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[Zambumon]

Inspired by luxury items (y la abeja Maya), GMK Lux is a refined black and gold set that was originally pitched by BeamingRobot and picked up by Zambumon in 2018.

Timeline

- Orders will open on May 12th, 2020, and will close on June 7th, 2020.
- Estimated shipping date: Q1 2021 (on or before March 28th, 2021)


Where

Asia - ILUMKB
Canada - Deskhero
Europe - Oblotzky Industries
Oceania -  Daily Clack
USA - TX Keyboards





Proposed Kits



Lux features a large Core kit, which provides layout coverage for standard and winkeyless full-size, 1800, TKL, 75%, 65%, FC660-like layouts, or 60% keyboards. Some notable inclusions are 1.00u, 1.25u, and 1.50u Lux keys; accent Esc, Enter, and Arrows; convex 2.00u, 2.25u, and 2.75u keys and second B for ergonomic keyboards such as the TGR Alice, or AI03 Meridian. The kit also features UK-ISO layout support as well as a second Tab key so you can reuse some of the modifiers if needed.




Additionally, we are also offering a space bar kit that extends Lux’s layout support by including two 6.00u spacebars, allowing us to cover HHKBs, Gok’s 7V, and Cherry G80-1800 keyboards. The kit also includes accent space bars for standard and split keyboards.















Q: Why does the core kit include X but not Y?
A: Because I thought that including X was more preferential than including Y.

Q: I don't like the Lux keycaps.
A: That's not a question. I like them, and they are not going away.

Q: Icon mods?
A: No.

Q: [Sublegends] kit? [Alternate alphas] kit?
A: No and no. Let's keep it simple and easy.

Q: Why Alice layout coverage on the base kit?
A: Because there's like 12 clones of that board on the IC stage and it's just a B. The split space bars can also be used by other keyboards.

Q: Colemak, Ergodox, Norde?
A: No.

Q: Forties kit?
A: No.

Q: Why two tabs instead of X?
A: It's a chunky base kit, and this would allow you to reuse the leftover mods.


Specs

- Made in Germany by GMK electronic design GmbH
- Cherry profile (1-1-2-3-4-4)
- Compatible with MX style switches
- 1.5mm thick double-shot ABS plastic

Disclaimers

Kindly note that the images are of 3D renders and are for illustration purposes only. The final colors may differ slightly.

Keyboards are shown for demonstrative purposes only and are not included with the purchase of these keycaps.

[Zambumon]

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[Quinella]

Daily Clack for Australian/OCE Vendor thanks!

[Slayer77]

Neat

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[Jae-3soteric]

In. Would look great on the J-series boards


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[beamingrobot]

I like this set.

[OtherAndrew]

Very interested in this set, but gold-colored plastic often looks pretty bad when attempted (see gold-colored Gundam models). Could you elaborate more on the color you will be using?

[Visionaire]

Glad to see some movement on this set! I realize its hard to use plastic to represent a metallic color, but I hope these look as close to gold or brass as possible...

[zakatak]

Nice. Will there be novelties?

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[Zambumon]

Nice. Will there be novelties?

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Yes. The core kit includes"lux" keycaps.

[falzm]

Yes please.

[Zambumon]

In. Would look great on the J-series boards


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Yes. With the UK-ISO variant.

[eskimojo]

Is the black still CR? Lux always appealed to me for the mixing compatibility.

Loving the thicc base kit though. 

[Jae-3soteric]

In. Would look great on the J-series boards


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Yes. With the UK-ISO variant.

Or y’know, ANSI; it does support both


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[Zambumon]

Is the black still CR? Lux always appealed to me for the mixing compatibility.

Loving the thicc base kit though. 

No. Too dark for me.

[eskimojo]

Is the black still CR? Lux always appealed to me for the mixing compatibility.

Loving the thicc base kit though. 

No. Too dark for me.

Gotcha, both colours custom then?

[Zambumon]

Is the black still CR? Lux always appealed to me for the mixing compatibility.

Loving the thicc base kit though. 

No. Too dark for me.

Gotcha, both colours custom then?

Yes.

[depletedvespene]

Is the black still CR? Lux always appealed to me for the mixing compatibility.

Loving the thicc base kit though. 

No. Too dark for me.

N9, then? Or a custom color/tone?

[Zambumon]

Is the black still CR? Lux always appealed to me for the mixing compatibility.

Loving the thicc base kit though. 

No. Too dark for me.

N9, then? Or a custom color/tone?

Is the black still CR? Lux always appealed to me for the mixing compatibility.

