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[IC] GMK Blossom (GB Live!)
« on: Thu, 04 March 2021, 16:50:06 »


GB THREAD
GB DATE: 25th of January

Hello everyone!
 
I want to show you the set I've been working on!
It is called GMK Blossom and it is inspired by the Japanese Nature. I hope you'll like it!

Interest Check Form

Colors




Kits:

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Base Kit-125$


Novelties Kit-30$-40$(vendors are still deciding)


Accent Kit-25$


Numpad Kit-39$




Renders
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TGR Alice by Yuktsi





Sunsetter by Charue Design





TGR 910 by Yuktsi





TGR Jane by Yuktsi





M60-A by RAMA WORKS







Deskmat:



Collaborations:

Luxe Cables


Asero Foundry


Golden Star Keycap






Vendors
US: Vala Supply
CAN: DeskHero
EU: Mykeyboard
Asia: zFrontier
AU: DailyClack
UK: proto[Typist]




To do list:

Improve kitting
Improving the novelties
Posting new renders
Finding vendors




Interest Check Form
If you want to ask me some questions or suggest something else you can reach me on discord!
My discord: balance#8810
Discord Server


Thanks to Blamby for the renders!



« Last Edit: Wed, 27 September 2023, 11:30:03 by balance »

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 04 March 2021, 16:53:40 »
Update Log:
5/3/2021
-Added the color codes of the set
-Small changes in the base kit
7/3/2021
- Reworked the novelties
-Added new renders
10/03/2021
- Added Hiragana sublegends
-Changed legends color from "CR" to "RAL 4004"
-Added new renders with Hiraganas
12/03/2021
- Reworked novelties. Added more R1 novelties and also created one for ISO Enter
-Added some new renders
14/03/2021
-Added a deskmat
20/03/2021
-Small changes in the base kit; Added "B" in the base kit and removed it from the spacebar kit
-Added new renders(Fuji 65,Nemui,Iron 165)
21/03/2021
-Small changes in the base kit
-Changed the Spacebar Kit with the Accent Kit
24/03/2021
-Small changes in the base kit
-Small changes in the accent kit
-Added new renders(Yeti,fuji)
30/03/2021
- Reworked and added new novelties!
02/04/20221
-Vendors and GB Date Announced!
05/04/2021
-Created and added a discord server!
-New renders on TGR Alice
11/05/2021
-Major IC Change and we are waiting for Group Buy!
26/05/2021
-Deskmat Added!
07/06/2021
-Major kitting changes! Improved novelties!
18/06/2021
-Collaborations Announced!
« Last Edit: Fri, 18 June 2021, 11:29:59 by balance »

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 04 March 2021, 16:59:41 »
what are the colors? you don't have them listed anywhere

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 04 March 2021, 17:01:45 »
Hi, good colorway, the kitting of your base kit needs some improvements tho imo. You have a mod color "~`" key but no mod color "\|" key so please add this. Also, the iso enter needs a R3 1u "\|" key so please consider adding this key or just change that R4 1u "\|" key to R3 and it's good.
The novelty kit may need a few pairs of identical R4 1.25u key to match Ctrl or Alt key which are popularly used in many modern layouts. Also, iso enter novelty would be appealing to many european buyers.
« Last Edit: Thu, 04 March 2021, 17:06:09 by nvh2092 »

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 04 March 2021, 17:14:18 »
I swear this community needs to go to eastern culture fetish rehabilitation

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 04 March 2021, 17:20:00 »
I swear this community needs to go to eastern culture fetish rehabilitation
From an easterner's point of view, I agree, I want to see more western-cultured inspired sets....

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 04 March 2021, 17:25:13 »
Like the colours! What colour are the alpha legends, IMO they seem out of place with rest of the colors.
The mod colour seems dark enough to use for the legends on the alphas, what made you go with the colour you did?

I swear this community needs to go to eastern culture fetish rehabilitation
also lmao

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #7 on: Thu, 04 March 2021, 17:25:38 »
I swear this community needs to go to eastern culture fetish rehabilitation
From an easterner's point of view, I agree, I want to see more western-cultured inspired sets....
But we already have SA/M3 Jukebox
We need a keyset inspired by Ram Ranch, biker gangs and Batman.

