[GB] GMK Hammerhead | July 6th - 31st

[keylabskeycaps]

Introduction

Better were the days when mastery of seas came not from bargains struck with eldritch creatures, but from the sweat of a man's brow and the strength of his back alone. You all know this to be true. Gentlemen. Ladies.

-Captain Hector Barbossa

Hi everyone! Quick introduction. So I'm Chad and I'm the artisan behind KeyLabs Keycaps that I run with my pal Andrew. We're still a little new, and I spend a lot of time lurking, but I've had this keyset idea floating around my mind for a good while and really wanted to take a solid shot at the design. So I present to you, respectfully, the humble beginnings of GMK Hammerhead.

I want this set to evoke the feel of chilled, oceanic spray against your cheeks and the roll of deep blue-grey swells under a stormy sky. To spring forth the cry of gulls, heard over the ship's billowing sails, while your fellow sailors throw dice and spin tales of the great monsters of the deep and of loved ones from home. Surging white caps and cold, uncharted northern waters await. All of this splendor packed mysteriously into a GMK set.

Or something along those lines. I'm not a novelist.
 
Group Buy: July 6th-31st

Vendors

US: NovelKeys
Canada: DeskHero
EU: Candy Keys
Oceania: Daily Clack
Asia: zFrontier / zFrontier (EN)



Pricing
US (NovelKeys)

• Base Kit (Dark): $125
• Base Kit (Light): $125
• Novelties: $55
• Extras: $30
• Euro: $40

Canada (DeskHero)

• Base Kit (Dark): CAD$179
• Base Kit (Light): CAD$179
• Novelties: CAD$79
• Extras: CAD$43
• Euro: CAD$58

EU (CandyKeys)

• Base Kit (Dark): €134
• Base Kit (Light): €134
• Novelties: €57
• Extras: €32
• Euro: €41

Oceania (Daily Clack)

• Base Kit (Dark): AU$200
• Base Kit (Light): AU$200
• Novelties: AU$88
• Extras: AU$48
• Euro: AU$64

Asia (zFrontier)

• Base Kit (Dark): CNĄ939 | $150 (EN)
• Base Kit (Light): CNĄ939 | $150 (EN)
• Novelties: CNĄ399 | $57 (EN)
• Extras: CNĄ215 | $31 (EN)
• Euro: CNĄ288 | $42 (EN)

Kits
Renders provided by the wonderful Janglad

Base



Base (light alphas)



Novelty


Extras


Euro


Deskpads


Art by the fantastic krash_draws on instagram. 900x400mm, 4mm thick pad with stitched, printed edges.

Aluminum Caps

https://keylabs.gg/shop/crucible-hammerhead/

We decided to design and manufacturer our own aluminum keycaps to match Hammerhead. These are based on GMK R1 profile, with a flattened top face and resin infill in the shark tooth cutout. They actually feel amazing on your fingers, we're super happy with how they turned out! You can find them on our site here: https://keylabs.gg/shop/crucible-hammerhead/ The group buy for these will remain open until 7/31.



Artisan Caps
Sodie Caps

Sodie Caps is launching their Hammerhead collab on 7/16 @ 6PM EST. GLHF! https://www.sodiecaps.com/



Fraktal Kaps

Fraktal has put together some awesome artisans together for Hammerhead, featuring their Ankura and Aweigh! sculpts. Raffle takes place 7/10 @ 5PM EST: https://fraktalkaps.com/hammerhead



KeyLabs Keycaps

We will be raffling some of our own artisans to match the set in the coming weeks, stay tuned for those.


Cables

We've partnered up with Space Cables to offer some really fantastic USB cable designs to pair with Hammerhead. Available during the Group Buy window at Space Cables.





Keyboard Renders








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Good luck! Will for sure buy this within the month!

[keylabskeycaps]

Good luck! Will for sure buy this within the mont!

Hey thanks so much for the support! This is my first group buy so its always great to see people excited.

[Quakemz]

Hey, man! Love the colors of this set. Quick question for you, though:

You said this on the Hammerhead IC:

"Thanks for this point. The kit sets you see on the GB page are the final versions.

Nothing will be subtracted or changed from the kits on the site. They ship as advertised. If anything is added it will be for free and of no cost to the customer, on our dime, as a separate bonus item."

When you had said this, there were issues with the renders on your site. You had duplicate mod-colored tilde keys and duplicate mod-colored pipe keys, and I think lack of 7u spacebar. I see those have been corrected for this GB thread, as well as on the site.

You had earlier said this when someone asked about the duplicates:

"Ah nice catch. Unfortunately I had not seen that. One of those is supposed to be the darker blue color. I'll see what I can do with GMK, but requesting another quote an render may change costs and take some time."

So, can we assume that, both the price and the renders on the site right now are 100% true and what people will receive? I'm just a little confused, so trying to find some clarity. Thanks! <3

[keylabskeycaps]

Hey, man! Love the colors of this set. Quick question for you, though:

You said this on the Hammerhead IC:

"Thanks for this point. The kit sets you see on the GB page are the final versions.

Nothing will be subtracted or changed from the kits on the site. They ship as advertised. If anything is added it will be for free and of no cost to the customer, on our dime, as a separate bonus item."

When you had said this, there were issues with the renders on your site. You had duplicate mod-colored tilde keys and duplicate mod-colored pipe keys, and I think lack of 7u spacebar. I see those have been corrected for this GB thread, as well as on the site.

You had earlier said this when someone asked about the duplicates:

"Ah nice catch. Unfortunately I had not seen that. One of those is supposed to be the darker blue color. I'll see what I can do with GMK, but requesting another quote an render may change costs and take some time."

So, can we assume that, both the price and the renders on the site right now are 100% true and what people will receive? I'm just a little confused, so trying to find some clarity. Thanks! <3

Yes, I'm sorry for the confusion here, it was a bit of a miscommunication from my end. I should have clarified and stated that nothing would be added to the kits that would raise the price unexpectedly on the customer end or things would be removed that would change the compatibility of the set ie. removing a shift key unexpectedly and losing layout support as a result.

At the time, due to the fact that GMK typically takes some time to re render and reprice kits at cost I did not think it would be logistically possible to correct a duplicate key without it taking time and changing pricing. Luckily, GMK took it in great stride and my rep was able to make the changes much quicker than anticipated. The end result is that there are no unnecessarily duplicated keys (corrected to mod color) in the kit at no extra cost. More specifically the R1 (~) and R2 (\|) keys have been color corrected so that the color layout is now correct swapping what would otherwise be mostly useless keys.

I do understand that this was a little confusing, but in the busyness of the launch, I spoke a little too soon.

TLDR: There were two keys R1 (~) and R2 (\|) that had been duplicated and this has been corrected and updated on all platforms with no change in cost or production timeline. There are 7U alpha color spacebars available in both kits, however I did have to make the tough call not to include the dark blue (533c) 7u spacebar as a costs measure. I was a little hasty with my original response and I do apologize for that.

Thank you for your question though, I do hope this helps.

