[IC] GMK Oblivion, Group Buy is LIVE till May 19th

[Oblotzky]

First things first, this does NOT replace SA Oblivion. Both are happening, GMK just sooner than expected!

Dedicated project page

The base sets are expected to be 135$, 50$ for the Monochrome addon and 14$ for the Spacebars kit

GMK Oblivion will be available through jchan94's new storefront launching at keyclack.com in the next couple days, more infos here: https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/6786st/news_keyclackcom_is_moving_on_click_bait_read_moar/










KITS

[bthezebra]

Oh I like oblivion but not SA, hype!

Sent from the love gun.

[eddible]

Am I right in thinking there's no ISO support here?

[merintil]

I'm down for both SA Oblivion and GMK Oblivion! All aboard the hype train!

And, as always, your renders are super clean looking

[Oblotzky]

Am I right in thinking there's no ISO support here?

UK ISO will be in each of the base kits, but no International.

[eddible]

Am I right in thinking there's no ISO support here?

UK ISO will be in each of the base kits, but no International.

Oh good! Great news!

[oatmicro]

I think the White Alphas look a bit close to Honey well, if the only one can happen I would pick the Dark Alphas one.

100% join this 

[Oblotzky]

I think the White Alphas look a bit close to Honey well, if the only one can happen I would pick the Dark Alphas one.

100% join this 

Both alphas will happen. I'm just asking in the feedback which one people lean more towards because it might decide if I want to offer 2 base kits, or 1 modifier kit with alphas seperated so you could get both for cheaper. But so far there aren't too many that want both.

[inosint]

+1 dark alphas

[arhetue]

will likely be in for one set... maybe two of the alphas...

[Saiph]

Both alphas will happen. I'm just asking in the feedback which one people lean more towards because it might decide if I want to offer 2 base kits, or 1 modifier kit with alphas seperated so you could get both for cheaper. But so far there aren't too many that want both.

I want both

[LightningXI]

I'm in for literally every kit in this and SA Oblivion.

[Dadrophenia]

Love it, my new most anticipated set (been following SA Oblivion for awhile now). I prefer the dark alphas and the modifiers with no icons. Great work, pumped this is happening soon!

[dubious]

I'm actually really liking the clean, icon free look on the mods and numpad. (and I'm usually an icons kinda guy..)

For some reason, I like the Oblivion alphas in the GMK mockup, but I like the contrast of the Hagaromo alphas in SA. At least that means I wont have to buy both sets of alphas in both profiles 

I'm sad to see we won't get the cool git/assembly/40bit mods, since this is GMK and they would be pad printed on dark colors. But I'm happy to hear the set will be available in both profiles. It'll be hard not to resist getting both!

[kiwi99]

Nice looking set . The dark alphas looks better for sure
and from what I've seen usually two alpha sets don't do nearly as well as single large set kits so I would take that in consideration, also a few other things;

1. Do you have an idea for what gmk colours you'd use for the colours (assuming not everything is custom colours)?

2. You wan't to have just text modifiers, have you talked to gmk if they can do this easily? would this require new moulds ? 

3. (personal bias) Have you considered another distribution other than Massdrop? It would appeal to me even more being in Canada. 
Keep up the good work with this, this is my favourite of the sets you've designed and is most interesting for GMK, personally I don't know how I feel about the removal of icons and secondary text it would be nice to see in a proper gmk render just so its accurate to how it would look.

[Oblotzky]

Nice looking set . The dark alphas looks better for sure
and from what I've seen usually two alpha sets don't do nearly as well as single large set kits so I would take that in consideration, also a few other things;

1. Do you have an idea for what gmk colours you'd use for the colours (assuming not everything is custom colours)?

2. You wan't to have just text modifiers, have you talked to gmk if they can do this easily? would this require new moulds ? 

3. (personal bias) Have you considered another distribution other than Massdrop? It would appeal to me even more being in Canada. 
Keep up the good work with this, this is my favourite of the sets you've designed and is most interesting for GMK, personally I don't know how I feel about the removal of icons and secondary text it would be nice to see in a proper gmk render just so its accurate to how it would look.

1. Most will be custom, only white I can use from their library, and dark gray will be same as GMK Carbon. The other 7 will have to be mixed, but I live in Germany and get mail from GMK within a day so sample evaluation will be very quick.
2. Yes, they have some of those molds already, and have said they would add the ones they don't have themselves. I guess since these aren't unique novelties, they'd like to have them in their library for all to access in the future.
3. It won't be Massdrop, more info soon.

[m3ll3n]

will there be a monochrome option?

[Oblotzky]

will there be a monochrome option?

I am considering a Monochrome Addon kit, it will depend on MOQ and price.

[poolside]

Has another legend color been considered for the 1.25u Fn keycap? Or would that make the bottom row look too fancy?