Loving the thicc base kit though. 

No. Too dark for me.

Gotcha, both colours custom then?

Yes.

[Dennyroxsox]

I'm interested for sure. Thank you for taking this back on!

[Aredus]

Black and gold/yellow is my favourite colour combo. Definite yes for me.

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[ttom]

In love with the base kit, 100% in

[cldskt]

Alice support in the Base Kit: Yes
Simple kitting: Yes
Lux: Yes

Unlikely, but any chance of accent colored alphas? This would allow us to reuse the leftover mods like you envisioned in the Q&A too.

Would be in nonetheless. Thanks for picking this up @Zambumon!

[Zambumon]

Alice support in the Base Kit: Yes
Simple kitting: Yes
Lux: Yes

Unlikely, but any chance of accent colored alphas? This would allow us to reuse the leftover mods like you envisioned in the Q&A too.

Would be in nonetheless. Thanks for picking this up @Zambumon!

Q: [Sublegends] kit? [Alternate alphas] kit?
A: No and no. Let's keep it simple and easy.

[LightningXI]

I very much support the chunky base kit format.

[cldskt]

Alice support in the Base Kit: Yes
Simple kitting: Yes
Lux: Yes

Unlikely, but any chance of accent colored alphas? This would allow us to reuse the leftover mods like you envisioned in the Q&A too.

Would be in nonetheless. Thanks for picking this up @Zambumon!

Q: [Sublegends] kit? [Alternate alphas] kit?
A: No and no. Let's keep it simple and easy.

Gotcha. Looking forward to the color samples then!

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

Glad to see this going forward.

I’d always hoped for light bulb novelties for this set but if I really wanted that I should go design my own, huh.

[ttom]

Any chance for a 1.25u tab in base for 40s stagger?


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[Zambumon]

Any chance for a 1.25u tab in base for 40s stagger?


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Not in the base. Either we have dedicated proper 40% coverage or we haven't.

[piit79]

Q: Forties kit? Minivan?
A: Possible, but unlikely. No.

I'm really loving this. However, I'm an ortho guy. I understand not every set can have an ortho kit; I can get creative. I use a Preonic - with SkIIdata I used numpad "-" for Backspace, End for R2 Tab (there was an R3 Tab that I put on R3).

My point is, the (only) two caps I would really need for the board not to look too weird are R4 1u Enter (yellow, please) and R4 1u Shift. Is there any chance these two keys could be added? I get it that this might not work for every ortho user, but I think it would be better than nothing.

Dear fellow ortho users, what do you think?

[Steezus]

I thought Lux was a black and brass/gold set. This looks very much like black and yellow to me.

[hamilton]

I've been wanting something like this to match my stereo equipment. Really like the layout of the base kit too

[slxdegrees]

Lol this is wayyyyyyy too different from the initial/original beaming GMK Lux. Had my eye on this but now, ehhh not anymore I guess.

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[Zambumon]

Lol this is wayyyyyyy too different from the initial/original beaming GMK Lux. Had my eye on this but now, ehhh not anymore I guess.

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Yes. That's because this is my take on the set.

[psxndc]

Q: Colemak, Ergodox, Norde?
A: No.

Q: Forties kit? Minivan?
A: Possible, but unlikely. No.

...

My point is, the (only) two caps I would really need for the board not to look too weird are R4 1u Enter (yellow, please) and R4 1u Shift. Is there any chance these two keys could be added? I get it that this might not work for every ortho user, but I think it would be better than nothing.

Dear fellow ortho users, what do you think?

I think there's too many "you're different, GTFO" vibes for me. Z's of course entitled to his opinion and reasons, but adding 2 or so keys to sorta kinda make it work is not something I'm interested in. GL with the IC/GB, Z.

[Macmutant]

Looks great. Totally support the chunky base kit. Very interested.

[AlcoholEnthusiast]

Bummed to see the accents go. And no Pg Dn/Up R3/4.

[lolafineday]

Tbh this is too similar to PBT hive, and given the material differences I'd go with pbt

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[slxdegrees]

Lol this is wayyyyyyy too different from the initial/original beaming GMK Lux. Had my eye on this but now, ehhh not anymore I guess.

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Yes. That's because this is my take on the set.

Great! GLWB!

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[slxdegrees]

Q: Colemak, Ergodox, Norde?
A: No.

Q: Forties kit? Minivan?
A: Possible, but unlikely. No.

...

My point is, the (only) two caps I would really need for the board not to look too weird are R4 1u Enter (yellow, please) and R4 1u Shift. Is there any chance these two keys could be added? I get it that this might not work for every ortho user, but I think it would be better than nothing.

