Author Topic: [IC] GMK Sloth - GB starts next week! (Read 92770 times)

Pizza_on_Pineapple · « **Reply #100 on:** Tue, 05 May 2020, 11:55:27 »

Lovely set. I'm looking forward to it!

willyG · « **Reply #101 on:** Wed, 06 May 2020, 00:42:55 »

Love this set. Anyone got a suggested brown / maybe olive boaard that would look good with it?

chowder266 · « **Reply #102 on:** Thu, 07 May 2020, 18:50:33 »

another artisan would be nice! otherwise loving the set!

driftingbunnies · « **Reply #103 on:** Thu, 07 May 2020, 19:00:41 »

Quote from: chowder266 on Thu, 07 May 2020, 18:50:33

another artisan would be nice! otherwise loving the set!

Thanks! Once we get closer, i'll announce other artisan maker collabs we have in line! Those will most likely be available through raffle. We'll probably just stick to one RAMA though.

asianfork · « **Reply #104 on:** Thu, 07 May 2020, 19:24:20 »

That Rama cap looking super cute.

tekneeqz · « **Reply #105 on:** Fri, 08 May 2020, 01:25:08 »

i dont remember replying on this but i need this still lol

dlavelle94 · « **Reply #106 on:** Fri, 08 May 2020, 06:19:24 »

Did not know I needed a sloth themed workstation until now.
IN.

SL1ST · « **Reply #107 on:** Tue, 12 May 2020, 23:52:08 »

Can't wait to have this set in my hands. Always loved sloths and the art here couldn't be better. Thanks for your efforts bringing this into existence.

oldcat · « **Reply #108 on:** Sat, 16 May 2020, 15:12:49 »

waiting for gb

driftingbunnies · « **Reply #109 on:** Tue, 26 May 2020, 10:08:45 »

Quote from: oldcat on Sat, 16 May 2020, 15:12:49

waiting for gb

I'll probably post some updates in June

lamp · « **Reply #110 on:** Tue, 26 May 2020, 14:00:48 »

color is lovely, cant wait

deanra · « **Reply #111 on:** Wed, 03 June 2020, 09:23:23 »

congrats on this set.. really beautiful..

from a design standpoint, I'd personally love to see the font color on the alphas being black (or at least darker than they are now..)
it gives the set a bit more "pop" and looks a bit less washed out..

otherwise really love it and am def. in for base+novelties

driftingbunnies · « **Reply #112 on:** Wed, 03 June 2020, 09:28:01 »

Quote from: deanra on Wed, 03 June 2020, 09:23:23

congrats on this set.. really beautiful..

from a design standpoint, I'd personally love to see the font color on the alphas being black (or at least darker than they are now..)
it gives the set a bit more "pop" and looks a bit less washed out..

otherwise really love it and am def. in for base+novelties

Thank you for the feedback! I think changing the font color to black would break the muted feel that I'm going for. There are sets that have done that and it really destroyed the set in my eyes.

deanra · « **Reply #113 on:** Wed, 03 June 2020, 11:10:27 »

Quote from: driftingbunnies on Wed, 03 June 2020, 09:28:01

Quote from: deanra on Wed, 03 June 2020, 09:23:23
congrats on this set.. really beautiful..

from a design standpoint, I'd personally love to see the font color on the alphas being black (or at least darker than they are now..)
it gives the set a bit more "pop" and looks a bit less washed out..

otherwise really love it and am def. in for base+novelties

Thank you for the feedback! I think changing the font color to black would break the muted feel that I'm going for. There are sets that have done that and it really destroyed the set in my eyes.

It's all subjective

Personally I don't think it would disturb the beautiful muted feel that you've got going on the keycap colours and the accents..

Take a look at RAL 000 25 00 for the alpha font color... It's much softer than a black and should keep your color balance and soft tones..

Anyway, that's my last comment on the subject.. great set! start the GB now

Bonsa · « **Reply #114 on:** Thu, 04 June 2020, 02:50:47 »

Man I'm so tired of GMK kitting. As an ortho user I have to pay more for less keys in the end.
I really love this set, just wish it could've run in KAT or somewhere where I didn't have to buy 150 keys to only use 47 of them.
I don't mean to disrespect the designer, the compatability of this set is amazing and very well thought out.
I love sloths, I love this set.

konstantin · « **Reply #115 on:** Thu, 04 June 2020, 06:45:32 »

Quote from: Bonsa on Thu, 04 June 2020, 02:50:47

Man I'm so tired of GMK kitting. As an ortho user I have to pay more for less keys in the end.
I really love this set, just wish it could've run in KAT or somewhere where I didn't have to buy 150 keys to only use 47 of them.
I don't mean to disrespect the designer, the compatability of this set is amazing and very well thought out.
I love sloths, I love this set.