[davisthegreat]

Any legend concerns on the grey alpha's

[Oblotzky]

Has another legend color been considered for the 1.25u Fn keycap? Or would that make the bottom row look too fancy?

I tried a couple variations on SA, e.g. with purple added, but it was just too much. One red on each side is perfect.

Any legend concerns on the grey alpha's

What do you mean? Are you concerned about contrast or so? I have the color chips beside me, and I'm certain that will not be an issue.

[mbsurfer]

The Git modifiers are what sold me on Oblivion, I'm willing to wait for the SA run if GMK won't have Git modifiers

[Vigrith]

As expected, the white alphas look amazing - the grey ones don't appeal to me personally but other than that, fantastic. Bring it on.

[JDragon]

The white alphas with the secondary legends look gorgeous.

[romevi]

Just saw this and WOW. 
Definitely with icons. Not a GMK set without icons.


Edit:
Definitely the white one, though I agree it may be too close to Penumbra or Honeywell.
But still. Those colors!

[Arallu]

Amazing balance of colors. In for at least white alphas and icons on legends mods.

[oatmicro]

Just saw this and WOW. 
Definitely with icons. Not a GMK set without icons.


Edit:
Definitely the white one, though I agree it may be too close to Penumbra or Honeywell.
But still. Those colors!

You gonna triple that alphas then...

[msilvv]

Not a fan of the dark alphas on SA, but they look absolutely gorgeous here. Definitely in for a set of this and a set of the SA version!

[megaforce]

Thoughts on full icons on the modifiers?

[airs]

God dammit... *pulls out wallet*

Edit: would love to see icons only rather than text only on the mods.

[MaNiFeX]

Filled out feedback.  Looks great! 

[ricyuyc]

will there be a monochrome option?

I am considering a Monochrome Addon kit, it will depend on MOQ and price.

I am interested in dark alpha, please also include monochrome modifiers kit with icons on legends.

[pon10]

Awesome you got this going so fast! cool

but no International.

 that's sad news, was so ready for Oblivion GMK

[jchan94]

I would prefer icons, but that's just me. Will definitely get in on the hagoromo set 

[chuckdee]

Posted this on Reddit, but cross posting here for visibility:

If not through MD, you still might want to partner with OCo or Jchan. Too many Paypal issues and getting sidelined because of the amount of money flowing through would suck.

Just seeing this crap happen again, I'm scared of paypal.

[Oblotzky]

Posted this on Reddit, but cross posting here for visibility:

If not through MD, you still might want to partner with OCo or Jchan. Too many Paypal issues and getting sidelined because of the amount of money flowing through would suck.

Just seeing this crap happen again, I'm scared of paypal.

No worries, it's not a private GB run from home or so.

[chuckdee]

Posted this on Reddit, but cross posting here for visibility:

If not through MD, you still might want to partner with OCo or Jchan. Too many Paypal issues and getting sidelined because of the amount of money flowing through would suck.

Just seeing this crap happen again, I'm scared of paypal.

No worries, it's not a private GB run from home or so.

Great to hear, and thanks for answering and getting this up!  I'm so in!

[xixihaha2008]

IN. I want both alphas


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[romevi]

Just saw this and WOW. 
Definitely with icons. Not a GMK set without icons.


Edit:
Definitely the white one, though I agree it may be too close to Penumbra or Honeywell.
But still. Those colors!

You gonna triple that alphas then...

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Okay, so definitely for the dark gray ones, then. :D

[oatmicro]

Just saw this and WOW. 
Definitely with icons. Not a GMK set without icons.


Edit:
Definitely the white one, though I agree it may be too close to Penumbra or Honeywell.
But still. Those colors!

You gonna triple that alphas then...

Show Image

Okay, so definitely for the dark gray ones, then. :D

Good!!

[electricsheep]

HHKB layout support?

[fatpolomanjr]

Makes sense that it would be too much to get a 40% kit on this with colored legends, and not worth it to get an ortholinear set of blanks. Wallet crisis averted for now, though to be honest I was hoping to detonate it on everything Oblivion.

[hansichen]

Looks much better than expected. I'm hoping for non icon modifiers and a EU store for running it 

[Burt Macklin]

Not too fond of the profile, but this looks great 

[a_ak57]

Okay, in the other thread I mentioned I didn't think they'd look as nice in GMK but the dark alpha render looks incredibly good.  Might actually get it, especially since the SA buy won't even be until Q3. 

[need]

What kind of compatibility can we expect?

[romevi]

What kind of compatibility can we expect?

MX-type stems.

[bmmcwhirt]

On the SA set the labels were centered and in this set they do not seem to be. Is that set in stone or is it a requirement of GMK or what? IMHO it looks far better with centered labels.

[afrokobe]

yes pleasseeee

[Kafka]

I definitely prefer the text only and no secondary labels. Just to figure out which alphas now hmm. Any ideas which would look better on a black alu board?