO" is ISO Enter, R4 1.25u Shift, R3 1u |\, and R4 1u <>; no tilde involved.

Can you find an example of this? Most 4 key ISO support I've seen includes a R3 ~#.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: honorless on Sun, 11 July 2021, 18:10:47
...Agreed that you need to make the images smaller too, m8.

Quote from: hkf on Sun, 11 July 2021, 17:11:23
Can you find an example of this? Most 4 key ISO support I've seen includes a R3 ~#.

Sure. For brevity's sake I'll stop at ten:
Maybe you're thinking of UK-ISO, which is also a common approach, but requires more than four keys.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: hkf on Sun, 11 July 2021, 18:54:55
Quote from: honorless on Sun, 11 July 2021, 18:10:47
...Agreed that you need to make the images smaller too, m8.

Quote from: hkf on Sun, 11 July 2021, 17:11:23
Can you find an example of this? Most 4 key ISO support I've seen includes a R3 ~#.

Sure. For brevity's sake I'll stop at ten:
  • Analog Dreams R2
  • Arch
  • Handarbeit R2
  • Hazakura
  • Lavender
  • Lazurite
  • Moonlight
  • Parcel
  • Wasabi R2
  • Zooted
Maybe you're thinking of UK-ISO, which is also a common approach, but requires more than four keys.

Yes, I am thinking of UK-ISO. My bad, not as cultured :(
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: Olyz on Sun, 11 July 2021, 19:40:11
look good. I actually see the theme in the base set.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: Pickleguy on Sun, 11 July 2021, 20:28:24
OH MY GOD YES!!!!!!!
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: Brioric on Sun, 11 July 2021, 22:24:23
Nice set, makes me want to eat a jar
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: paperassgasket on Sun, 11 July 2021, 22:33:16
Love seeing 3-key 40's in base, it's kind of a big dill.
Please consider dual 3u spacebars at least in the spacebar kit.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: Lazesummerstone on Sun, 11 July 2021, 22:35:56
I feel like as a kid I hated pickles but as I've gotten older they've really grown on me. Now that there's finally a keyset to go along with my newfound appreciation for pickles I am so happy. This is truly a set for the refined, mature individual.  :cool:
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: saam on Sun, 11 July 2021, 23:11:10
Quote from: paperassgasket on Sun, 11 July 2021, 22:33:16
Love seeing 3-key 40's in base, it's kind of a big dill.
Please consider dual 3u spacebars at least in the spacebar kit.


Hey! We will be adding 2x 3u spacebars, thanks for the feedback.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: HappyB0T on Sun, 11 July 2021, 23:11:44
No long dark green spacebars ? That is the most pickle looking key :'|
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: saam on Sun, 11 July 2021, 23:38:35
Quote from: HappyB0T on Sun, 11 July 2021, 23:11:44
No long dark green spacebars ? That is the most pickle looking key :'|

Hey! I totally see what you are saying, and I will totally look more into it.  I just personally did not like the way it looked, it just looked off. I will try and check it out more, but honestly I do not see it being included.  :(
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: HappyB0T on Mon, 12 July 2021, 00:48:22
Quote from: saam on Sun, 11 July 2021, 23:38:35
Quote from: HappyB0T on Sun, 11 July 2021, 23:11:44
No long dark green spacebars ? That is the most pickle looking key :'|

Hey! I totally see what you are saying, and I will totally look more into it.  I just personally did not like the way it looked, it just looked off. I will try and check it out more, but honestly I do not see it being included.  :(

The set = a pickle not one key :D
If the space was dark green then it would just look like the mods and it wouldn't look like a pickle. I see what you mean.
Light monochrome alphas / mods with Dark Esc + Enter + Arrows + Space would work but uh that isn't what you rendered and probably doesn't look as good anyhow. BUT the space would look like a pickle.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: Kokaloo on Mon, 12 July 2021, 01:33:52
too many sams
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: Izeri on Mon, 12 July 2021, 04:03:47
Quote from: hkf on Sun, 11 July 2021, 17:11:23
It bears mentioning AGAIN because this is a real problem, please consider image compression:

Agree, the problem are kit images being 16000 x 9000.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: question Mark on Mon, 12 July 2021, 04:26:35
Quote from: honorless on Sun, 11 July 2021, 16:55:01
...Shout-outs to the Gherkin render with the big bezel alu case lmfao. Did your renderer design that?

Those three 40s keys should be a R2 1.75u Backspace, an R3 1.25u Tab, and an R3 1.5u Enter. They...do not appear to be that size in your render.