[keylabskeycaps]

edit: deleted, duplicated message

[dk4one]

For the navy 7U spacebar, if you really don't want to throw it in the base kit, can you please throw it in the spacebar kit (either add in as an extra, or replacing the 6U alpha colored spacebar in the spacebar kit)? I really think the 7U navy spacebar is the breakpoint for quite a few people, myself include. If you can just make that spacebar available anywhere without me having to purchase another base kit to get it, I'll buy definitely.

[Quakemz]

Hey, man! Love the colors of this set. Quick question for you, though:

You said this on the Hammerhead IC:

"Thanks for this point. The kit sets you see on the GB page are the final versions.

Nothing will be subtracted or changed from the kits on the site. They ship as advertised. If anything is added it will be for free and of no cost to the customer, on our dime, as a separate bonus item."

When you had said this, there were issues with the renders on your site. You had duplicate mod-colored tilde keys and duplicate mod-colored pipe keys, and I think lack of 7u spacebar. I see those have been corrected for this GB thread, as well as on the site.

You had earlier said this when someone asked about the duplicates:

"Ah nice catch. Unfortunately I had not seen that. One of those is supposed to be the darker blue color. I'll see what I can do with GMK, but requesting another quote an render may change costs and take some time."

So, can we assume that, both the price and the renders on the site right now are 100% true and what people will receive? I'm just a little confused, so trying to find some clarity. Thanks! <3

Yes, I'm sorry for the confusion here, it was a bit of a miscommunication from my end. I should have clarified and stated that nothing would be added to the kits that would raise the price unexpectedly on the customer end or things would be removed that would change the compatibility of the set ie. removing a shift key unexpectedly and losing layout support as a result.

At the time, due to the fact that GMK typically takes some time to re render and reprice kits at cost I did not think it would be logistically possible to correct a duplicate key without it taking time and changing pricing. Luckily, GMK took it in great stride and my rep was able to make the changes much quicker than anticipated. The end result is that there are no unnecessarily duplicated keys (corrected to mod color) in the kit at no extra cost. More specifically the R1 (~) and R2 (\|) keys have been color corrected so that the color layout is now correct swapping what would otherwise be mostly useless keys.

I do understand that this was a little confusing, but in the busyness of the launch, I spoke a little too soon.

TLDR: There were two keys R1 (~) and R2 (\|) that had been duplicated and this has been corrected and updated on all platforms with no change in cost or production timeline. There are 7U alpha color spacebars available in both kits, however I did have to make the tough call not to include the dark blue (533c) 7u spacebar as a costs measure. I was a little hasty with my original response and I do apologize for that.

Thank you for your question though, I do hope this helps.

Thanks for the clarification! Also, while you're here, is there a reason you decided to omit a [proper/traditional] mod-colored enter key from both base kits? Just my personal curiosity. haha

[Solotov]

Still confused why zFrontier and CandyKey have a higher price on Deep water kit compared to Core kit.
Not here to moan since I'm gonna buy this beauty for sure. But just wanna understand the reason behind it 

[keylabskeycaps]

Still confused why zFrontier and CandyKey have a higher price on Deep water kit compared to Core kit.
Not here to moan since I'm gonna buy this beauty for sure. But just wanna understand the reason behind it 

Hey thanks for the question! So the reason for that is that the Deep Water kit actually has a lower MOQ than the core. Initially the kit was just a set of alternative alphas, but there was so much support for that layout that it merited its own larger kit. However because it does have a lower MOQ, Deep Water is actually is more expensive per unit to produce until it sells 250 units (which is the MOQ of the Core). But, it can be produced with less orders. The margins on Deep Water are really slim, and since each vendor is dealing with differences in import costs, taxes etc, unfortunately on those two platforms Deep Water had to be just a little more to work.

Hopefully that helps!

[dk4one]

I hate beating on a dead horse, but is there any chance you could include that navy 7U in the spacebar kit?

[Solotov]

Still confused why zFrontier and CandyKey have a higher price on Deep water kit compared to Core kit.
Not here to moan since I'm gonna buy this beauty for sure. But just wanna understand the reason behind it 

Hey thanks for the question! So the reason for that is that the Deep Water kit actually has a lower MOQ than the core. Initially the kit was just a set of alternative alphas, but there was so much support for that layout that it merited its own larger kit. However because it does have a lower MOQ, Deep Water is actually is more expensive per unit to produce until it sells 250 units (which is the MOQ of the Core). But, it can be produced with less orders. The margins on Deep Water are really slim, and since each vendor is dealing with differences in import costs, taxes etc, unfortunately on those two platforms Deep Water had to be just a little more to work.

Hopefully that helps!

Thanks for the detailed answer! Now, I completely understand it 

[keylabskeycaps]

I hate beating on a dead horse, but is there any chance you could include that navy 7U in the spacebar kit?

Hey there, appreciate the question.

Since the core and Deepwater kits do still ship with standard 7u spacebars, adding additional accent 7u would be a rather significant change requiring new GMK renders of the kits involved and a change in pricing at this point in time. If The kits do so well that there is a chunk of margin to play with towards the end of the sale there may be a possibility to poll for a few bonus keys as thanks for the great support, and it may be a consideration at that point in time, but I don't want to get ahead of myself only being on the second day of GB launch.

That being said, my offer still stands where if you would like a Dark blue, accent color, 7u (533c) spacebar at the end of the GB I would happily part with my unused one from my personal Deep Water kit

[keylabskeycaps]

Hey, man! Love the colors of this set. Quick question for you, though:

You said this on the Hammerhead IC:

"Thanks for this point. The kit sets you see on the GB page are the final versions.

Nothing will be subtracted or changed from the kits on the site. They ship as advertised. If anything is added it will be for free and of no cost to the customer, on our dime, as a separate bonus item."

When you had said this, there were issues with the renders on your site. You had duplicate mod-colored tilde keys and duplicate mod-colored pipe keys, and I think lack of 7u spacebar. I see those have been corrected for this GB thread, as well as on the site.

You had earlier said this when someone asked about the duplicates:

"Ah nice catch. Unfortunately I had not seen that. One of those is supposed to be the darker blue color. I'll see what I can do with GMK, but requesting another quote an render may change costs and take some time."

So, can we assume that, both the price and the renders on the site right now are 100% true and what people will receive? I'm just a little confused, so trying to find some clarity. Thanks! <3

Yes, I'm sorry for the confusion here, it was a bit of a miscommunication from my end. I should have clarified and stated that nothing would be added to the kits that would raise the price unexpectedly on the customer end or things would be removed that would change the compatibility of the set ie. removing a shift key unexpectedly and losing layout support as a result.

At the time, due to the fact that GMK typically takes some time to re render and reprice kits at cost I did not think it would be logistically possible to correct a duplicate key without it taking time and changing pricing. Luckily, GMK took it in great stride and my rep was able to make the changes much quicker than anticipated. The end result is that there are no unnecessarily duplicated keys (corrected to mod color) in the kit at no extra cost. More specifically the R1 (~) and R2 (\|) keys have been color corrected so that the color layout is now correct swapping what would otherwise be mostly useless keys.