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #8 on: Thu, 04 March 2021, 17:31:03 »
I swear this community needs to go to eastern culture fetish rehabilitation

Of all the sets, this is the one you find egregious?

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #9 on: Thu, 04 March 2021, 17:37:46 »
I swear this community needs to go to eastern culture fetish rehabilitation
From an easterner's point of view, I agree, I want to see more western-cultured inspired sets....
But we already have SA/M3 Jukebox
We need a keyset inspired by Ram Ranch, biker gangs and Batman.
We do need some ram ranch

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #10 on: Thu, 04 March 2021, 20:03:34 »
I really like the pink and red, not a big fan of the purple. Consider changing it to something that matches the set a bit better, or, just remove accents. Otherwise, really nice. GLWIC  :thumb:

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #11 on: Thu, 04 March 2021, 20:51:45 »
I wonder how fast he will lost interest, lock the thread and request mods’ deletion for this one. The meliodas one was fun, huh? I have 0 respect for someone who has no respect for his own work. This may come across a tad bit toxic but I think we have to put a stop to these people who come back with a half-built ic every few days.

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #12 on: Thu, 04 March 2021, 22:50:38 »
I do agree that people do have a hard on for eastern culture whether it be in entertainment or just certain aspects. Not to mention this is basically like Darling with purple and no sublegends. Honestly this is something that should be taken back to the drawing board.

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #13 on: Thu, 04 March 2021, 23:06:57 »
I could be wrong but I don't believe the Bird novelty will be possible looking at how the thin the line for the back of the bird is and the same for some parts of the enter key novelty. Additionally like others have already stated, having the colors listed is pretty important considering for all we know these could be physically nonexsistant colors. Lastly im not to sure how the purple color has anything to do with a cherry blossom; I've never seen one in person so I could be completly wrong but I just don't see how its related.

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #14 on: Fri, 05 March 2021, 11:42:08 »
what are the colors? you don't have them listed anywhere
I have listed them now :).Hope you like them!

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #15 on: Fri, 05 March 2021, 11:43:50 »
Hi, good colorway, the kitting of your base kit needs some improvements tho imo. You have a mod color "~`" key but no mod color "\|" key so please add this. Also, the iso enter needs a R3 1u "\|" key so please consider adding this key or just change that R4 1u "\|" key to R3 and it's good.
The novelty kit may need a few pairs of identical R4 1.25u key to match Ctrl or Alt key which are popularly used in many modern layouts. Also, iso enter novelty would be appealing to many european buyers.
I have done the changes you told me. I am very happy you like the colors! I am also going to rework some novelties soon :)

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #16 on: Fri, 05 March 2021, 12:37:01 »
I do agree that people do have a hard on for eastern culture whether it be in entertainment or just certain aspects. Not to mention this is basically like Darling with purple and no sublegends. Honestly this is something that should be taken back to the drawing board.

so... basically not darling?  :))

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #17 on: Fri, 05 March 2021, 13:36:46 »
I really like the pink and red, not a big fan of the purple. Consider changing it to something that matches the set a bit better, or, just remove accents. Otherwise, really nice. GLWIC  :thumb:
Thank you! I will see what I can do.

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #18 on: Fri, 05 March 2021, 15:50:31 »
Hi, good colorway, the kitting of your base kit needs some improvements tho imo. You have a mod color "~`" key but no mod color "\|" key so please add this. Also, the iso enter needs a R3 1u "\|" key so please consider adding this key or just change that R4 1u "\|" key to R3 and it's good.
The novelty kit may need a few pairs of identical R4 1.25u key to match Ctrl or Alt key which are popularly used in many modern layouts. Also, iso enter novelty would be appealing to many european buyers.
I have done the changes you told me. I am very happy you like the colors! I am also going to rework some novelties soon :)
Nice change. About the novelty, I suggest some good and versatile templates like those of GMK Lavender and GMK Hanok. These novelty kits cover a lot of bases imo. I forgot to mention about that big control key next to capslock in your base, I don't think it should be there and I don't know about any layouts that use a big control key at that row. I assume it's mislabeled, it should be an off-centered capslock, right? Furthermore, there's a current trend about adding 3 basic 40s keys in base kit: a R2 1.75u backspace key, a R3 1.25u tab key and 1 R3 1.5u enter key to cover the majority of 40s layouts since you don't have any dedicated 40s kits.
The CR used in alpha legends can be replaced by the mod colors to reduce a 4th color in your base, this can reduced slightly the final price. About the accent, that haus render is very good, I don't know if the color can turn out like that in real life or not (I like dark tones so this is entireley subjective). Perhaps more renders with that kind of shade.
Last but not least, those 2 seperated F and J should be scooped imo. Also, F13 in base kit please  ;D
« Last Edit: Sat, 06 March 2021, 11:35:10 by nvh2092 »