Normally "4-key ISO" is ISO Enter, R4 1.25u Shift, R3 1u |\, and R4 1u <>; no tilde involved.

Having two "macro columns" in your novelty kit is rather nice for ortho and colstag boards, since this is likely too niche of a set to support a standalone ortho/40s kit. But I do wonder if there are enough pickle enthusiasts out there to support such a kit at all.
Out of curiosity, are the 1.25u novs dilly beans?
You can find the case with big bezels on Thingiverse, if you search for Gherkin cases.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: saam on Mon, 12 July 2021, 09:15:23
Quote from: Izeri on Mon, 12 July 2021, 04:03:47
Quote from: hkf on Sun, 11 July 2021, 17:11:23
It bears mentioning AGAIN because this is a real problem, please consider image compression:

Agree, the problem are kit images being 16000 x 9000.

Got it, I will be compressing all images and updating it sometime today.
Sorry about that...
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: mymeepo on Mon, 12 July 2021, 09:55:11
I agree that the big ass spacebar that has the color of a literal pickle is essential here. You can just add it to the spacebar kit
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: saam on Mon, 12 July 2021, 12:25:22
Quote from: mymeepo on Mon, 12 July 2021, 09:55:11
I agree that the big ass spacebar that has the color of a literal pickle is essential here. You can just add it to the spacebar kit

Noted, now that I am seeing more interest, I will try and fit it in there. The spacebar kit is being redone.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: Arithmetics on Mon, 12 July 2021, 13:47:25
 I turned a GMK set into a pickle, Morty! Boom! Big reveal: It's a pickle. What do you think about that? I turned a GMK set into a pickle! W-what are you just staring at me for, bro. I turned it into a pickle, Morty!
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: k4jtek on Mon, 12 July 2021, 15:31:01
Not really like this set, but I appreciate the idea so much. Good luck with it!
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: mymeepo on Mon, 12 July 2021, 15:46:43
OP also deserves praise for the quality of the IC
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: arydz on Mon, 12 July 2021, 23:24:12
amazing job sam, super proud of you! some edits I would make:
- fix the legends on the 3 40% compatible key to be icon, not icon/text
- remove the accent keys as they match w/ alphas
- add ISO left shift
- add R3 pipe
- add alpha colored tilde
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: HappyB0T on Mon, 12 July 2021, 23:28:14
Quote from: saam on Mon, 12 July 2021, 12:25:22
Quote from: mymeepo on Mon, 12 July 2021, 09:55:11
I agree that the big ass spacebar that has the color of a literal pickle is essential here. You can just add it to the spacebar kit

Noted, now that I am seeing more interest, I will try and fit it in there. The spacebar kit is being redone.

Imagine selling 2 spacebar kits to someone just so they can put all of them in a real but clean pickle-jar just to meme. I think your efforts will be rewarded.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: HappyB0T on Mon, 12 July 2021, 23:29:45
Quote from: HappyB0T on Mon, 12 July 2021, 23:28:14
Quote from: saam on Mon, 12 July 2021, 12:25:22
Quote from: mymeepo on Mon, 12 July 2021, 09:55:11
I agree that the big ass spacebar that has the color of a literal pickle is essential here. You can just add it to the spacebar kit

Noted, now that I am seeing more interest, I will try and fit it in there. The spacebar kit is being redone.

Imagine selling 2 spacebar kits to someone just so they can put all of them in a real but clean pickle-jar just to meme. I think your efforts will be rewarded. Hey 7u and 6u spacebars - you now have a home :D
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: powwu on Tue, 13 July 2021, 19:05:24
gherkin is the only valid board for this to be on

...and maybe frog too we'll see
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: saam on Tue, 13 July 2021, 20:14:29
Quote from: powwu on Tue, 13 July 2021, 19:05:24
gherkin is the only valid board for this to be on

...and maybe frog too we'll see

Now I am trying my absolute hardest to get a green frog!
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: cherpalla on Tue, 13 July 2021, 20:47:43
Some bumpy membrane accent keys would be kinda cool for this
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: Ustinj on Tue, 13 July 2021, 22:02:40
colors are very reminiscent of a pickle, nice picking
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: KKoNaM on Tue, 13 July 2021, 22:37:28
nuts
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: Mark The Weeb on Fri, 16 July 2021, 12:05:57
Love the amount of effort youve put int this ! renders are top notch ! Personaly it is not my thing i feel like the apha colour is slightly too "neon" :thumb:
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: qwuzzy on Fri, 16 July 2021, 19:15:36
Never thought I'd see a keycap set that I could define as revolting.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: saam on Fri, 16 July 2021, 20:25:56
Quote from: Mark The Weeb on Fri, 16 July 2021, 12:05:57
Love the amount of effort youve put int this ! renders are top notch ! Personaly it is not my thing i feel like the apha colour is slightly too "neon" :thumb:

Haha I totally understand!
Alternate alphas are in the works.
Hopefully I will have those renders as soon as possible.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: saam on Fri, 16 July 2021, 20:32:01
Quote from: Mark The Weeb on Fri, 16 July 2021, 12:05:57
Love the amount of effort youve put int this ! renders are top notch ! Personaly it is not my thing i feel like the apha colour is slightly too "neon" :thumb:

Totally got it.
I realized this is the case for most people who want pickle but the color of the alphas are too much.
Therefore I will be providing an alternate alphas kit, which will be mod colored.
So all that dark green to provide a little more class.

(Oop responded twice, my bad)
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: HappyB0T on Fri, 16 July 2021, 20:38:22
Quote from: qwuzzy on Fri, 16 July 2021, 19:15:36
Never thought I'd see a keycap set that I could define as revolting.

But do you like pickles? Do you love pickles and hate this colorway? Do you love/hate vinegar? I cannot say that this colorway is the most aesthetically pleasing. However - it does a pretty fantastic job looking like a pickle. I am mostly having fun here but the only way I would consider this revolting is if I actually tried to consume them. :D
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: colonelpanic on Fri, 23 July 2021, 02:13:40
This has to be one of the stupidest keycap sets I've ever seen.

Count me in.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: nvh2092 on Fri, 23 July 2021, 02:40:46
Novelty for iso enter please please please  :-[ :-[
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: William_S_Jones on Thu, 05 August 2021, 16:30:50
Really not a GMK person: however, I love pickles and the color green, so I hope to get this set come GB time. It'll look great on a 40% to 50% MKB too!

Sent from my Surface Duo using Tapatalk

Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: Hakatype on Thu, 05 August 2021, 21:28:53
This set is wonderful. It's so silly and the colors in the renders are nice and crisp. I'm looking forward to seeing this happen!
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: johntron25 on Thu, 30 September 2021, 20:38:10
GMK Pickle Rick

Please
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: vishydesigns on Sun, 03 October 2021, 20:50:25
Looks great, love the novs. Consider Renaming to GMK Pickle Juice
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: Distracto on Sun, 03 October 2021, 23:37:36
Huge Pickle fan - huge fan of this set. Any updates?
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: willfcc on Mon, 04 October 2021, 20:54:10
If you go ahead with alternate alphas, you could stretch the kit a little bit and make it Gherkin-specific by adding contrasting arrow keys and blanks, 1x R3 and 3x R4 of each?
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: willfcc on Mon, 04 October 2021, 21:33:48
Oh, and how about some VIM HJKL arrow keys in both colorways?
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: dantambok on Mon, 04 October 2021, 21:41:28
pickle rick please
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: saam on Mon, 11 October 2021, 17:11:39
Quote from: Distracto on Sun, 03 October 2021, 23:37:36
Huge Pickle fan - huge fan of this set. Any updates?


Hello, I hope you’re doing well.
Yes, as in regards of updates. There will be a refresh to this page soon, hopefully. I recommend you join the discord server. All vendors have been sourced and a bunch of collaborations. I’m awaiting new novelty designs and new kitting. Also a little leak, there will be alternate alphas that are mod colored  ;) ;)


Stay tuned.
Let’s say i’m letting this set “marinate” in the heart of the community so when GB comes everyone is ready.

Stay crunchy!

-sam
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: wikkiwikki420 on Mon, 31 January 2022, 22:58:26
Quote from: qwuzzy on Fri, 16 July 2021, 19:15:36
Never thought I'd see a keycap set that I could define as revolting.

Yeah, I'd have to agree GMK Olivia is pretty revolting.
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: QWER|key on Tue, 01 February 2022, 01:22:30
Quote from: honorless on Sun, 11 July 2021, 16:55:01
Normally "4-key ISO" is ISO Enter, R4 1.25u Shift, R3 1u |\, and R4 1u <>; no tilde involved.
UK ISO has a R3 ~# key
Title: Re: [IC] GMK Pickle
Post by: jiminojimi on Mon, 28 February 2022, 17:03:16
You know how sometimes you look at your old screen or old sandwich in the fridge and you notice that it's not the lighting in the room that is off, but rather the whole product has shifted in colour ever so slightly.

This keycaps does the trick. OMG I can't believe I'm excited for this.

Yes give me some updates on this keycap.