Dear fellow ortho users, what do you think?

I think there's too many "you're different, GTFO" vibes for me. Z's of course entitled to his opinion and reasons, but adding 2 or so keys to sorta kinda make it work is not something I'm interested in. GL with the IC/GB, Z.

Yes, but that's only because everyone here was following the original lux for a reason. Now that Zambs has almost changed it up entirely, is it any wonder that people are lamenting that fact?

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[Lormania]

Been waiting for this set! I am hoping that the accent is more of a gold instead of a yellow or the word gold to describe it really shouldn't be used. The legend colors of GMK Red Sam are to me clearly gold and would love to see the accent and legend color be closer to that. And just throwing my name in the hat for a 40's kit

[VXQN]

UK ISO and split spacebars in the base kit make this a must for me. I also like the fact that it's not as black as GMK's CR colour.

[Kokaloo]

Q: Forties kit? Minivan?
A: Possible, but unlikely. No.

I'm really loving this. However, I'm an ortho guy. I understand not every set can have an ortho kit; I can get creative. I use a Preonic - with SkIIdata I used numpad "-" for Backspace, End for R2 Tab (there was an R3 Tab that I put on R3).

My point is, the (only) two caps I would really need for the board not to look too weird are R4 1u Enter (yellow, please) and R4 1u Shift. Is there any chance these two keys could be added? I get it that this might not work for every ortho user, but I think it would be better than nothing.

Dear fellow ortho users, what do you think?

Initially with the first IC I was 100% in a few months back, but this point brings a lot to the table for comparability for boards I've been using as of late. Please consider!

Also please consider bringing back red  I personally think the gold accent keys is just way too much yellow. If we are trying to sell the set as being gold there needs to be as little yellow surface area as possible. I don't really understand what was more important than the red accents, it feels like you sacrificed theming/colors for compatibility which IMO are two completely different areas of a design to be adjusting simultaneously.

[Poesjuh]

So the black isn’t black but dark grey / not really black. Any idea if it’s comparable to epbt “black”? Since that’s called black but really isn’t that black.

And is it yellow? Gold? Comparable with Phantom yellow or Red Samurai gold?


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[Ensaum]

Errr.. That looks straight yellow in the renders. I was originally interested in Lux as a black and gold colorway, but this ain't it. It's grey and yellow :/

[piit79]

Errr.. That looks straight yellow in the renders. I was originally interested in Lux as a black and gold colorway, but this ain't it. It's grey and yellow :/

They are renders. Zambumon says it will be gold, so I'd wait for some colour samples before writing it off

[Ensaum]

Errr.. That looks straight yellow in the renders. I was originally interested in Lux as a black and gold colorway, but this ain't it. It's grey and yellow :/

They are renders. Zambumon says it will be gold, so I'd wait for some colour samples before writing it off

See Zambs above comments dismissing people for the color change because it's "his take on the design." It's not just because of the renders and he has literally said it's not black anymore because cr is too dark..

[piit79]

They are renders. Zambumon says it will be gold, so I'd wait for some colour samples before writing it off

See Zambs above comments dismissing people for the color change because it's "his take on the design." It's not just because of the renders and he has literally said it's not black anymore because cr is too dark..

OK, I wasn't commenting on the "black" (I actually personally prefer a lighter shade). The yellow looks pretty golden to me... Just compare this to PBT Hive (also to run soon, which is unfortunate).

[Zambumon]

Errr.. That looks straight yellow in the renders. I was originally interested in Lux as a black and gold colorway, but this ain't it. It's grey and yellow :/

They are renders. Zambumon says it will be gold, so I'd wait for some colour samples before writing it off

See Zambs above comments dismissing people for the color change because it's "his take on the design." It's not just because of the renders and he has literally said it's not black anymore because cr is too dark..

So, just to get it straight I can't make color changes to the set to fit more with what I'd want for it.

[Ensaum]

They are renders. Zambumon says it will be gold, so I'd wait for some colour samples before writing it off

See Zambs above comments dismissing people for the color change because it's "his take on the design." It's not just because of the renders and he has literally said it's not black anymore because cr is too dark..

OK, I wasn't commenting on the "black" (I actually personally prefer a lighter shade). The yellow looks pretty golden to me... Just compare this to PBT Hive (also to run soon, which is unfortunate).

The yellow looks significantly different though too. It was originally listed and rendered as Pantone 16-0836 TPX, which is a much darker gold than the bright yellow we have now.