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #19 on: Sat, 06 March 2021, 04:46:58 »
I could be wrong but I don't believe the Bird novelty will be possible looking at how the thin the line for the back of the bird is and the same for some parts of the enter key novelty. Additionally like others have already stated, having the colors listed is pretty important considering for all we know these could be physically nonexsistant colors. Lastly im not to sure how the purple color has anything to do with a cherry blossom; I've never seen one in person so I could be completly wrong but I just don't see how its related.
I am going to rework the novelties! I chose purple because there is a type of cherry blossom that has a purple color.

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #20 on: Sat, 06 March 2021, 11:11:22 »
GLWIC Like the color scheme , also the theme is very very likeable in my opinion  :thumb:

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #21 on: Sat, 06 March 2021, 16:06:51 »
Hi, good colorway, the kitting of your base kit needs some improvements tho imo. You have a mod color "~`" key but no mod color "\|" key so please add this. Also, the iso enter needs a R3 1u "\|" key so please consider adding this key or just change that R4 1u "\|" key to R3 and it's good.
The novelty kit may need a few pairs of identical R4 1.25u key to match Ctrl or Alt key which are popularly used in many modern layouts. Also, iso enter novelty would be appealing to many european buyers.
I have done the changes you told me. I am very happy you like the colors! I am also going to rework some novelties soon :)
Nice change. About the novelty, I suggest some good and versatile templates like those of GMK Lavender and GMK Hanok. These novelty kits cover a lot of bases imo. I forgot to mention about that big control key next to capslock in your base, I don't think it should be there and I don't know about any layouts that use a big control key at that row. I assume it's mislabeled, it should be an off-centered capslock, right? Furthermore, there's a current trend about adding 3 basic 40s keys in base kit: a R2 1.75u backspace key, a R3 1.25u tab key and 1 R3 1.5u enter key to cover the majority of 40s layouts since you don't have any dedicated 40s kits.
The CR used in alpha legends can be replaced by the mod colors to reduce a 4th color in your base, this can reduced slightly the final price. About the accent, that haus render is very good, I don't know if the color can turn out like that in real life or not (I like dark tones so this is entireley subjective). Perhaps more renders with that kind of shade.
Last but not least, those 2 seperated F and J should be scooped imo. Also, F13 in base kit please  ;D
I reworked the novelties and the kitting in general. Added also some new renders. Thank you for the suggestions!