I do understand that this was a little confusing, but in the busyness of the launch, I spoke a little too soon.

TLDR: There were two keys R1 (~) and R2 (\|) that had been duplicated and this has been corrected and updated on all platforms with no change in cost or production timeline. There are 7U alpha color spacebars available in both kits, however I did have to make the tough call not to include the dark blue (533c) 7u spacebar as a costs measure. I was a little hasty with my original response and I do apologize for that.

Thank you for your question though, I do hope this helps.

Thanks for the clarification! Also, while you're here, is there a reason you decided to omit a [proper/traditional] mod-colored enter key from both base kits? Just my personal curiosity. haha

Yeah so when I initially started this IC in the fall, there were just so many GMK sets popping up seemingly every other week. I had wanted Hammerhead to stand out on some elements that were a little more non-traditional. Over the course of the IC however, less common things like the alternative WASD were removed with feedback in consideration of the kit price. The dark blue accent mods in my opinion gave Hammerhead a lot of its feel, and having all of those removed or replaced leaving just a two keycap colored kit seemed to lose most of its aesthetic. The enter key is one of the few remaining elements that I still wanted to express in the design of the kit as its creator without raising costs by including too many duplicated keys. Hope this helps

[Quakemz]

Hey, man! Love the colors of this set. Quick question for you, though:

You said this on the Hammerhead IC:

"Thanks for this point. The kit sets you see on the GB page are the final versions.

Nothing will be subtracted or changed from the kits on the site. They ship as advertised. If anything is added it will be for free and of no cost to the customer, on our dime, as a separate bonus item."

When you had said this, there were issues with the renders on your site. You had duplicate mod-colored tilde keys and duplicate mod-colored pipe keys, and I think lack of 7u spacebar. I see those have been corrected for this GB thread, as well as on the site.

You had earlier said this when someone asked about the duplicates:

"Ah nice catch. Unfortunately I had not seen that. One of those is supposed to be the darker blue color. I'll see what I can do with GMK, but requesting another quote an render may change costs and take some time."

So, can we assume that, both the price and the renders on the site right now are 100% true and what people will receive? I'm just a little confused, so trying to find some clarity. Thanks! <3

Yes, I'm sorry for the confusion here, it was a bit of a miscommunication from my end. I should have clarified and stated that nothing would be added to the kits that would raise the price unexpectedly on the customer end or things would be removed that would change the compatibility of the set ie. removing a shift key unexpectedly and losing layout support as a result.

At the time, due to the fact that GMK typically takes some time to re render and reprice kits at cost I did not think it would be logistically possible to correct a duplicate key without it taking time and changing pricing. Luckily, GMK took it in great stride and my rep was able to make the changes much quicker than anticipated. The end result is that there are no unnecessarily duplicated keys (corrected to mod color) in the kit at no extra cost. More specifically the R1 (~) and R2 (\|) keys have been color corrected so that the color layout is now correct swapping what would otherwise be mostly useless keys.

I do understand that this was a little confusing, but in the busyness of the launch, I spoke a little too soon.

TLDR: There were two keys R1 (~) and R2 (\|) that had been duplicated and this has been corrected and updated on all platforms with no change in cost or production timeline. There are 7U alpha color spacebars available in both kits, however I did have to make the tough call not to include the dark blue (533c) 7u spacebar as a costs measure. I was a little hasty with my original response and I do apologize for that.

Thank you for your question though, I do hope this helps.

Thanks for the clarification! Also, while you're here, is there a reason you decided to omit a [proper/traditional] mod-colored enter key from both base kits? Just my personal curiosity. haha

Yeah so when I initially started this IC in the fall, there were just so many GMK sets popping up seemingly every other week. I had wanted Hammerhead to stand out on some elements that were a little more non-traditional. Over the course of the IC however, less common things like the alternative WASD were removed with feedback in consideration of the kit price. The dark blue accent mods in my opinion gave Hammerhead a lot of its feel, and having all of those removed or replaced leaving just a two keycap colored kit seemed to lose most of its aesthetic. The enter key is one of the few remaining elements that I still wanted to express in the design of the kit as its creator without raising costs by including too many duplicated keys. Hope this helps

It does, yeah, thanks! I'm a little bummed about it, because I don't personally like forcing accents and I would have bought the set otherwise, had it been included, but I respect your vision as a designer and wish you the best on this and future sets!

[keylabskeycaps]

Hey, man! Love the colors of this set. Quick question for you, though:

You said this on the Hammerhead IC:

"Thanks for this point. The kit sets you see on the GB page are the final versions.

Nothing will be subtracted or changed from the kits on the site. They ship as advertised. If anything is added it will be for free and of no cost to the customer, on our dime, as a separate bonus item."

When you had said this, there were issues with the renders on your site. You had duplicate mod-colored tilde keys and duplicate mod-colored pipe keys, and I think lack of 7u spacebar. I see those have been corrected for this GB thread, as well as on the site.

You had earlier said this when someone asked about the duplicates:

"Ah nice catch. Unfortunately I had not seen that. One of those is supposed to be the darker blue color. I'll see what I can do with GMK, but requesting another quote an render may change costs and take some time."

So, can we assume that, both the price and the renders on the site right now are 100% true and what people will receive? I'm just a little confused, so trying to find some clarity. Thanks! <3

Yes, I'm sorry for the confusion here, it was a bit of a miscommunication from my end. I should have clarified and stated that nothing would be added to the kits that would raise the price unexpectedly on the customer end or things would be removed that would change the compatibility of the set ie. removing a shift key unexpectedly and losing layout support as a result.

At the time, due to the fact that GMK typically takes some time to re render and reprice kits at cost I did not think it would be logistically possible to correct a duplicate key without it taking time and changing pricing. Luckily, GMK took it in great stride and my rep was able to make the changes much quicker than anticipated. The end result is that there are no unnecessarily duplicated keys (corrected to mod color) in the kit at no extra cost. More specifically the R1 (~) and R2 (\|) keys have been color corrected so that the color layout is now correct swapping what would otherwise be mostly useless keys.

I do understand that this was a little confusing, but in the busyness of the launch, I spoke a little too soon.

TLDR: There were two keys R1 (~) and R2 (\|) that had been duplicated and this has been corrected and updated on all platforms with no change in cost or production timeline. There are 7U alpha color spacebars available in both kits, however I did have to make the tough call not to include the dark blue (533c) 7u spacebar as a costs measure. I was a little hasty with my original response and I do apologize for that.

Thank you for your question though, I do hope this helps.

