[IC]GMK Camping r3 (GB is live!)

[kingnestea]

GB is live!

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=115502.0

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updates 28/11/2021:

GB will run from Dec. 1st 2021 to Jan. 3rd 2022

Pricing as below, most vendors still have to sort out pricing for the collabs and deskmat..



Hibi enter key: Brass keycap PVD coated in silver.







Salvun Burgundy & Brass: Brass keycap, cerakoted, beige sprinkle, laser etched fire novelty.



Salvun Classic & Copper: Copper keycap, cerakoted, beige sprinkle, laser etched fire novelty.



Camping r3 deskmat:





More renders from Thesiscamper:















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updates 18/11/2021:

- Revised the base kit renders
- Added 2 new keyboards renders
- We are now waiting for the GMK quote, pricing will be revealed once the quote is received.





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Some small updates on this(11/11/2021):

- physical 40s support will be added to the base kits.
- side prints for ISO support will be added to the base kits.
- more renders are WIP, there are some flaws on the current renders, because they are made by 2 people parallel, the kit renders show what you will get.
- GMK price inquiry will be launched once the kit renders are updated.
- A Hibi brass enter key with the mountain novelty engraved and PVD coated in silver will be available, renders are expected during the weekend.
- 2 Salvun R1 caps with the camp fire novelty (the same novelty from the r2 Rama cap) will be available, renders are WIP.

Vendors:

US: Kono
EU: Oblotzky industries
UK: Prototypist
CA: Apexkeyboard
AUS: Daily clack
CN/Asia: zFrontier
SG/SEA: Monokei
South America: Fancy Customs
South Korea: SwagKeys

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Here we go, a lot of people has been asking, GMK Camping will return in December 2021.
This time, we are offering a burgundy base as the first time for Camping.
A Salvun cap and a new deskmat are WIP.
I'll update the collaboration caps and the new deskmat design at a later stage as well as regional vendors.
Please keep an eye on this thread if you are interested or hunting a GMK Camping set for a long time.
Please also consider following me on instagram(@nesteaking) as I might randomly post new renders there..
I wanted to say a lot in this thread but I guess renders are the best way to express the excitement...









Kits:

[JohnYYZ]

R3 

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

Always wanted either burg base or all green alt alphas. Nice work.

[Visionaire]

Awesome! Love the alice support in the base as well. Wondering how the pricing will work out with such a large base kit... but dig the two bases.

[donrevult]

Burgundy Base 

[productkun]

The translucent novelty from R1 would be really nice!

[kingnestea]

The translucent novelty from R1 would be really nice!

I'm not quite sure about the translucent caps from GMK...
It will return if SA Camping r2 will ever be a thing.

[hali]

looks great, any chance of r3 page up and r4 page down to support the majority of 65% layouts?

[Zetina]

Such a nice set 

GLWIC

[matthewdias]

any chance of 40s support being added? always liked this set but it doesn't fit my boards. was hoping if it ever got another run that'd be an easy shoe in.

[totoro3]

are hiragana sublegends completely out of the question? i always wanted this set with weebs sublegends, t_t.

glwic

[Nuclear Nachos]

both bases look nice, excited to see r3

[kingnestea]

any chance of 40s support being added? always liked this set but it doesn't fit my boards. was hoping if it ever got another run that'd be an easy shoe in.

This is a hard question...I'm just afraid that 40s kits will not make MOQ, let me talk to the vendors.

[XiXora]

Has the side print gone? Will they come back.

(also would love 2x 1.5U Supers and an extra 1u Alt. thanks)

[kingnestea]

Has the side print gone? Will they come back.

(also would love 2x 1.5U Supers and an extra 1u Alt. thanks)

gimme a second, I'll punch Oblotzky in his face.
(Yes, the side prints will be added, Oblotzky forgot them in the renders)

[pwade3]

Boards have "pg up" but kits have "page up".

[kingnestea]

Boards have "pg up" but kits have "page up".

Sh*t, thanks for pointing this out, I didn't notice this, the keyboard renders are made by another guy.
Anyway, the kit renders will be used for production so they are correct.

