Post by: Django. on Sat, 11 March 2023, 18:48:21
GMK CYL BLACK CHERRY
Hello all, I would like to take a second and thank everyone for the patience, feedback, and help that I have received on this set so far! This is a fun learning experience for me as well as great opportunity to further include myself in the hobby. Thank you for all the support, and keep being cool!
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INTRO
Introducing GMK Black Cherry, designed by Django., inspired by the fruit, Black Cherry.
The dark Red-Violet, Black, and Pink are influenced by... well... cherries!
Fun to type with, not to eat!
SPECS
Manufacturer: GMK
Material: Doubleshot ABS
Profile: Cherry 1-1-2-3-4-4
COLORS
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NATURAL LIGHTING STUDIO LIGHTING
KITTING
Renders by Me
Novelty by SpikedSynapse
*please be advised that these renders are by no means complete, more final renders will be created based on community feedback
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I regret to inform that I was unable to acquire the rights from Cherry to use their logo in this set.
KEYBOARD RENDERS
**All renders using updated colors**
PhoenixWKL by Cable Car Designs
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Dalco 959 Mini WK by Hand Engineering
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Fuji65 by CMM Studio
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MB-44 by Melonbred
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DESKMAT
By: skeil
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VENDORS
CA: Deskhero (https://www.deskhero.ca/)
EU: KEYGEM (https://keygem.com/)
US: TBA
OCE: Switchkeys (https://www.switchkeys.com.au/)
CN: KBDFANS (https://kbdfans.com/)
SEA: mecha.store (https://mecha.store/)
GROUP BUY DATE
TBA
ANY AND ALL COLLABS
TBA!
Please reach out to me at DJango.#3277 on Discord if you would like to collab.
THINGS TO DO (Updated 2024/03/02)
- Acquire Artisan Collaborations
- Acquire remaining vendors
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UPDATES
- SEA and CN Vendor Acquired (2024/03/06)
- Changed Deskmat Design (2024/03/02)
- Removed forced accents on 3-key kitting (2023/09/23)
- Updated Novelty Kitting, included additional novelty (2023/09/23)
- Updated Renders (2023/09/23)
- Deskmat design created, awaiting renders (2023/04/27)
- Did some adjustments to novelty kit (2023/04/27)
- Added Accent Arrows to Base (2023/03/18)
- CA Vendor Announced (2023/03/18)
- OCE Vendor Announced (2023/3/15)
- Created r/mk and r/mm IC (2023/03/13)
- Added additional 1u Spacebar to Bars Kit (2023/03/13)
- Added UK-ISO to Base Kit (2023/03/13)
- Removed Cherry Novelties from Base Kit (2023/03/13)
- Adjusted Accent/Mod Legends to RAL 010 40 53-P-T (2023/03/13)
- Added NorDeUk Kit, removed UK-ISO from Base (2023/03/13)
- Made Cherry Novs their own Child Kit (will add OG Cherry Logo's) (2023/03/13)
- Made Updated IC Form, more refined and straightforward (2023/03/13)
- EU Vendor Announced! (2023/03/13)
GENERAL REMARKS (Updated 2023/04/27)
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- The split between which novelties to use are EXACTLY 50/50 at the moment, considering there is no overwhelming response for either or, I believe I will incorporate both
OG Cherry Logo and the custom Cherry Logo
- Did color matching, mainly for RAL 4004 and MG1 to produce more accurrate renders
- Still awaiting rights from Cherry MX
Thank you all to the following people!
- andromache for kitting help
- iinko_ for kitting and render help
- Cylent for kitting help
- NoPunIn10Did for kitting help
- exco for render help
- hali for the name
HUGE THANKS TO Spiked Synapse for the novelty!