People should stop acting like KAT is the end-all, be-all solution and GMK killer. Keep in mind that no custom KAT set has shipped yet, and we don't yet know for sure how good their reverse dye sub is. I own KAM Starry Night, and the reverse dye sub on the few black novelty keys is great, but making a full reverse dye subbed set is a whole 'nother ball game. We don't know what the failure rate on those novelty kits was. Maybe only 10% of them passed QC, who knows (they made tons of extras for that GB). Now imagine scaling that to a full set.

Also, not to mention that I've personally had issues with stems cracking on my KAT Alpha set. In my experience, MX Clears destroy KAT stems, and anything wider probably does too.

Don't get me wrong, I love the profile and I love how my KAT and KAM sets look and feel, but that doesn't change the fact that KAT is not yet a proven solution for custom sets. GMK is a tried and true solution with tens if not hundreds of thousands of sets in circulation and close to zero problems. It's no wonder that it's the go-to choice for a lot of designers.

Please don't think this is anything personal against you, I just felt like addressing the overall sentiment that I feel is currently present in the community regarding KAT.

driftingbunnies · « **Reply #116 on:** Thu, 04 June 2020, 06:53:38 »

Quote from: Bonsa on Thu, 04 June 2020, 02:50:47

Man I'm so tired of GMK kitting. As an ortho user I have to pay more for less keys in the end.
I really love this set, just wish it could've run in KAT or somewhere where I didn't have to buy 150 keys to only use 47 of them.
I don't mean to disrespect the designer, the compatability of this set is amazing and very well thought out.
I love sloths, I love this set.

Thanks for the feedback and enthusiasm for the set! I totally feel you when I'm looking to outfit my alice layout board but need to pay extra to purchase an addon just for the spacebars and extra alpha key.

One thing I will say though is that paying more for less keys doesn't really communicate the whole picture of why that happens. In this community, ortho, ISO, 40s, ergo, and sometimes even numpad users are considered niche layouts. In most industries, niche products in that particular industry will generally cost more than the mainstream products. We see this in food where you have regular food vs Organic food. We see this in computers where extremely small computers ITX or extremely large computers E-ATX will generally cost you more when you have the same functionality as the more mainstream ATX layout.

Even our hobby as a whole, we are paying way more for a niche product compared to a mainstream mechanical keyboard or rubber dome keyboard. So while I understand your pain, I think that until a niche layout becomes mainstream, it will generally cost more to support it. (KAT is sort of an exception but the costs of it is masked by the production of other layouts by how KAT determines MOQ. Also the fact that KAT is dye-sub means there are no molds required so a lot of the unique keys aren't viewed as any more unique than a normal alpha key.)

Bonsa · « **Reply #117 on:** Thu, 04 June 2020, 10:04:59 »

Yes, I understand the both of you. Especially the quality part, Konstantin. I hadn't thought that trough. Better compatability is worthless if the quality lacks.

Anyway, it might be time for me to grow up and invest in this.
Thank you both for your replies.

driftingbunnies · « **Reply #118 on:** Fri, 05 June 2020, 20:50:56 »

Vendors and artisans announced on the top of the OP

dlavelle94 · « **Reply #119 on:** Sat, 06 June 2020, 06:32:21 »

Amazing, take my money now please.

dvorcol · « **Reply #120 on:** Sat, 06 June 2020, 16:43:30 »

Quote from: driftingbunnies on Tue, 17 December 2019, 07:20:11

Quote from: Nonnegaard on Mon, 16 December 2019, 07:44:08
Please, a render on any E-White 65% board (Koyu, Think6.5, etc.) please Just bought the Milk M65-B and i need something to go with it... this might be it.

I'll make that request and see if my guy has time to do a render for that, thanks

Quote from: Rob27shred on Mon, 16 December 2019, 09:13:14
This is a pretty interesting set for sure! Can't say I'm in love with the theming, but I do really like the base colorway. I could see myself picking up a base set when this goes live! Also if you do go back & rework the colors at all I would suggest maybe going with a slightly darker, less brownish gray for the mods & alpha legends. I think it would look great with that adjustment personally, although it would take it away from the theming. Anyways GL with this project!

When looking at the mod color in the RAL book, it's actually quite dark. The brownish gray is sort of intended due to the theme. I tried changing it to a little greenish but the slight hint of brown looked better. TBH, the brown is more noticeable in the renders compared to the actual RAL book. I'll take some pictures later to show what it looks like.