Thanks for the clarification! Also, while you're here, is there a reason you decided to omit a [proper/traditional] mod-colored enter key from both base kits? Just my personal curiosity. haha

Yeah so when I initially started this IC in the fall, there were just so many GMK sets popping up seemingly every other week. I had wanted Hammerhead to stand out on some elements that were a little more non-traditional. Over the course of the IC however, less common things like the alternative WASD were removed with feedback in consideration of the kit price. The dark blue accent mods in my opinion gave Hammerhead a lot of its feel, and having all of those removed or replaced leaving just a two keycap colored kit seemed to lose most of its aesthetic. The enter key is one of the few remaining elements that I still wanted to express in the design of the kit as its creator without raising costs by including too many duplicated keys. Hope this helps

It does, yeah, thanks! I'm a little bummed about it, because I don't personally like forcing accents and I would have bought the set otherwise, had it been included, but I respect your vision as a designer and wish you the best on this and future sets!

I get it, thanks for stopping by though! Hopefully some of the Qs and As can answer some other people's questions.

[petamva]

Quick q:
Is the deep water alphas cw the same as calm depths alphas cw?

[keylabskeycaps]

Quick q:
Is the deep water alphas cw the same as calm depths alphas cw?

The share a common taste, but the alpha keys are a darker blue than calm depths and the text, aquamarine rather than the more like sky blue of calm depths.

Thanks for the question!

[Surefoot]

I'm in ! Got the Deep Water set and novelties. I wanted to get that desk mat too but it's not listed @ candykeys ?

[norb]

is anyone (from europe/germany) willing to sell me a single cap from the novelties? i'm mainly interested in the capslock-hammerhead.

@keylabskeycaps will you be providing/updating the numbers sold in this thread?

[neutralstate]

ouch, 170 usd for deep water base kit for asian customers

my wallet~~

[jinhan108]

ouch, 170 usd for deep water base kit for asian customers

my wallet~~

I feel you.. there’s no benefit of a price break and lately shipping from zfrontier had been delayed quite substantially.


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[sevenseacat]

And ZFrontier likes to ship their orders in boxes with pictures of freaking bombs on them. Which means Customs goes haywire every time. Yay!

[keylabskeycaps]

is anyone (from europe/germany) willing to sell me a single cap from the novelties? i'm mainly interested in the capslock-hammerhead.

@keylabskeycaps will you be providing/updating the numbers sold in this thread?

Yes I will! Once I starting getting numbers from each of the regional vendors I'll start to update routinely.

[Hackerpilot]

The enter key is one of the few remaining elements that I still wanted to express in the design of the kit as its creator without raising costs by including too many duplicated keys.

It looks nice on the Core kit, but it means that the Deep Water kit has an alpha-colored Enter key unless you use the 3258 accent Enter.

[sagadoi]

Any update about the current number of kits sold?
Really concern about the deep water kit.
Thx

[CandyKeys]

We will be updating numbers too on the GB page of ours, now its just on hold still to confirm a few things. We heard a few things about the pricing, turns out Deep W Base Kit was a hit. The price is simply higher :/ We do apologise.

[vafan]

What's happened with US proxy. All of them out of stock?

[keylabskeycaps]

What's happened with US proxy. All of them out of stock?

Hey there, thanks for the comment. I just updated this thread if you'd like to take a look at the reason.

[Emir]

The best decision IMO, this was a bit of a headscratcher and it was frustrating as a spectator to see that all comments about it were ignored. Feel free to reach out if you want some asistance with the kits!

[eskimojo]

Unfortunate to hear, but the right call in my opinion. I'm looking forward to seeing this set move forward, and strongly hope ISO UK stays in 

[keylabskeycaps]

The best decision IMO, this was a bit of a headscratcher and it was frustrating as a spectator to see that all comments about it were ignored. Feel free to reach out if you want some asistance with the kits!

I can absolutely understand that. I have not being trying to do so, I love hammerhead and want to offer the best version of it to everyone, I was just blinded by a preset groupbuy date and, admittedly, did a poor job grasping the scale of feedback, I'm going to work towards learning and not making missteps like it moving forward.

I'm going to take some time to rethink things and I really appreciate your offer! May just take you up on that.

[Solotov]

What a disaster.. Hope the GB of new version won't take too long. I really love the deepwater set.

[zzzaacchh]

Damn, am I the only one that wanted the core kit?

[eskimojo]

Damn, am I the only one that wanted the core kit?

I personally prefer the core kit, however had not joined the GB due to the issues previously raised. Once those are fixed (and providing ISO UK stays in), I will almost definitely be joining for the core colourway.

[zzzaacchh]

Damn, am I the only one that wanted the core kit?

I personally prefer the core kit, however had not joined the GB due to the issues previously raised. Once those are fixed (and providing ISO UK stays in), I will almost definitely be joining for the core colourway.

I use ortho boards, so it was already perfect for my needs. Hopefully it doesn't take long to fix the issues and relaunch this.

[mta]

While unfortunate, I am really happy with this decision, especially considering that this is such a nice colorway. As Oblotzky put it in a different thread, "A delayed set is eventually good, but a rushed set is forever bad."

We all appreciate the work you've put into this and I'm sure that after some polish it'll have an even stronger launch next time. Looking forward to the changes -- thanks! 

[sevenseacat]

While unfortunate, I am really happy with this decision, especially considering that this is such a nice colorway. As Oblotzky put it in a different thread, "A delayed set is eventually good, but a rushed set is forever bad."

Love the quote and totally agree with the sentiment posted. Looking forward to the relaunch 👍

[Chaselicious17]

While unfortunate, I am really happy with this decision, especially considering that this is such a nice colorway. As Oblotzky put it in a different thread, "A delayed set is eventually good, but a rushed set is forever bad."

We all appreciate the work you've put into this and I'm sure that after some polish it'll have an even stronger launch next time. Looking forward to the changes -- thanks! 

That's actually a Miyamoto quote he's rephrasing: "A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad"

It's a good quote about development in general. Oblotsky and Keylabs Chad are wise to adhere to it.

[Vlie]

what a pity！

[glack23]

Well the next one will be a better version.

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[roguesystem087]

thankgod.... for a sec I thought i missed the group by for one the few GMK sets that i actually like...
and yea the deep water one gucci AF XD lol XD

[euphxenos]

Okay.  So, to move forward, where do you want to collect input and iterate through different versions of the kits?  Did you want to unlock the old IC thread, or are you starting a new IC thread?  That discussion probably doesn't belong in the group buy forum.

[dav1k]

Taking the group buy down must have been very difficult but I feel it was the best decision in the end.

I was looking forward to joining this group buy but I ultimately held back due to some issues with the kits.

I was planning to purchase the Deep Water base kit and the spacebar kit. Doing so, I expected I'll be able to get spacebars in the 3 offered colors in both 6.25u and 7u sizes. But in reality I would be missing spacebars but also had a few 6u/off-center spacebars which I do not need.

This is still a very awesome keycap set and I hope to purchase with more confidence when you ultimately bring this back to market.

Keep up the great work!! 

[p_blaze]

Smart decision. Hopefully it will show even better results next time.

[WolfLink]

Would it be possible to get media and volume controls included somewhere in the kit?

[Oblotzky]

Would it be possible to get media and volume controls included somewhere in the kit?