Post by: ankit on Sat, 11 March 2023, 18:58:43
Post by: tariqalr on Sat, 11 March 2023, 19:08:28
Post by: Jarhead on Sat, 11 March 2023, 19:21:49
Post by: iamtragic on Sat, 11 March 2023, 19:43:32
Post by: Oprah on Sat, 11 March 2023, 19:57:27
Post by: Django. on Sat, 11 March 2023, 20:26:48
Did you mislabel the rows in your renders? If not, interesting choices.
ahhhhh, good catch. Im not trying to change the game LMAO. I will be fixing that next update
Post by: fruits on Sat, 11 March 2023, 20:43:20
Post by: Woovie on Sat, 11 March 2023, 22:03:13
Post by: Django. on Sun, 12 March 2023, 00:25:49
I think a mono kit would be great. I am not too keen on the mods but I love the alphas.I hear ya, however GMK Maroon would be best for you then when pre-orders and extras roll around :) both kits use RAL 4004
Post by: NSMN on Sun, 12 March 2023, 06:11:10
Post by: denibhoxha on Sun, 12 March 2023, 08:41:25
Post by: Neely_12 on Sun, 12 March 2023, 10:21:40
Post by: B_D on Sun, 12 March 2023, 10:57:15
Post by: CaesarAZealad on Sun, 12 March 2023, 19:10:41
Post by: layer22 on Sun, 12 March 2023, 21:42:35
Post by: Django. on Sun, 12 March 2023, 23:27:34
Novelties in base kit is never a good idea
While the IC is in progress, it seems that most people have the same mindset! Next couple of updates will provide base kit adjusted without novelties :)
Post by: Django. on Sun, 12 March 2023, 23:29:02
I think a mono kit would be great. I am not too keen on the mods but I love the alphas.
Hello! Lots of people seem to be interested in some type of mono kit. Expect some type of update soonish :)
Post by: Klexos on Sun, 12 March 2023, 23:54:17
Post by: twitchytheinsideman on Mon, 13 March 2023, 00:16:14
Post by: bordboards on Mon, 13 March 2023, 01:21:48
Post by: Django. on Mon, 13 March 2023, 09:04:22
ne cherry cherries avail?People seem to be split between the custom cherry novelties and the OG Cherry Novelties. At this time I am leaning towards including both novelties.
Post by: Django. on Mon, 13 March 2023, 14:32:30
Post by: NSMN on Mon, 13 March 2023, 15:27:55
Post by: Django. on Mon, 13 March 2023, 15:59:04
Much better without novs in base. Now take out UK ISO and put it in norde/international :pThat is the next step yes, will update both base kit and nordeuk by tonight or tomorrow hopefully
Post by: mr_foggy on Mon, 13 March 2023, 17:18:33
Post by: Django. on Mon, 13 March 2023, 17:30:01
Post by: aicyborg on Mon, 13 March 2023, 23:49:04
Post by: Django. on Mon, 13 March 2023, 23:52:11
As a UK resident I'm a little dismayed to see ISO-UK be removed from base but I appreciate that it's to include the rest(tm), so it's all good. You seem pretty on top of things with responding to feedback. Good luck!I appreciate your feedback! No hard feelings toward UK :)
Post by: Django. on Tue, 14 March 2023, 10:10:10
UGHGHHGHG I would love this so much if it weren't for the pink. Really hate pink but everything else is so perfect.
Heyo! If it puts your mind at ease, I plan on running more sets with this style in the future :)
Post by: CaesarAZealad on Tue, 14 March 2023, 10:17:09
It very much does :)UGHGHHGHG I would love this so much if it weren't for the pink. Really hate pink but everything else is so perfect.
Heyo! If it puts your mind at ease, I plan on running more sets with this style in the future :)
Honestly I've come around to it a bit more in the days since I've posted that, and I believe theming wise it works perfectly, but like I said I just like pink all too much.
Still GLWIC!