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #22 on: Sat, 06 March 2021, 16:31:44 »
Hi, good colorway, the kitting of your base kit needs some improvements tho imo. You have a mod color "~`" key but no mod color "\|" key so please add this. Also, the iso enter needs a R3 1u "\|" key so please consider adding this key or just change that R4 1u "\|" key to R3 and it's good.
The novelty kit may need a few pairs of identical R4 1.25u key to match Ctrl or Alt key which are popularly used in many modern layouts. Also, iso enter novelty would be appealing to many european buyers.
I have done the changes you told me. I am very happy you like the colors! I am also going to rework some novelties soon :)
Nice change. About the novelty, I suggest some good and versatile templates like those of GMK Lavender and GMK Hanok. These novelty kits cover a lot of bases imo. I forgot to mention about that big control key next to capslock in your base, I don't think it should be there and I don't know about any layouts that use a big control key at that row. I assume it's mislabeled, it should be an off-centered capslock, right? Furthermore, there's a current trend about adding 3 basic 40s keys in base kit: a R2 1.75u backspace key, a R3 1.25u tab key and 1 R3 1.5u enter key to cover the majority of 40s layouts since you don't have any dedicated 40s kits.
The CR used in alpha legends can be replaced by the mod colors to reduce a 4th color in your base, this can reduced slightly the final price. About the accent, that haus render is very good, I don't know if the color can turn out like that in real life or not (I like dark tones so this is entireley subjective). Perhaps more renders with that kind of shade.
Last but not least, those 2 seperated F and J should be scooped imo. Also, F13 in base kit please  ;D
I reworked the novelties and the kitting in general. Added also some new renders. Thank you for the suggestions!
I think the base kit render is not final, there are some alpha keys with the dark red legends and the rest in CR and F13 is really needed in the base kit. You made a good structure for the novelty kit. However, can you replace that R3 novelty cherry 1u key with a different one? Reason behind this is to cover the left column keys (the 1u keys from R1 to R4, mainly used in popular 65/75s layout for keys: end, pgdn, pgup, home, etc.) People who buy the novelty kit will use these 1u keys for their column. This change also makes the novelty kit more appealing to buyers.

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #23 on: Sun, 07 March 2021, 02:14:45 »
Hi, good colorway, the kitting of your base kit needs some improvements tho imo. You have a mod color "~`" key but no mod color "\|" key so please add this. Also, the iso enter needs a R3 1u "\|" key so please consider adding this key or just change that R4 1u "\|" key to R3 and it's good.
The novelty kit may need a few pairs of identical R4 1.25u key to match Ctrl or Alt key which are popularly used in many modern layouts. Also, iso enter novelty would be appealing to many european buyers.
I have done the changes you told me. I am very happy you like the colors! I am also going to rework some novelties soon :)
Nice change. About the novelty, I suggest some good and versatile templates like those of GMK Lavender and GMK Hanok. These novelty kits cover a lot of bases imo. I forgot to mention about that big control key next to capslock in your base, I don't think it should be there and I don't know about any layouts that use a big control key at that row. I assume it's mislabeled, it should be an off-centered capslock, right? Furthermore, there's a current trend about adding 3 basic 40s keys in base kit: a R2 1.75u backspace key, a R3 1.25u tab key and 1 R3 1.5u enter key to cover the majority of 40s layouts since you don't have any dedicated 40s kits.
The CR used in alpha legends can be replaced by the mod colors to reduce a 4th color in your base, this can reduced slightly the final price. About the accent, that haus render is very good, I don't know if the color can turn out like that in real life or not (I like dark tones so this is entireley subjective). Perhaps more renders with that kind of shade.
Last but not least, those 2 seperated F and J should be scooped imo. Also, F13 in base kit please  ;D
I reworked the novelties and the kitting in general. Added also some new renders. Thank you for the suggestions!
I think the base kit render is not final, there are some alpha keys with the dark red legends and the rest in CR and F13 is really needed in the base kit. You made a good structure for the novelty kit. However, can you replace that R3 novelty cherry 1u key with a different one? Reason behind this is to cover the left column keys (the 1u keys from R1 to R4, mainly used in popular 65/75s layout for keys: end, pgdn, pgup, home, etc.) People who buy the novelty kit will use these 1u keys for their column. This change also makes the novelty kit more appealing to buyers.
My bad with the dark red legends :). I changed the legends color and also added a F13