OP had to cancel the GB due to the difficult kit design, with the base kit having too many keys as one of the problems. Yeah, let's throw some media keys in it.

[WolfLink]

Would it be possible to get media and volume controls included somewhere in the kit?

OP had to cancel the GB due to the difficult kit design, with the base kit having too many keys as one of the problems. Yeah, let's throw some media keys in it.

They could be in the novelties kit or something.  Or the main kit could be pared down and a “modding” kit could be added with things like the variants of the extra keys block, and variant colors of things like the arrow keys.  The kit is being reworked, so now is another chance for things like that to be considered.

[chakkii]

ive commented so many times, that I think most of the people would prefer the alternate alphas / now known as deep water kit and you should also make a EURO Kit for it But well I never got an answer to my questions and suggestions on the IC. I also didnt join because there was so much confusion especially right before the GB start and even after that. I really like this set and still would buy, if things are clarified beforehand. Keep your head up, everyone has to start somewhere. I bet your next GB will be successful.

[keylabskeycaps]

ive commented so many times, that I think most of the people would prefer the alternate alphas / now known as deep water kit and you should also make a EURO Kit for it But well I never got an answer to my questions and suggestions on the IC. I also didnt join because there was so much confusion especially right before the GB start and even after that. I really like this set and still would buy, if things are clarified beforehand. Keep your head up, everyone has to start somewhere. I bet your next GB will be successful.

Hey there, I appreciate the kind words. I do plan on having euro support for Deep Water. I can understand there was confusion prior to launch. With clear kit design and open communication I'm hoping the relaunch will be much less confusing.

[roguesystem087]

i know this... may be an usual question, so i guess there be another GB link when you restart or open the gb up again?
or do we just follow this thread to keep track of your kit?

[Surefoot]

Is there a new IC round for this set, or do we get straight back to GB ? I am still in for a full Deep Water experience

[Ninja_mistic]

Would love to order this set, hopefully it becomes available soon! Looks so good

[keylabskeycaps]

Thread updated. We're live!

[kazuga]

Awesome.

Just registred for this, because i cant find the group buy on candy keys - are they slow or is there none?

[Kalabalik]

Do you have actual color samples from GMK that you could share pictures of?

[mgsickler]

Awesome.
Just registred for this, because i cant find the group buy on candy keys - are they slow or is there none?

They told us they would go live at 19:00.

Do you have actual color samples from GMK that you could share pictures of?

Check the pantone for the references. Color matching will start now with GMK, but we wont get physical samples until after the GB starts.


Off to a solid start on NovelKeys already! Dark base is nearly at 100 and light is at 50. Seems like MOQ may get hit within the first couple days.

[kazuga]

Awesome.
Just registred for this, because i cant find the group buy on candy keys - are they slow or is there none?

They told us they would go live at 19:00.

Off to a solid start on NovelKeys already! Dark base is nearly at 100 and light is at 50. Seems like MOQ may get hit within the first couple days.

Thank you. Cant wait to buy in. Love it.

[getlazy]

Awesome.
Just registred for this, because i cant find the group buy on candy keys - are they slow or is there none?

They told us they would go live at 19:00.

Do you have actual color samples from GMK that you could share pictures of?

Check the pantone for the references. Color matching will start now with GMK, but we wont get physical samples until after the GB starts.


Off to a solid start on NovelKeys already! Dark base is nearly at 100 and light is at 50. Seems like MOQ may get hit within the first couple days.

its already on the side for at least a couple hours, just in the wrong status: 
https://candykeys.com/group-buys/gmk-hammerhead 

[chakkii]

Awesome.
Just registred for this, because i cant find the group buy on candy keys - are they slow or is there none?

They told us they would go live at 19:00.

Do you have actual color samples from GMK that you could share pictures of?

Check the pantone for the references. Color matching will start now with GMK, but we wont get physical samples until after the GB starts.


Off to a solid start on NovelKeys already! Dark base is nearly at 100 and light is at 50. Seems like MOQ may get hit within the first couple days.

its already on the side for at least a couple hours, just in the wrong status: 
https://candykeys.com/group-buys/gmk-hammerhead

thats the old group buy, you can see difference in prices etc.

New one will be up soon I think

[Hell-es]

Big respect on design and pricing.

I can feel you really like your set and operated on low margins 

Wish some bigger sets would show this enthusiasm

[RedBeardDog]

I need that Aluminum Artisan !!!
And cable
And deskmate
And base set too !

[keylabskeycaps]

Big respect on design and pricing.

I can feel you really like your set and operated on low margins 

Wish some bigger sets would show this enthusiasm

Big props to NK for helping secure these prices. It was also a big community effort to help go through feedback and trim down the fat on the novelty kit etc!

[Mimiq]

Any idea when the artisan keycap will be available? Looks soooo good!

[solomonshv]

hello. do you anticipate that the artisans becomes available during the main set GB? i'd like to purchase it all together to avoid having to pay shipping twice.

thanks

[hkhawk]

Awesome.
Just registred for this, because i cant find the group buy on candy keys - are they slow or is there none?

They told us they would go live at 19:00.

Do you have actual color samples from GMK that you could share pictures of?

Check the pantone for the references. Color matching will start now with GMK, but we wont get physical samples until after the GB starts.


Off to a solid start on NovelKeys already! Dark base is nearly at 100 and light is at 50. Seems like MOQ may get hit within the first couple days.

Wonderful news!

[ReignofLo]

Hi, can someone please tell me exactly what size the spacebar keys are? I'm new here and I still can't tell. Thanks.

[RedBeardDog]

Hi, can someone please tell me exactly what size the spacebar keys are? I'm new here and I still can't tell. Thanks.

6,25 and 7u

[mgsickler]

Day 1 numbers are looking great! We are missing a couple numbers from proxies, but it is a solid start.

Light - 131
Dark - 260 (MOQ Hit!)
Novelties - 189
Extras - 114
Euro - 12

No extras included. Should be an easy MOQ hit with this set for all kits - maybe except Euro.

[norb]

how many deskmats does one person need? at least two, am i right? if i need to wash/dry one, i need at least one spare

nice work on these babies 

[keylabskeycaps]

Any idea when the artisan keycap will be available? Looks soooo good!

hello. do you anticipate that the artisans becomes available during the main set GB? i'd like to purchase it all together to avoid having to pay shipping twice.

thanks

Hoping within the next 7 days, likely a bit sooner. However the group buy for this will only be happening on our site, so unfortunately there is not an option to bundle shipping. Silver lining here is that since they are the same packages as our normal individual keycaps, shipping is low cost. Plus this way, they will likely come sooner than the keyset itself

The reason for this is because these metal keycaps are a totally new venture for us - we want to focus on making them the best quality we can. If things turn out well you can expect us to work with proxies in the future once we have the logistics sorted out!

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

anyone need the 1u keys from the Extras kit but not the 2.25u/2.75u spacebars?

[dvorcol]

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Day 1 numbers are looking great! We are missing a couple numbers from proxies, but it is a solid start.