[Sicowa]

wew,
excited to see this in r3 as I was debating buying on aftermarket.
classic set <3 def in for me. 

[MIGHTY CHICKEN]

Omg I am ready


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[matthewdias]

This is a hard question...I'm just afraid that 40s kits will not make MOQ, let me talk to the vendors.

If vendors push back, another option is to include minimal 40s support in the base kit, you just need to add 3 keys minimum:

1.25 r3 tab
1.75 r2 backspace
1.5 r3 enter

This physically covers a good majority of 40s.

[productkun]

The translucent novelty from R1 would be really nice!

I'm not quite sure about the translucent caps from GMK...
It will return if SA Camping r2 will ever be a thing.

gmk Symbiote had a translucent novelty kit, it was really nice imho

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0335/2087/7700/products/gmk_symbiote_kit_08_membrane_517cfd00-a53b-4579-beaa-435f34f90594_2048x2048.jpg

[Mecxs]

This is a hard question...I'm just afraid that 40s kits will not make MOQ, let me talk to the vendors.

If vendors push back, another option is to include minimal 40s support in the base kit, you just need to add 3 keys minimum:

1.25 r3 tab
1.75 r2 backspace
1.5 r3 enter

This physically covers a good majority of 40s.

Yeah 3-key 40 support is standard in most GMK base kits these days. I'd definitely buy base if it included it.

[dededecline]

+1 for 40s, I think the three key in base solution would work well here if a child kit is out of the question.

[macclack]

Very happy this is coming back

[geohammy]

glad 2 see this coming back

sa camping rerun next? 

[Hedgey]

+1 for 40s, I think the three key in base solution would work well here if a child kit is out of the question.

+ one more for 3 key at least.

[pancake]

mmm burgundy

[Bleddyn]

Would of liked if this could of had the burgundy mods/alphas broken into kits so you could mix and match with the classic base as id love the burgundy alphas with classic mods.

[smshark]

another +1 for 3-key 40s support in base. love the set and the burgundy base is a great addition

[proelio]

Didn't expect that one! Looking forward for GB.

[paperassgasket]

I'm just here for 40's support.
I'll buy a base kit of each if it gets 3-key support.

[pixelpusher]

Pretty interesting!  I saw r3 and was rolling my eyes, but then you hit with dat burgundy base.  Quite nice 

[azack]

in for base kit and novelties, thanks for bringing this back!

[trung11.kb]

These two novelties don't seem to be in the novelty kit?



Unless they're from previous rounds.

[epyllion]

Any plans to include F13?

[CookieFlow]

Very happy to see this back in Burgundy.

Is it the same color as the accent from R2? Because that was a bit more brown to me than what I would call Burgundy.

Any chance for some "Camping in Japan" Kits? Like Hiragana sublegends Alphas kit? And a Japanese Camping Novelty kit (with like a Fuji mountain instead of the current one, the Arrows with Kanjis like R2 etc)?

I loved my Camping in Japan R2 but in Burgundy would look even better.


Nice to see a Salvun, but any chance for some Hibi/Thok?
Would have also liked to see some newer novelties and a 1u R2 novelty.

[Puddsy]

ooh the burgundy base is nice

[dededecline]

Any plans to include F13?

it's already included in both base kits

[aethernet]

let’s gooo

camping r2 was my first GMK set. burgundy base is so good!

[P103]

Nice, any chance communities kit will return?

[santela]

Burgundy is nice~

[dxxbox]

OK, here is the plan: BUY THEM ALL

[Eggplant]

R1 novelties would be nice; still glad to see it come back nonetheless! 

[ppg77889]

R1 novelties would be nice; still glad to see it come back nonetheless! 

same. especially translucent fire artisan

[stevenT]

I believe the green deserve the same number of novelty keycaps as the red, please add more

[Lyfe]

Is it possible to get the fish backspace from r1 again?

[derEineTyp]

No Weeb subs?

[totalemon]

one of my absolute fav sets, I'm really excited to finally be able to get my hands on it without paying aftermarket <3 is there any chance of the flower enter and fish backspace novelties returning from R2? I really like them GLWGB

[ogp3]

I also would love to see a 40s kit. But in this case, since camping has run twice before, I’d prefer to see a child kit rather than the minimal 3 keys in the base kits so that people who joined in the earlier gbs don’t have to buy an entire base kit just to get 40s support. But I understand if there are worries about MOQ.