Post by: spikedsynapse on Tue, 14 March 2023, 11:24:34
Post by: Django. on Tue, 14 March 2023, 11:30:29
Looking real good!Thank you Mr. Synapse ;D
Post by: Django. on Wed, 15 March 2023, 10:49:34
Post by: neon_tom on Wed, 15 March 2023, 11:07:26
Post by: Django. on Wed, 15 March 2023, 11:13:04
Much better with the novelties removed from the base kitAgreed ;D
Post by: BeesKeys on Wed, 15 March 2023, 11:30:57
Post by: Django. on Wed, 15 March 2023, 11:34:05
I preferred MG1 ;DIt was a very hard desicion in this scenario, after IC I had half saying they loved MG1 and the other half saying that it was too bright. There is a chance that I will be switching back as the renders are not final. This new RAL color was an attempt to please both parties, but I do not belive I have done that.
Post by: Django. on Wed, 15 March 2023, 12:11:16
Post by: AmethystDCVR on Wed, 15 March 2023, 20:29:05
mg1 is already a little bit dull and somewhat dark-ish for a color that is supposed to represent magenta
Post by: aicyborg on Wed, 15 March 2023, 20:44:32
I liked the pink as it was. Go back to your original vision, in my opinion.
Post by: Django. on Thu, 16 March 2023, 09:45:20
I don’t think that just because several people give feedback saying to do X that you absolutely must do X. You could be more confident in your vision, in my opinion. I liked the MG1 pink precisely because it was bright. You obviously initially liked it enough to have it in the first version of renders/kitting, too. So what if people whinge? They can use the alternates this set also includes.
I liked the pink as it was. Go back to your original vision, in my opinion.
The reason why I halted the process is because of a couple things:
- I was starting to lose the vision of what I wanted
- Colors were not matching the way I had hoped
After some thought, MG1 will be brought back for a couple of reasons:
- Easier to match
- Overall looked better
I tried pleasing both parties at once but in the end it didnt work out. Just working on getting my swatches in to finish up color-matching, but overall MG1 will be brought back :)
Post by: tactilesbad on Thu, 16 March 2023, 10:04:41
After some thought, MG1 will be brought back for a couple of reasons:
- Easier to match
- Overall looked better
based and MG1pilled lessgoooooo
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Post by: Rob27shred on Fri, 17 March 2023, 11:05:41
Post by: Django. on Fri, 17 March 2023, 12:59:36
Any chance to get a modifier kit using RAL4004 for the legends OP? It would be an insta cop for me if it had that set as an extension kit! Either way it's an awesome colorway though, GLWIC/GB!Originally, the reason I wasn't wanting to add an RAL 4004 extension kit or mono-alpha kit is because 'GMK Maroon' exsists, and it uses RAL 4004 as well. However, I have found out recently that the RAL 4004 I am showing in my renders is too dark, therefore I am trying to match a color to the alphas you see in the renders right now. Because I don't believe I will be using 4004 anymore, (because it is too bright) there is a possibility of implementing an extension kit because it seemed that many wanted it. There is still some debate about this, but there is still definetly work to be done on this project and I am doing the best I can to listen to everyones amazing feedback :) I will be posting another update ASAP when I get my physical samples in.
Post by: Django. on Sun, 19 March 2023, 14:38:33
Please check the bottom of the post to read Things to do, Updates, and General Remarks to see process. :D
Post by: Adelscott on Sun, 19 March 2023, 16:12:30
Post by: SxM Designs on Mon, 20 March 2023, 03:12:59
Updated!
Please check the bottom of the post to read Things to do, Updates, and General Remarks to see process. :D
Just FYI : The RAL 4004 will be much darker and MG1 will be more saturated as compared to the renders. Please use a color calibrated monitor because I think the current renders (alphas and accent) are a bit too light and undersaturated.
GLWIC
Post by: CustomerSupport on Mon, 20 March 2023, 12:21:38
Post by: mr_foggy on Wed, 22 March 2023, 16:02:14
Post by: Django. on Wed, 22 March 2023, 16:18:40
Saw this comment and tried really hard to nail this color match, I am rather new to this so any criticism is valid but I believe what I have shown now is fairly accurate. Thanks for the help!Updated!
Please check the bottom of the post to read Things to do, Updates, and General Remarks to see process. :D
Just FYI : The RAL 4004 will be much darker and MG1 will be more saturated as compared to the renders. Please use a color calibrated monitor because I think the current renders (alphas and accent) are a bit too light and undersaturated.