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #24 on: Sun, 07 March 2021, 03:46:52 »
Hi, good colorway, the kitting of your base kit needs some improvements tho imo. You have a mod color "~`" key but no mod color "\|" key so please add this. Also, the iso enter needs a R3 1u "\|" key so please consider adding this key or just change that R4 1u "\|" key to R3 and it's good.
The novelty kit may need a few pairs of identical R4 1.25u key to match Ctrl or Alt key which are popularly used in many modern layouts. Also, iso enter novelty would be appealing to many european buyers.
I have done the changes you told me. I am very happy you like the colors! I am also going to rework some novelties soon :)
Nice change. About the novelty, I suggest some good and versatile templates like those of GMK Lavender and GMK Hanok. These novelty kits cover a lot of bases imo. I forgot to mention about that big control key next to capslock in your base, I don't think it should be there and I don't know about any layouts that use a big control key at that row. I assume it's mislabeled, it should be an off-centered capslock, right? Furthermore, there's a current trend about adding 3 basic 40s keys in base kit: a R2 1.75u backspace key, a R3 1.25u tab key and 1 R3 1.5u enter key to cover the majority of 40s layouts since you don't have any dedicated 40s kits.
The CR used in alpha legends can be replaced by the mod colors to reduce a 4th color in your base, this can reduced slightly the final price. About the accent, that haus render is very good, I don't know if the color can turn out like that in real life or not (I like dark tones so this is entireley subjective). Perhaps more renders with that kind of shade.
Last but not least, those 2 seperated F and J should be scooped imo. Also, F13 in base kit please  ;D
I reworked the novelties and the kitting in general. Added also some new renders. Thank you for the suggestions!
I think the base kit render is not final, there are some alpha keys with the dark red legends and the rest in CR and F13 is really needed in the base kit. You made a good structure for the novelty kit. However, can you replace that R3 novelty cherry 1u key with a different one? Reason behind this is to cover the left column keys (the 1u keys from R1 to R4, mainly used in popular 65/75s layout for keys: end, pgdn, pgup, home, etc.) People who buy the novelty kit will use these 1u keys for their column. This change also makes the novelty kit more appealing to buyers.
My bad with the dark red legends :). I changed the legends color and also added a F13
My bad for not noticing the second numpad enter key (me not a numpad user...), I believe the second numpad enter should be in accent color. Still hope you can consider a different design with that R3 1u novelty, I know novelty design is not cheap.

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #25 on: Sun, 07 March 2021, 07:54:44 »
Personally not a fan of the alpha legends being so dark, would rather see the mod colours used for them as black feels way too harsh against that soft pink. Otherwise love the colours chosen for this!
church of the POM keeb

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #26 on: Sun, 07 March 2021, 09:36:38 »
Pls consider red (RAL4004) legends instead of black (GMK CR). Or if that is too light, a darker red (eg RO1).

And pls consider adding katakana or hiragana sublegends, preferably in the base kit, or at least as a child kit. If u can get permission to use GMK inukuma’s custom hiragana sublegends that would be sweet. Thanks.

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #27 on: Sun, 07 March 2021, 12:14:29 »
I swear this community needs to go to eastern culture fetish rehabilitation
"but i just like the colors"
please rehabilitate the community
geekhack mods constantly break tos and refuse to read
Chinese overlords won

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #28 on: Sun, 07 March 2021, 14:06:17 »
Cute set.

I will also go with some voices:

-I don't think black is the best choice for the Alpha Legends.
-Considering the theme, I would have liked to see Hiragana sublegends (ideally those new ones from Inukuma as somebody mentioned) or at least Hiragana Mono in a child kit.
-I know it's already on your list, but the novelties could use some work.
       

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #29 on: Mon, 08 March 2021, 03:30:28 »
Personally not a fan of the alpha legends being so dark, would rather see the mod colours used for them as black feels way too harsh against that soft pink. Otherwise love the colours chosen for this!
Thank you! I will change the color of the legends :)

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« Reply #30 on: Mon, 08 March 2021, 07:38:22 »
I want to say that the set is very good after I see it for one minute!!!! :eek:

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #31 on: Mon, 08 March 2021, 07:53:24 »
And I think NOVELTIES set should be modified.For example,I want 4 different patterns for R1~R4 1u keycaps.So I can match my 65% keyboard very well.To be honset,the choice of colour is good.....Just NOVELTIES too simple and a lit ditto. ;D

