[IC] MW Voynich

[Trwninja]

my god this whole set slaps

[HungHingDaiLo]

Set is lit and DD40 is <3
GLWGB, dede!

[ravenousrhino]

I think this and GMK Parcel are the only two sets that really speak to me.

[BloremBipsum]

Looks really great!

[dededecline]

Kitting updates are here!

Thank you everyone for your feedback on the set, the support means a ton to me! Based on feedback, here are the kitting changes I've made

• One of the biggest pieces of feedback were people that did not like having to buy a base kit just for mods/alphas they wanted. After discussion with Milkyway, they've agreed to let this set run with no base kit! All alpha and mod kits are separate, so you can buy exactly what you want and no more. What was Base Kit is now Voynich Sublegend Alphas and Icon Mods.
• 2x 1.5u supers and a second 1u alt were missing from Icon Mods, those have been added.
• R4 1u Fn is now icon instead of text to reflect the row its typical use on the shift row and be more consistent with those icons.
• 1u shift key added to novelty mods.
• 2x 1.5u minibars added to spacebar kit.
• Moderate 40s support has been added to icon mods. It should accommodate the most popular staggered 40s layouts. Note that the Voynich mods and Novelty mods should support all staggered and ortho 40s layouts.
• Because of the above kits, the standalone 40s mod kit has been axed.
• 6.25u and 7u spacebars have been moved from mod kits to alpha kits.

[Mecxs]

Love the kitting changes - makes it much easier to put together some great kit combinations.

One C-tier suggestion - consider adding a second non-stepped R3 1.75 key to the novelty mod kit. That would allow coverage of 2x non-stepped boards, or a single non-stepped board and a 12u/13u 40%. This is honestly a pretty minor change so if it's pushing the price too high it's definitely not a deal breaker.

[konstantin]

Please consider changing R4 1.25u Menu to Meta or Fn (icon mods kit).

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

Good changes. Still hoping for a Hibi

[dededecline]

Please consider changing R4 1.25u Menu to Meta or Fn (icon mods kit).

Updated!

[long_qt_pie]

Curious what the turnaround times of MW are

[dededecline]

Curious what the turnaround times of MW are

MilkyWay has intentionally limited the number of sets that can be run each month to three so that they can maintain a 3-4 month turnaround

[mk]

• Moderate 40s support has been added to icon mods. It should accommodate the most popular staggered 40s layouts. Note that the Voynich mods and Novelty mods should support all staggered and ortho 40s layouts.

*Except QAZ-like layouts

On a more feasible note: Is it possible to have convex annotations added to the renders?

Absolutely stunning set with those novelty mods.

[dededecline]

• Moderate 40s support has been added to icon mods. It should accommodate the most popular staggered 40s layouts. Note that the Voynich mods and Novelty mods should support all staggered and ortho 40s layouts.

*Except QAZ-like layouts

On a more feasible note: Is it possible to have convex annotations added to the renders?

Absolutely stunning set with those novelty mods.

Well, I would not call QAZ popular. Still rather niche. But r2 1.25u mold doesn't exist for MW so it is what it is.

All spacebars are convex, none of them are concave.

And thank you!

[mk]

Well, I would not call QAZ popular. Still rather niche. But r2 1.25u mold doesn't exist for MW so it is what it is.

All spacebars are convex, none of them are concave.

And thank you!

Yeah guessed that was the reason, unfortunately - still nice that the kitting includes 2x 1.25 r3 to use as a crutch!

Thanks for clarifying, that's awesome!

[paperassgasket]

leave it to De to run a set with no base kit.  )

I love to see it though.

[VoodooBear]

Good stuff as usual. Can't wait to see this in person.

[DaaDaa]

literally the single best thing on geekhack right now

[Thon]

reserved and creamed

[menuhin]

I was gonna be done with keycaps unless something extraordinary appeared.
Good job on creating something extraordinarily beautiful!

I thought I'm quite done with GMK (with 24+ months lead time...) and not being able to do triple-shot nor those fancy things achievable via reverse- and multi- dyesub.

Now seeing this and some other ICs, I think year 2022 is a super challenge year for my wallet amidst the never-ending pandemic...

[Johnnie]

Might be the first keycap set I'd actually have to buy every single kit from.
The voynich manuscript is one of my all-time favorite mysteries and art piece.

Extremely well done kitting and dye sub! I would love to see some additional renders of silver/raw alu boards as well!

[crystal]

<3 those novs! GLWIC

[misotsu]

Ooh looks like a fun set with a very unique set of sublegends! will look forward to it. GLWIC!

[drinkmorewater]

Very beautiful everything! Will be on the lookout for the GB.

[bukowski]

Now that is a really cool idea.