GLWIC
Post by: Django. on Wed, 22 March 2023, 16:25:46
just noticed the EU vendor is keygem. guaranteed buy to support the choice.Your support is appreciated mr mr_foggy :D
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Post by: Django. on Thu, 27 April 2023, 21:14:53
Post by: irithyll on Thu, 27 April 2023, 21:28:09
Just wondering if you can maybe consider adding an alt mods kit so that everything can be the same color as the alphas?
That would make this set an instant-buy for me!
GLWIC!
Post by: aicyborg on Thu, 27 April 2023, 22:18:13
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Post by: Dmitri on Fri, 11 August 2023, 07:40:01
Post by: AMZ on Sat, 02 September 2023, 01:54:16
INSTANT BUY FOR SURE.
Post by: Django. on Wed, 06 September 2023, 09:55:31
Update?
Had some personal issues that I had to attend to, making my way back. Have not updated IC yet, but there is another novelty coming as well as new, (hopefully) better looking renders. Whether or not I am able to get the rights from Cherry is still up in the air.
Post by: Django. on Wed, 06 September 2023, 09:57:07
Any updates on it?
INSTANT BUY FOR SURE.
Hello! I appreciate the interest. I had to take care of some personal life situations so I had to put this on the back for a while. However, there is a new novelty as well as new renders coming along soon. At the moment, I am unsure if I will be able to obtain the rights to use the logo's from Cherry.
Post by: Django. on Wed, 06 September 2023, 10:01:11
Hoping to purchase some GMK Maroon extras.
1- noice set
2- I used the same RAL code for the alpha. If I can combine Maroon + WoB I can get a somewhat decent picture showing how RAL 4004 and Black will contrast eachother. Mind you, it won't be a perfect rendition of what this set, this is just a test to give people an idea of what they can expect the Black, Maroon, and Pink combo to look like.
Post by: Django. on Sat, 23 September 2023, 21:54:13
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Post by: iwobobul on Wed, 27 September 2023, 08:06:56
Post by: Django. on Wed, 27 September 2023, 15:27:13
Any chance of alt mods for unicolor set?Unfortunatley, no. If you are looking for a unicolor set, please look at GMK Maroon! Extras should be rolling around soonish and I used the same alpha color as GMK Maroon did (RAL 4004). I am planning on buying a set myself to combine with WoB.
Post by: AMZ on Fri, 29 September 2023, 02:31:18
Any chance of alt mods for unicolor set?Unfortunatley, no. If you are looking for a unicolor set, please look at GMK Maroon! Extras should be rolling around soonish and I used the same alpha color as GMK Maroon did (RAL 4004). I am planning on buying a set myself to combine with WoB.
How about adding Hangul kit, It will be awesome.
Post by: Django. on Fri, 29 September 2023, 12:46:15
Any chance of alt mods for unicolor set?Unfortunatley, no. If you are looking for a unicolor set, please look at GMK Maroon! Extras should be rolling around soonish and I used the same alpha color as GMK Maroon did (RAL 4004). I am planning on buying a set myself to combine with WoB.
How about adding Hangul kit, It will be awesome.
I like sublegends as much as the next guy, but I won't be making a sublegend child kit because I do not see how it relates to the theme.
Post by: Rhienfo on Wed, 06 December 2023, 02:15:57
Looks great! Any way to add 1.5 Super keys and an extra 1u Alt?
+1 on this, would really like to see these keys somewhere.
Post by: Django. on Wed, 06 March 2024, 22:57:58
Post by: Kokaloo on Wed, 06 March 2024, 23:01:06
it's waiting!!!
Post by: AMZ on Thu, 07 March 2024, 15:13:47
Post by: Django. on Thu, 07 March 2024, 16:15:09
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it's waiting!!!
mucho cool, I want a render on that M0lly
Post by: tuesdaygloom on Sat, 09 March 2024, 22:17:05