Thank you for sharing a picture of the RAL color cards in the OP. Could you please share the RAL codes? Thanks!

driftingbunnies · « **Reply #121 on:** Sun, 07 June 2020, 08:26:30 »

Quote from: dvorcol on Sat, 06 June 2020, 16:43:30

Quote from: driftingbunnies on Tue, 17 December 2019, 07:20:11
Quote from: Nonnegaard on Mon, 16 December 2019, 07:44:08
Please, a render on any E-White 65% board (Koyu, Think6.5, etc.) please Just bought the Milk M65-B and i need something to go with it... this might be it.

I'll make that request and see if my guy has time to do a render for that, thanks

Quote from: Rob27shred on Mon, 16 December 2019, 09:13:14
This is a pretty interesting set for sure! Can't say I'm in love with the theming, but I do really like the base colorway. I could see myself picking up a base set when this goes live! Also if you do go back & rework the colors at all I would suggest maybe going with a slightly darker, less brownish gray for the mods & alpha legends. I think it would look great with that adjustment personally, although it would take it away from the theming. Anyways GL with this project!

When looking at the mod color in the RAL book, it's actually quite dark. The brownish gray is sort of intended due to the theme. I tried changing it to a little greenish but the slight hint of brown looked better. TBH, the brown is more noticeable in the renders compared to the actual RAL book. I'll take some pictures later to show what it looks like.

Thank you for sharing a picture of the RAL color cards in the OP. Could you please share the RAL codes? Thanks!

RAL 1013
RAL 090 40 10
RAL 8028

driftingbunnies · « **Reply #122 on:** Thu, 18 June 2020, 19:58:02 »

Sorry guys, misunderstanding on my part, GB will actually be in the month of September.

Mellohop · « **Reply #123 on:** Wed, 24 June 2020, 16:21:49 »

So glad to see this coming to fruition

konstantin · « **Reply #124 on:** Wed, 24 June 2020, 17:43:39 »

Any chance for 1.25u space in the spacebars kit? Maybe instead of the second 1u (not sure how useful 2× 1u is outside of 40s).

driftingbunnies · « **Reply #125 on:** Thu, 25 June 2020, 07:25:29 »

Quote from: konstantin on Wed, 24 June 2020, 17:43:39

Any chance for 1.25u space in the spacebars kit? Maybe instead of the second 1u (not sure how useful 2× 1u is outside of 40s).

Unfortunately we've already gone through and requested quotes so I think we're pretty set on kits already.

konstantin · « **Reply #126 on:** Thu, 25 June 2020, 07:37:41 »

Quote from: driftingbunnies on Thu, 25 June 2020, 07:25:29

Unfortunately we've already gone through and requested quotes so I think we're pretty set on kits already.

Alright, no worries, it's a fairly minor thing in what otherwise look like great kits.

Prekrasnuyuzhizn · « **Reply #127 on:** Tue, 21 July 2020, 17:48:15 »

Just here to share my excitement! Cant wait for the GB!

Sans5centS · « **Reply #128 on:** Fri, 24 July 2020, 14:23:16 »

Just came across this set and am super excited for it

arremkay · « **Reply #129 on:** Fri, 24 July 2020, 15:00:16 »

This set is really growing on me.. any chance you could do a render on a moss-colored zenith?

driftingbunnies · « **Reply #130 on:** Fri, 24 July 2020, 15:16:20 »

Quote from: arremkay on Fri, 24 July 2020, 15:00:16

This set is really growing on me.. any chance you could do a render on a moss-colored zenith?

That would be pretty cool. I don't believe my renderer has the zenith model or moss color code but I can ask!

PM_ME_THE_SLOTHS · « **Reply #131 on:** Sat, 25 July 2020, 02:05:11 »

I saw space cables is doing the cable colab. Is there any chance the aviator will have some sort of sloth design on it like the current hammerhead does? Would be an instant buy if so!

konstantin · « **Reply #132 on:** Sat, 25 July 2020, 02:53:15 »

Quote from: PM_ME_THE_SLOTHS on Sat, 25 July 2020, 02:05:11

I saw space cables is doing the cable colab. Is there any chance the aviator will have some sort of sloth design on it like the current hammerhead does? Would be an instant buy if so!

How about a sloth cable bite?

https://www.zulily.com/p/sloth-cable-bite-protectors-set-of-two-420689-71305797.html

2QT2BSTR8 · « **Reply #133 on:** Sat, 25 July 2020, 02:56:25 »

Quote from: konstantin on Sat, 25 July 2020, 02:53:15

Quote from: PM_ME_THE_SLOTHS on Sat, 25 July 2020, 02:05:11
I saw space cables is doing the cable colab. Is there any chance the aviator will have some sort of sloth design on it like the current hammerhead does? Would be an instant buy if so!