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #32 on: Mon, 08 March 2021, 15:23:10 »
I suggest some changes with the R4 novelties (I know novelty design is hard so this is just my 2 cents):
_ The key in "branch with 5 leaves" is to keep since it's not repeated in other rows: both in 1.5u but with different color. I believe your approach is to provide some R4 mod keys in accent color which is new and supprisingly good when put in a board. However you'll need to have a pair of these keys in mod color first, then a second pair with same design in accent color. Please consider doing this in with a 1.25u as well.
_ The rest of R4 novelties should be replaced with 3 different designs: A 1u novelty key to cover either End or PgDn + a pair of 1.25u in mod color for 2 Control/Alt keys + another pair of 1.25u novelties in accent color for system keys.
_ ISO enter novelties in the theme of sakura would be great since we don't have many of these.
I really hope that you'll consider these changes since I always buy novelty kit whenever I join a keycap GB. A good novelty kit will surely boost your sale.
« Last Edit: Mon, 08 March 2021, 15:26:16 by nvh2092 »

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #33 on: Tue, 09 March 2021, 09:17:45 »
I want to say that the set is very good after I see it for one minute!!!! :eek:
Thank you!

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #34 on: Tue, 09 March 2021, 09:24:59 »
The dark alpha legends look much darker in the keyboard renders compared to the base kit render picture. Which of the two is the most accurate?

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #35 on: Wed, 10 March 2021, 05:51:30 »
I suggest some changes with the R4 novelties (I know novelty design is hard so this is just my 2 cents):
_ The key in "branch with 5 leaves" is to keep since it's not repeated in other rows: both in 1.5u but with different color. I believe your approach is to provide some R4 mod keys in accent color which is new and supprisingly good when put in a board. However you'll need to have a pair of these keys in mod color first, then a second pair with same design in accent color. Please consider doing this in with a 1.25u as well.
_ The rest of R4 novelties should be replaced with 3 different designs: A 1u novelty key to cover either End or PgDn + a pair of 1.25u in mod color for 2 Control/Alt keys + another pair of 1.25u novelties in accent color for system keys.
_ ISO enter novelties in the theme of sakura would be great since we don't have many of these.
I really hope that you'll consider these changes since I always buy novelty kit whenever I join a keycap GB. A good novelty kit will surely boost your sale.
Thank you for suggestions :)

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #36 on: Wed, 10 March 2021, 11:53:33 »
I wonder how fast he will lost interest, lock the thread and request mods’ deletion for this one. The meliodas one was fun, huh? I have 0 respect for someone who has no respect for his own work. This may come across a tad bit toxic but I think we have to put a stop to these people who come back with a half-built ic every few days.

didn't know this was same guy, if it is, then it's way too rushed.

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #37 on: Wed, 10 March 2021, 13:02:42 »
Cute set.

I will also go with some voices:

-I don't think black is the best choice for the Alpha Legends.
-Considering the theme, I would have liked to see Hiragana sublegends (ideally those new ones from Inukuma as somebody mentioned) or at least Hiragana Mono in a child kit.
-I know it's already on your list, but the novelties could use some work.
Thank you! I changed the legend colour and added Hiragana sublegend. I will rework the novelties soon!

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #38 on: Wed, 10 March 2021, 14:56:19 »
Cute set.

I will also go with some voices:

-I don't think black is the best choice for the Alpha Legends.
-Considering the theme, I would have liked to see Hiragana sublegends (ideally those new ones from Inukuma as somebody mentioned) or at least Hiragana Mono in a child kit.
-I know it's already on your list, but the novelties could use some work.
Thank you! I changed the legend colour and added Hiragana sublegend. I will rework the novelties soon!


Looking a lot better !
Thanks for the Hiragana also  :thumb:
       

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #39 on: Thu, 11 March 2021, 01:19:02 »
Pls consider red (RAL4004) legends instead of black (GMK CR). Or if that is too light, a darker red (eg RO1).

And pls consider adding katakana or hiragana sublegends, preferably in the base kit, or at least as a child kit. If u can get permission to use GMK inukuma’s custom hiragana sublegends that would be sweet. Thanks.
I have already done the changes you said. Hope you like them!

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #40 on: Thu, 11 March 2021, 05:01:58 »
Pls consider red (RAL4004) legends instead of black (GMK CR). Or if that is too light, a darker red (eg RO1).

And pls consider adding katakana or hiragana sublegends, preferably in the base kit, or at least as a child kit. If u can get permission to use GMK inukuma’s custom hiragana sublegends that would be sweet. Thanks.
I have already done the changes you said. Hope you like them!