[Jr.Mars]

Why the novelties of 野 and 营 in kitting are red
but in boards render are green?

[nvh2092]

looks great, any chance of r3 page up and r4 page down to support the majority of 65% layouts?

Secong, since novelties can not cover the right nav column on 65/75, R4 pgdn and R3 pgup are needed in base

[Bub]

i hate to say it, but i'm sad that no sublegend kits will be offered. the burg is nice though.

camping is a classic either way. if the gb is a month away, can you share vendors yet?

[Reebes]

Awesome to see this set making a return! Will keep an eye on this.

[kingnestea]

i hate to say it, but i'm sad that no sublegend kits will be offered. the burg is nice though.

camping is a classic either way. if the gb is a month away, can you share vendors yet?

I always tend to separate every Camping run, Hiragana belongs to r2 and this time the keyword is burgundy.
Oblotzky convinced me to do a new run, so I gave him the permission to organise with vendors.
What I can share now is, EU:Oblotzky, UK:Prototypist, CN:zFrontier. I will share the whole vendor list a bit before the GB starts.

[Bub]

i hate to say it, but i'm sad that no sublegend kits will be offered. the burg is nice though.

camping is a classic either way. if the gb is a month away, can you share vendors yet?

I always tend to separate every Camping run, Hiragana belongs to r2 and this time the keyword is burgundy.
Oblotzky convinced me to do a new run, so I gave him the permission to organise with vendors.
What I can share now is, EU:Oblotzky, UK:Prototypist, US:Omnitype, CN:zFrontier. I will share the whole vendor list a bit before the GB starts.

fair enough man! and respect for mixing it up each time.

great vendor choices. glad this set will be well priced.

[tovbeast]

So nice, a definite cop 

[JQ27]

No side printing this time for the UK ISO support?

[dallman5]

Is it possible to get a render or two of the burgundy base without the accented spacebars?

Also just a side comment but I find the renders with the flipped spacebars pretty weird, can't say I'm a fan LOL

[kidpid]

This is a hard question...I'm just afraid that 40s kits will not make MOQ, let me talk to the vendors.

If vendors push back, another option is to include minimal 40s support in the base kit, you just need to add 3 keys minimum:

1.25 r3 tab
1.75 r2 backspace
1.5 r3 enter

This physically covers a good majority of 40s.

+1 for physical 40s support

[EdgeOfInfinity]

a classic set! happy to see r3

[CookieFlow]

i hate to say it, but i'm sad that no sublegend kits will be offered. the burg is nice though.

camping is a classic either way. if the gb is a month away, can you share vendors yet?

I always tend to separate every Camping run, Hiragana belongs to r2 and this time the keyword is burgundy.
Oblotzky convinced me to do a new run, so I gave him the permission to organise with vendors.
What I can share now is, EU:Oblotzky, UK:Prototypist, US:Omnitype, CN:zFrontier. I will share the whole vendor list a bit before the GB starts.

I still wish there was a Hiragana Sub Alt Alphas Kit so we don't have to wait for a Camping in Japan Burgundy Edition in 2025.

Trying my luck again with some questions:

-Is Burgundy a different color than the R2 accent color that was more brown to me?
-Any chance for some Hibi/Thok metal Artisans (I know there is a Salvun but always excited to see more, especially if they make like Enter keys etc)?
-Would you consider doing 2 novelties kit? A green one and a Burgundy one?

I feel we could get more novelties variety that way that will better match the base kit we are going for. I would really love a 1u R2 novelty, and some newer novelties would be nice so we could have something else than just Tents for the R4 1.25 and 1.5 and just something different than the first and second round.

I just feel it would offer so much more diversity instead of duplicates in another color (as well as to avoid some frustration that some novelties are only available in green or burgundy. And could have some more Japan oriented ones in case you reconsider a Hiragana Sublegends Alt Alphas kit).