Light - 131
Dark - 260 (MOQ Hit!)
Novelties - 189
Extras - 114
Euro - 12

No extras included. Should be an easy MOQ hit with this set for all kits - maybe except Euro.

[juice_pouch]

In for a dark base kit! Now to settle in and wait... or forget about it entirely so I get a nice surprise next spring/summer

[ArashiNishi]

Could you add a render of the dark kit with the turquoise spacebar on a blue keeb like a rama u80-a lake or similar please? I would like to see how it looks, it's a really dope set

[dvorcol]

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[raspgary]

What are the space bar sizes in the extras kit?

[dvorcol]

What are the space bar sizes in the extras kit?

Can't promise it's right, but this is what I measure.

[SxM Designs]

Will the artisan be available in Candykeys?

[keylabskeycaps]

What are the space bar sizes in the extras kit?

Can't promise it's right, but this is what I measure.

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Thanks for adding this, these widths are correct!

Will the artisan be available in Candykeys?

Unfortunately only on our site this time around

[solomonshv]

thank for providing renders with neutral color dark and light backgrounds. i HATE it i see renders with crazy colored backgrounds as it's hard to see what the item actually looks like. goes for both, caps and keebs.

will definitely grab a light set towards the end of the month, i still haven't made my mind up about the novelties.

[dvorcol]

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[dvorcol]

Light Base will be made for sure.  Euro needs a little help.

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[mgsickler]

Light Base will be made for sure.  Euro needs a little help.

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Candy Keys just posted on Instagram that they will buy out the Euro kit. So all kits will get made at this point.

[kazuga]

Light Base will be made for sure.  Euro needs a little help.

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Candy Keys just posted on Instagram that they will buy out the Euro kit. So all kits will get made at this point.

thats good news. love this set.

[keylabskeycaps]

Thread updated with info for Sodie Caps's Hammerhead collab. 7/16 at 6PM EST 

[Kuj0]

Any chance of getting a picture of the novelties with row numbers? Thanks!

[keylabskeycaps]

Any chance of getting a picture of the novelties with row numbers? Thanks!

In the meantime, the render for the novelties is ordered as follows: R1 R1 R2 R3 R4

[dvorcol]

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[norb]

i'm really on the fence about getting the novelties kit or the aluminum artisan for roughly the same amount of cash (including shipping/taxes). you really did a great job with that one! 

[Kahgen]

Just got the Dark Base and Novelty sets. Too excited for this!

[Hell-es]

Great to see those numbers  well deserved

You really can follow community growing, remembering last years struggle of a great set

[FunBox]

It's probably a little late but is there any chance of getting a render of the Dark kit on an Ultramarine Tind? I'd love to see how the Pantone colours look when put together

Sent from my SM-N975U1 using Tapatalk

[noobiekeymech]

I like the dark one as it accents the font, but the light one is also clean.

[dvorcol]

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[dvorcol]

Some extras are included.

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[mvkoto]

wow, in 4 days, the dark and light bases almost doubled!

[nasp]

wow, in 4 days, the dark and light bases almost doubled!

Some extras were included. That most likely explains the large jump

[Daniel]

No Alice B?

[The.Ryan.Gamer]

Got the base kit few weeks ago. I just hope GMK will have better spacebars when this ships out next year.

[dvorcol]

Two days remaining!
All MOQs are met.

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[Daniel]

I didn't want to get it because I'm in KAT Atlantis.. but ended up saying screw it and grabbing this one too.
I just love the colorway.

[Chazmondo]

caved... got this as well as Modo... 

[Clay333]

I was dead set on getting the dark set but now that the deadline is approaching I am really starting to like the light set. Can't decide what to pull the trigger on now and unfortunately I really shouldn't spend the money on both.

Edit: What color are the legends on the light kit alphas? The renders look black, is that correct or is it actually dark blue? I'm thinking if they are black I could just get the dark kit and if I ever decide I want the look of the light kit I could just throw on alphas from Bow or Minimal

[keylabskeycaps]

I was dead set on getting the dark set but now that the deadline is approaching I am really starting to like the light set. Can't decide what to pull the trigger on now and unfortunately I really shouldn't spend the money on both.

Edit: What color are the legends on the light kit alphas? The renders look black, is that correct or is it actually dark blue? I'm thinking if they are black I could just get the dark kit and if I ever decide I want the look of the light kit I could just throw on alphas from Bow or Minimal

The legends are the same color as the dark set's alpha key colors. 533C

[Curin Derwin]

I was dead set on getting the dark set but now that the deadline is approaching I am really starting to like the light set. Can't decide what to pull the trigger on now and unfortunately I really shouldn't spend the money on both.

Edit: What color are the legends on the light kit alphas? The renders look black, is that correct or is it actually dark blue? I'm thinking if they are black I could just get the dark kit and if I ever decide I want the look of the light kit I could just throw on alphas from Bow or Minimal

This is exactly the thought I've been having. I can imagine it on the Think 6.5 PC with the light set. The Dark set might be better for deep ocean...

[Clay333]

I ended up going with the light set. The dark caught my eye first but the light set just looks better and better the more I look at it. Hopefully I don't regret it when it comes in.

[Curin Derwin]

I ended up going with the light set. The dark caught my eye first but the light set just looks better and better the more I look at it. Hopefully I don't regret it when it comes in.

Ditto. I intend on putting it on a PC Think 6.5 V2 2U

[rewke]

Bought in at pretty much the last second on this one. Couldn’t resist despite also buying KAT Atlantis.

[dvorcol]

Final with extras

[mgsickler]

Color samples approved!

[norb]

yeah boi 

[hkhawk]

Color samples approved!

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Wow, looking pretty good!

[surreal19]

im surprised the light base kit fell so much behind from the dark base

[Buster69]

Thank you for getting this grail set in the queue. Any idea on how many extras will be available? Hoping I can grab an extra set or two when the time comes.

Should we expect this to be delayed from the original ETA?

[mgsickler]

Just got a round of updates from GMK.

This is estimated now for August, 2021.

[Liub]

Over a year for GMK now, amazing.

[RamRanchCEO]

Will there be extras put up for sale once the sets arrive at the vendors?

[norb]

Just got a round of updates from GMK.

This is estimated now for August, 2021.

bruh.

F

[KucherenkoZZZ]

Just got a round of updates from GMK.

This is estimated now for August, 2021.

Thanks for clarifying the year

[w0lfssegner]

Any word on extras?

[leuke-naam]

The specifics depend on your vendor but there will be extras.

[WalkinTrashCan]

Any update on the Crucible Hammerhead artisans?

[nbesa]

Delayed again, till September... GMK timelines are surely looking ridiculous, 14-16 months.

[mvkoto]

Delayed again, till September... GMK timelines are surely looking ridiculous, 14-16 months.

unpopular opinion: not worth waiting more than a year for.

[thicthock]

Delayed again, till September... GMK timelines are surely looking ridiculous, 14-16 months.

unpopular opinion: not worth waiting more than a year for.

is this a problem with all GMK sets?