Thanks for taking in my feedback. The updated kit looks better! I was wondering if GMK DY doesn’t match as well, and a darker purple may work better. But will defer to you on that.

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #41 on: Thu, 11 March 2021, 10:45:34 »
The dark alpha legends look much darker in the keyboard renders compared to the base kit render picture. Which of the two is the most accurate?
I did a new render for the base kit and also changed the alphas color. Look at the render now and if you still have some questions feel free to ask me!

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #42 on: Fri, 12 March 2021, 09:26:42 »
I suggest some changes with the R4 novelties (I know novelty design is hard so this is just my 2 cents):
_ The key in "branch with 5 leaves" is to keep since it's not repeated in other rows: both in 1.5u but with different color. I believe your approach is to provide some R4 mod keys in accent color which is new and supprisingly good when put in a board. However you'll need to have a pair of these keys in mod color first, then a second pair with same design in accent color. Please consider doing this in with a 1.25u as well.
_ The rest of R4 novelties should be replaced with 3 different designs: A 1u novelty key to cover either End or PgDn + a pair of 1.25u in mod color for 2 Control/Alt keys + another pair of 1.25u novelties in accent color for system keys.
_ ISO enter novelties in the theme of sakura would be great since we don't have many of these.
I really hope that you'll consider these changes since I always buy novelty kit whenever I join a keycap GB. A good novelty kit will surely boost your sale.
Added novelties for ISO Enter. Also some new R1 novelties. Hope you like them!

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #43 on: Fri, 12 March 2021, 10:16:12 »
I suggest some changes with the R4 novelties (I know novelty design is hard so this is just my 2 cents):
_ The key in "branch with 5 leaves" is to keep since it's not repeated in other rows: both in 1.5u but with different color. I believe your approach is to provide some R4 mod keys in accent color which is new and supprisingly good when put in a board. However you'll need to have a pair of these keys in mod color first, then a second pair with same design in accent color. Please consider doing this in with a 1.25u as well.
_ The rest of R4 novelties should be replaced with 3 different designs: A 1u novelty key to cover either End or PgDn + a pair of 1.25u in mod color for 2 Control/Alt keys + another pair of 1.25u novelties in accent color for system keys.
_ ISO enter novelties in the theme of sakura would be great since we don't have many of these.
I really hope that you'll consider these changes since I always buy novelty kit whenever I join a keycap GB. A good novelty kit will surely boost your sale.
Added novelties for ISO Enter. Also some new R1 novelties. Hope you like them!
Just saw the new updates, those ISO novelty enters are great. However, I believed I did not express fully and correctly my opinion about colors of R4 novelties. I mean a pair of same novelty should be in the same color, not 2. Because normally we have 2 Control/Alt/Super keys in 1.25u in TKL/Full size and fewer in 65/75s. 2 keys in a pair should have the same color, like the 2 R4 keys with the bird should all be in either mod or accent color. I'm sorry if I caused you any misunderstandings.
I know it would be expensive and time-consuming for designer to have different novelty for each mod key but if you can get different designs for those R4 keys, it'll be way better. You'll only need 2-3 more new novelties for Control/Alt or Super.
« Last Edit: Fri, 12 March 2021, 13:55:28 by nvh2092 »

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #44 on: Sat, 13 March 2021, 14:02:20 »
Really loving the color chosen for the mods. Props to OP for being open to reworking a lot of things here. GLWIC!

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #45 on: Sat, 13 March 2021, 16:51:25 »
I already know I want it...  :-X

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #46 on: Sat, 13 March 2021, 22:00:30 »
looks really pretty, glwic! :)

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #47 on: Sun, 14 March 2021, 15:38:18 »
Really loving the color chosen for the mods. Props to OP for being open to reworking a lot of things here. GLWIC!
Thank you!

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom (Deskmat Added)
« Reply #48 on: Mon, 15 March 2021, 12:35:32 »
I really like the color matchup and the deskmat seems like a really nice one...especially with the keyboard  ;D

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Re: [IC] GMK Blossom
« Reply #49 on: Tue, 16 March 2021, 16:08:03 »
I already know I want it...  :-X
I am happy to hear that :)