How about a sloth cable bite?

Show Image

https://www.zulily.com/p/sloth-cable-bite-protectors-set-of-two-420689-71305797.html

That cable placement would have me smiling too

driftingbunnies · « **Reply #134 on:** Thu, 30 July 2020, 15:12:46 »

Quote from: PM_ME_THE_SLOTHS on Sat, 25 July 2020, 02:05:11

I saw space cables is doing the cable colab. Is there any chance the aviator will have some sort of sloth design on it like the current hammerhead does? Would be an instant buy if so!

I actually asked him to make it without anything on it in case people wanted to use it with other sets as well. He seems to be pretty responsive so you could ask him to add that if you get a chance to grab one.

driftingbunnies · « **Reply #135 on:** Fri, 31 July 2020, 09:10:51 »

Quote from: konstantin on Sat, 25 July 2020, 02:53:15

Quote from: PM_ME_THE_SLOTHS on Sat, 25 July 2020, 02:05:11
I saw space cables is doing the cable colab. Is there any chance the aviator will have some sort of sloth design on it like the current hammerhead does? Would be an instant buy if so!

How about a sloth cable bite?

Show Image

https://www.zulily.com/p/sloth-cable-bite-protectors-set-of-two-420689-71305797.html

haha this is awesome! I can't wait to see someone's setup decked out in sloth gear :))

driftingbunnies · « **Reply #136 on:** Sat, 01 August 2020, 10:42:20 »

Prices have been added to OP

dRnRcRr · « **Reply #137 on:** Thu, 06 August 2020, 21:27:47 »

Very nice.

Rik.caffeinated · « **Reply #138 on:** Thu, 06 August 2020, 22:00:48 »

Excited for this one DB!

Penguindropings · « **Reply #139 on:** Sat, 08 August 2020, 11:57:04 »

The wait is almost over....

PM_ME_THE_SLOTHS · « **Reply #140 on:** Thu, 13 August 2020, 00:23:58 »

Quote from: driftingbunnies on Thu, 30 July 2020, 15:12:46

Quote from: PM_ME_THE_SLOTHS on Sat, 25 July 2020, 02:05:11
I saw space cables is doing the cable colab. Is there any chance the aviator will have some sort of sloth design on it like the current hammerhead does? Would be an instant buy if so!

I actually asked him to make it without anything on it in case people wanted to use it with other sets as well. He seems to be pretty responsive so you could ask him to add that if you get a chance to grab one.

Alright, sounds good! Before I message him, can I get your permission to use one of the novelty designs for it if he agrees?

driftingbunnies · « **Reply #141 on:** Thu, 13 August 2020, 11:00:12 »

Dates added!

casualyeti · « **Reply #142 on:** Sat, 15 August 2020, 11:49:09 »

Yes. Interested. Yes.

Ibleskim · « **Reply #143 on:** Wed, 19 August 2020, 23:38:23 »

this looks cooool can't wait for the GB if I can get them it will be my first gmk caps

that will be amazing

driftingbunnies · « **Reply #144 on:** Thu, 20 August 2020, 14:59:36 »

Quote from: Ibleskim on Wed, 19 August 2020, 23:38:23

this looks cooool can't wait for the GB if I can get them it will be my first gmk caps that will be amazing

This GB is unlimited so no worries about trying to order it. Just be sure to order within the window

piknik17 · « **Reply #145 on:** Fri, 21 August 2020, 13:07:08 »

This will be my first GMK keycap set. So excited

paperassgasket · « **Reply #146 on:** Fri, 21 August 2020, 13:30:49 »

Love the deskmat and rama and space cables (omg and that pin :3)
But I would feel kinda dumb rocking a deskmat without the matching keycaps so I guess I have to pick up that Lazy AF and Slovelties as well.

driftingbunnies · « **Reply #147 on:** Fri, 21 August 2020, 13:37:15 »

Quote from: paperassgasket on Fri, 21 August 2020, 13:30:49

Love the deskmat and rama and space cables (omg and that pin :3)
But I would feel kinda dumb rocking a deskmat without the matching keycaps so I guess I have to pick up that Lazy AF and Slovelties as well.

Haha, might as well right?

piknik17 · « **Reply #148 on:** Fri, 21 August 2020, 18:56:37 »

What case are you guys planning to pair with the GMK Sloths? I am currently eyeing a Tofu65 in Chocolate.

SenseiJia · « **Reply #149 on:** Fri, 21 August 2020, 20:31:42 »

Hella cute.

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Author Topic: [IC] GMK Sloth - GB starts next week! (Read 92770 times)