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

Anyone else get their Keylabs caps today? These are awesome. We'll see if this set or Mako TKL arrives first...

[tngpq]

Anyone else get their Keylabs caps today? These are awesome. We'll see if this set or Mako TKL arrives first...

I'm betting the house Mako arrives first. It's going under QC and will be shipped within a month. Hammerhead hasn't even started production..

[KucherenkoZZZ]

Delayed again, till September... GMK timelines are surely looking ridiculous, 14-16 months.

unpopular opinion: not worth waiting more than a year for.

The problem is that the GMK is the only good keycap manufacture of cherry profile keycaps (JTK is good too but their lead time is almost the same)

[mgsickler]

We received an update on timeline here. Resin shortages have caused massive delays on all keycap sets. Currently this is scheduled to complete production October, 2021. Customers should receive the sets in November.

[mvkoto]

We received an update on timeline here. Resin shortages have caused massive delays on all keycap sets. Currently this is scheduled to complete production October, 2021. Customers should receive the sets in November.

Lol good lord. I think it's safe to say I have almost zero expectations at this point.

[nbesa]

We received an update on timeline here. Resin shortages have caused massive delays on all keycap sets. Currently this is scheduled to complete production October, 2021. Customers should receive the sets in November.

Thanks Mike for the update. So we are officially at the time were GMK turnarounds are at a year and a half, what a nonsense.

That's for me and GMK sets for the foreseeable future, can't be bothered with these delays time and time again

[Havattack]

Delayed again, till September... GMK timelines are surely looking ridiculous, 14-16 months.

unpopular opinion: not worth waiting more than a year for.

The problem is that the GMK is the only good keycap manufacture of cherry profile keycaps (JTK is good too but their lead time is almost the same)

I don't really get what all the hoopla is about when it comes to GMK. The quality does not seem all that better then the cheaper companies. The Akko and taihao caps i have don't seem much worst, at all..
And GMK's renowned legend sharpness looks pretty... meh, to me.

[mvkoto]

Delayed again, till September... GMK timelines are surely looking ridiculous, 14-16 months.

unpopular opinion: not worth waiting more than a year for.

The problem is that the GMK is the only good keycap manufacture of cherry profile keycaps (JTK is good too but their lead time is almost the same)

I don't really get what all the hoopla is about when it comes to GMK. The quality does not seem all that better then the cheaper companies. The Akko and taihao caps i have don't seem much worst, at all..
And GMK's renowned legend sharpness looks pretty... meh, to me.

I'd be interested to see a step by step behind the scenes of how GMK produce keycaps. Yea we've read what the steps are but I'd like to see video of it... Just so I can better understand how producing keyboard keycaps can take a year and a half. I'd also like to know at what point did the consumer of these keycaps become okay with such long waiting periods. It's truly absurd. If they extended the waittimes to 3 years or something, you'd still have idiots saying it's worth the wait.

[Skok]

I'd be interested to see a step by step behind the scenes of how GMK produce keycaps. Yea we've read what the steps are but I'd like to see video of it... Just so I can better understand how producing keyboard keycaps can take a year and a half.

We received an update on timeline here. Resin shortages have caused massive delays on all keycap sets. Currently this is scheduled to complete production October, 2021. Customers should receive the sets in November.

I mean I think they made it pretty clear

[Adqam64]

Just so I can better understand how producing keyboard keycaps can take a year and a half.

Obviously producing keycaps doesn't take a year and a half.  However, there's a production queue, and sets in front of Hammerhead have been delayed by both COVID and the issues with resin shortages. 

In general, when people are ordering keycaps faster than GMK can make them, lead times will increase.  Say what you like about their intelligence, but plenty of people are obviously still willing to buy GMK keycaps with an 18 month wait otherwise GBs would be failing all over the place.

[mgsickler]

Update time! Got word from GMK that this is expected to ship out early October!

[Eoen]

Update time! Got word from GMK that this is expected to ship out early October!

Yes!

[tngpq]

Update time! Got word from GMK that this is expected to ship out early October!

Yes!

Hell yeah for me!

[Stilou Studio]

Has any vendors announced that they will be getting extras yet?
Missed the GB, and would love to pick this up!

[norb]

great news!

Has any vendors announced that they will be getting extras yet?
Missed the GB, and would love to pick this up!

i'm pretty sure there will be a few extras.

[brycedabull]

Update time! Got word from GMK that this is expected to ship out early October!

The day has finally come, can't wait to finally get my hands on this set!

[mvkoto]

Early October will be mid October in a few days

[mgsickler]

There is a slight delay - production is complete. However they are waiting for the banderole to arrive and that has been delayed. We are looking at shipping out from GMK within 2 weeks.

[Nasri1089]

Thank you for the constant updates, you're the man!!! On a disappointing note, they had more than a year to prep for the packaging. Even then, still decides to screw it up. Shortage of paper perhaps? 

[yhs]

Just received my set today!

[IBMweMissU]

Vendor ? Country?

[mvkoto]

Just received my set today!

haven't heard a peep yet

[pleasega]

Just received my set today!

pics or didnt happen

[yhs]

Vendor ? Country?

Candykeys. Denmark, EU. Not uncommon for the European proxy to be the first shipping out considering GMK is located in Germany.

[mgsickler]

Our sets are in transit to us! Typically shipping takes around 2 weeks to clear customs and then arrive.

[supermunny]

Received mine today. I find the colors a bit disappointing, the alphas & modifiers are a lot closer to each other than what the render depicted. The modifiers are dark blue rather than the grayish tone. The photo is next to a window with light from overcast sky.

The kits were good, reasonable pricing on the NorDe kit! Should have grabbed that cyan space bar though...

[Mistah]

The alphas look a lot less dark than render too. Reminds me of GMK Laser R2, where the synthwave set was essentially purple instead of the more "GMK Metropolis" vibe from the renders

[SxM Designs]

I am still waiting for mine but just saying the pictures( lens quality, lighting etc etc) can be quite wild and not really a correct representation.
There are too many factors that are going on here.
I hope to verify mine when I get it!!

[mvkoto]

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Received mine today. I find the colors a bit disappointing, the alphas & modifiers are a lot closer to each other than what the render depicted. The modifiers are dark blue rather than the grayish tone. The photo is next to a window with light from overcast sky.

The kits were good, reasonable pricing on the NorDe kit! Should have grabbed that cyan space bar though...

Yikes. let's hope it really is just a lighting thing because if not, this is quite disappointing

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

That looks exactly like 533c blue in bright sunlight.

[ic33hot]

I also hope it’s a lighting thing. The cyan looks too blue and there’s very little contrast between the mods and alphas.

[Havattack]

Maybe the knock off version on alibaba is closer to the renders...

[Dotnick]

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Received mine today. I find the colors a bit disappointing, the alphas & modifiers are a lot closer to each other than what the render depicted. The modifiers are dark blue rather than the grayish tone. The photo is next to a window with light from overcast sky.

The kits were good, reasonable pricing on the NorDe kit! Should have grabbed that cyan space bar though...