This keycap set might even get attention from academics researching the manuscript. :-D

[dededecline]

Exciting update! I've received samples for Voynich from MilkyWay! The alignment, colors, and legends all look stellar. Some notes:

* the color of the caps is slightly warmer in the pic than in reality
* the legends are a bit bolder in reality than in the pic
* as you can see, this set is not reverse dye-sub
* MilkyWay has done scientific color matching within fantastic tolerances, and I can confirm myself that the colors look damn near perfect IRL

I'm unbelievably excited to get this group buy off the ground next month, and into everyone's hands pretty quickly.

[DaaDaa]

Exciting update! I've received samples for Voynich from MilkyWay! The alignment, colors, and legends all look stellar. Some notes:

* the color of the caps is slightly warmer in the pic than in reality
* the legends are a bit bolder in reality than in the pic
* as you can see, this set is not reverse dye-sub
* MilkyWay has done scientific color matching within fantastic tolerances, and I can confirm myself that the colors look damn near perfect IRL

I'm unbelievably excited to get this group buy off the ground next month, and into everyone's hands pretty quickly.

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let me say that it is fanstastic to have samples before the GB starts, kudos to you and to MW
i do have two concerns:
1 - the color of caps are a little leaning towards gray, and the renders a little more towards yellow. i prefer the color in renders but its not a big deal specially since the color/hue of the samples have old paper/manuscript vibe
2 - the green needs to be just slightly lighter/brighter. it is too dark (compare the lower left cap to its render). again compared to the renders which i like better. This ome i feel more strongly about. the lighter green is prettier and more eye catching and makes the flowers more beautiful, also this is dye sub so changing the green should be easy, right?

[dededecline]

let me say that it is fanstastic to have samples before the GB starts, kudos to you and to MW
i do have two concerns:
1 - the color of caps are a little leaning towards gray, and the renders a little more towards yellow. i prefer the color in renders
2 - the green needs to be just slightly lighter/brighter. it is too dark (compare the lower left cap to its render). again compared to the renders which i like better.

There are so many factors that go into what a keycap is going to look like in a photo - the camera, the post-processing, the lighting in the space the photo is taken in. Not to mention that most computer monitors and phone screens that will be used to look at the photo have not been color calibrated, and whatever compression Imgur does for hosting.

As I mentioned, this photo is not adjusted to be completely color accurate. This set has set Pantone colors. Those Pantone colors were used by the renderer, and were also used with a photospectrometer to ensure that the colors in the samples were as close to accurate as possible. The tolerances for these colors are very tight and have been validated. So we've done everything we can to ensure that this set's colors are as-advertised and accurate.

[PeppyToad]

Great-looking set! Please consider not using Dixie mods in the icon mods kit. Thank you!

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

Dede can you show the caps by your color standards?

[mr_foggy]

this is a good set.

[Woovie]

Great-looking set! Please consider not using Dixie mods in the icon mods kit. Thank you!

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[Xeptance]

This set looks so nice! I'm a sucker for non standard legends and this set certainly ticks that box  )

[headphone_jack]

That looks great! Will you upload the sublegends file to the KRK sub repository after the GB is over?

[EdgeOfInfinity]

prob not for me, but this set is definitely a vibe! especially like the deskmats

[TypeBis]

beautiful looking set! GLWGB!

[Parva Ovis]

I'm not familiar with MW sets; is Ergodox/Boardwalk support a possibility?

[dededecline]

I'm not familiar with MW sets; is Ergodox/Boardwalk support a possibility?

It is not; MW does not have a R1 1.5u keycap mold

[dededecline]

Updates Feb. 21 2022

• Pricing has been added! Proxy pricing coming soon.
• Kitting is finalized, made one last adjustment where numpad mods are in the mod kits and the numpad kit is only the numpad alphas. Not the most elegant solution but when you have three sets of numpad mods and two sets of numpad alphas, it's hard to figure out what goes where.
• Lividity Caps added to artisans collabs!

[MelonBred]

such an amazing set with really good pricing. Great work, dede!

[Emir]

fantastic set, good luck! 

[DaaDaa]

those mods tho

[soundstage]

Can you update your OP with artisans as well? It is kind of hard to find information about artisans that are planned for this keycap set.

[dededecline]

Can you update your OP with artisans as well? It is kind of hard to find information about artisans that are planned for this keycap set.

What's confusing about the collab section of the OP? It includes the names and Instagram accounts of every artisan maker I'm collaborating with for this set.

[Rpmorrison10]

Those samples look fantastic. I

[AeternusCo]

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[matthewdias]

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[succulentdan]

Exciting update! I've received samples for Voynich from MilkyWay! The alignment, colors, and legends all look stellar. Some notes:

* the color of the caps is slightly warmer in the pic than in reality
* the legends are a bit bolder in reality than in the pic
* as you can see, this set is not reverse dye-sub
* MilkyWay has done scientific color matching within fantastic tolerances, and I can confirm myself that the colors look damn near perfect IRL

I'm unbelievably excited to get this group buy off the ground next month, and into everyone's hands pretty quickly.

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Dang! These samples came out great, I'm curious if any kind of color matching data is gonna be released?

[AeternusCo]

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[Rpmorrison10]

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