Ahh yes, the tried and true "lets all freak out at the first pictures someone sends of the set" Geekhack trope.

It's just one picture taken in a specific lighting situation. Better to go back a little bit and look at the approved color samples than this picture alone, or wait for more pictures to really start to worry.

[kiyoboard]

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Received mine today. I find the colors a bit disappointing, the alphas & modifiers are a lot closer to each other than what the render depicted. The modifiers are dark blue rather than the grayish tone. The photo is next to a window with light from overcast sky.

The kits were good, reasonable pricing on the NorDe kit! Should have grabbed that cyan space bar though...

Ahh yes, the tried and true "lets all freak out at the first pictures someone sends of the set" Geekhack trope.

It's just one picture taken in a specific lighting situation. Better to go back a little bit and look at the approved color samples than this picture alone, or wait for more pictures to really start to worry.

They are not freaking out from someone else's photo. They say they have received the set.

[IBMweMissU]

Also, its not just a photo - he also gave his opinions, but yeah, lets wait and see.

[Eipplepod]

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Received mine today. I find the colors a bit disappointing, the alphas & modifiers are a lot closer to each other than what the render depicted. The modifiers are dark blue rather than the grayish tone. The photo is next to a window with light from overcast sky.

The kits were good, reasonable pricing on the NorDe kit! Should have grabbed that cyan space bar though...

I received mine yesterday and just unpacked it to check and i'd say you are right! The modifiers are pretty far off the grayish tone on the renders. Your picture compared to what i have on hand looks a bit oversaturated but if you compare alphas & mods it gives a pretty accurate view on how they compare to each other.

Edit: I just looked at the Pantone Colour Chips that have been posted at the end of the OP, it's pretty accurate to what i received. Renders are a bit misleading tho they are just renders. IMO it looks quite nice but a lighter tone for the mods would have made it pop more.

[supermunny]

I received mine yesterday and just unpacked it to check and i'd say you are right! The modifiers are pretty far off the grayish tone on the renders. Your picture compared to what i have on hand looks a bit oversaturated but if you compare alphas & mods it gives a pretty accurate view on how they compare to each other.

Edit: I just looked at the Pantone Colour Chips that have been posted at the end of the OP, it's pretty accurate to what i received. Renders are a bit misleading tho they are just renders. IMO it looks quite nice but a lighter tone for the mods would have made it pop more.

True, they do indeed look quite close to those Pantone color examples. I didn't pay much attention to them earlier, just looked at the renders. And the renders seem to have a lot more contrast between the alphas & mods, which I feel would have looked better.

Not saying it's bad either, but agree with the missing "pop factor" Especially in slightly lower light it just looks like a quite uniformly dark set.

[Surefoot]

Got it today as well - Indeed it's true to pantone samples. I never trust renders anyway so I'm ok with the result (which looks really nice in person).

[Havattack]

The pic several post above this one makes the set look good to me. Still pissed i missed out on the novelty set though.. I might buy the knock off set just for those keys..

[Eipplepod]

I thought i would also add some pictures for reference!
It's just iPhone camera and not the best lighting. Open windows / cloudy day, light falling in from left and right.

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

Eipplepod, for color perspective, what set is your right split spacebar from?

[Eipplepod]

Eipplepod, for color perspective, what set is your right split spacebar from?

That is Modern Dolch 2. I will update tomorrow with Modo light and Modo 2 next to Hammerhead for better comparison.
Can't today, sun is almost gone would make it look even worse now.

[Eipplepod]

Eipplepod, for color perspective, what set is your right split spacebar from?

That is Modern Dolch 2. I will update tomorrow with Modo light and Modo 2 next to Hammerhead for better comparison.
Can't today, sun is almost gone would make it look even worse now.

That should be better lighting. Same wheater conditions as first pictures.
Modern Dolch Light > Hammerhead > Modern Dolch 2

[Buster69]

Feel like the mods are a little more blue than they should be and should be more grey. Either way, excited to see for myself and hopefully I'll love the set regardless. I'll take proper photos and report back

[Chazmondo]

Set arrived today - thought I was going to be really let down after looking at some of the pictures on here but I'm not. They look great even though they are different to the renders.

The colours are slightly darker than the renders but are spot on with the colour samples. I'm a lot happier with this set than the solarised dark set i got a while back...

Also kind of wish I had gone for a set of the novelties now though.

Anyone recieve the light alpha set?

[wybaugh]

Guys receiving sets, are you in US?  I still haven't received any notification of shipping, etc.

[brycedabull]

Guys receiving sets, are you in US?  I still haven't received any notification of shipping, etc.

I don't think any of the sets have made it to the US vendors yet.  I too haven't received any shipping updates or anything but I'm not concerned because there's usually a bit of a delay from everyone in Europe getting them.

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

Guys receiving sets, are you in US?  I still haven't received any notification of shipping, etc.

4-6 weeks delay from the first EU pics on geekhack is about normal. They don’t have to travel far from GMK in Germany; our ports in the USA are a nightmare. Maybe before thanksgiving, maybe after.

[mgsickler]

Half the shipment arrived today. We expect the other half in about 1-2 weeks. All depends on clearing customs. Once in, we will immediately start shipping out.

[mgsickler]

Shipment just arrived! Unboxing and then starting to ship out tomorrow.

[keebsnglass]

Think the light set looks great

[Buster69]

Received my set today. I think the alphas could have been a tad darker, but don't be fooled - it is a very good looking set!

I got a blue maja in anticipation for hammerhead, took a gamble on the color but I think they pair well. I managed to snag a couple good pics on my phone. Hopefully taking some shots with my camera tomorrow.

[Buster69]

After the new set high wears off a bit

[andrewstar03]

I just installed mine. The last piece I placed was the spacebar, unfortunately there is a big scratch on the side facing south. Is there a replacement for damaged keycaps or I have to buy a replacement for this?

[andrew4]

Ask the vendor you bought from: replacement is their responsibility

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[Havattack]

I just installed mine. The last piece I placed was the spacebar, unfortunately there is a big scratch on the side facing south. Is there a replacement for damaged keycaps or I have to buy a replacement for this?

Worst come to worst, You could sand it out, and then just polish that side until you get to a finish that resembles the the rest of the keycap.
Or, if there's someone here who has this set, and is on;y using their 7y space bar, maybe they could hook you up with their unneeded 6.25. (This might be me, not sure which keeb i'm putting set on yet though)

[tsukune1349]

Considering getting a base set from extras and from what I've seen in this stream colors look pretty nice.

Maybe the slight difference in modifiers' color is more noticeable with the dark base?

[Curin Derwin]

I thought i would also add some pictures for reference!
It's just iPhone camera and not the best lighting. Open windows / cloudy day, light falling in from left and right.
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What keeb is this?

[okidna]

I thought i would also add some pictures for reference!
It's just iPhone camera and not the best lighting. Open windows / cloudy day, light falling in from left and right.
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What keeb is this?

SP-111

[Rilow]

Round 2?