[kingnestea]

i hate to say it, but i'm sad that no sublegend kits will be offered. the burg is nice though.

camping is a classic either way. if the gb is a month away, can you share vendors yet?

I always tend to separate every Camping run, Hiragana belongs to r2 and this time the keyword is burgundy.
Oblotzky convinced me to do a new run, so I gave him the permission to organise with vendors.
What I can share now is, EU:Oblotzky, UK:Prototypist, US:Omnitype, CN:zFrontier. I will share the whole vendor list a bit before the GB starts.

I still wish there was a Hiragana Sub Alt Alphas Kit so we don't have to wait for a Camping in Japan Burgundy Edition in 2025.

Trying my luck again with some questions:

-Is Burgundy a different color than the R2 accent color that was more brown to me?
-Any chance for some Hibi/Thok metal Artisans (I know there is a Salvun but always excited to see more, especially if they make like Enter keys etc)?
-Would you consider doing 2 novelties kit? A green one and a Burgundy one?

I feel we could get more novelties variety that way that will better match the base kit we are going for. I would really love a 1u R2 novelty, and some newer novelties would be nice so we could have something else than just Tents for the R4 1.25 and 1.5 and just something different than the first and second round.

I just feel it would offer so much more diversity instead of duplicates in another color (as well as to avoid some frustration that some novelties are only available in green or burgundy. And could have some more Japan oriented ones in case you reconsider a Hiragana Sublegends Alt Alphas kit).

All colors are the same as r1 and r2, some call it maroon, some call it burgundy, some call it brown. So it is up to your eyes.
Hibi cap is WIP, I'll share the render soon, it is indeed an enter key.
2 different novelty kits is a no go for this run.

As I mentioned, the theme "Japan" remains to r2, I'm sorry about it if this is a disappointment.

[Lyfe]

i hate to say it, but i'm sad that no sublegend kits will be offered. the burg is nice though.

camping is a classic either way. if the gb is a month away, can you share vendors yet?

I always tend to separate every Camping run, Hiragana belongs to r2 and this time the keyword is burgundy.
Oblotzky convinced me to do a new run, so I gave him the permission to organise with vendors.
What I can share now is, EU:Oblotzky, UK:Prototypist, US:Omnitype, CN:zFrontier. I will share the whole vendor list a bit before the GB starts.

I still wish there was a Hiragana Sub Alt Alphas Kit so we don't have to wait for a Camping in Japan Burgundy Edition in 2025.

Trying my luck again with some questions:

-Is Burgundy a different color than the R2 accent color that was more brown to me?
-Any chance for some Hibi/Thok metal Artisans (I know there is a Salvun but always excited to see more, especially if they make like Enter keys etc)?
-Would you consider doing 2 novelties kit? A green one and a Burgundy one?

I feel we could get more novelties variety that way that will better match the base kit we are going for. I would really love a 1u R2 novelty, and some newer novelties would be nice so we could have something else than just Tents for the R4 1.25 and 1.5 and just something different than the first and second round.

I just feel it would offer so much more diversity instead of duplicates in another color (as well as to avoid some frustration that some novelties are only available in green or burgundy. And could have some more Japan oriented ones in case you reconsider a Hiragana Sublegends Alt Alphas kit).

All colors are the same as r1 and r2, some call it maroon, some call it burgundy, some call it brown. So it is up to your eyes.
Hibi cap is WIP, I'll share the render soon, it is indeed an enter key.
2 different novelty kits is a no go for this run.

As I mentioned, the theme "Japan" remains to r2, I'm sorry about it if this is a disappointment.

We need the fishbackspace

[CookieFlow]

i hate to say it, but i'm sad that no sublegend kits will be offered. the burg is nice though.

camping is a classic either way. if the gb is a month away, can you share vendors yet?

I always tend to separate every Camping run, Hiragana belongs to r2 and this time the keyword is burgundy.
Oblotzky convinced me to do a new run, so I gave him the permission to organise with vendors.
What I can share now is, EU:Oblotzky, UK:Prototypist, US:Omnitype, CN:zFrontier. I will share the whole vendor list a bit before the GB starts.

I still wish there was a Hiragana Sub Alt Alphas Kit so we don't have to wait for a Camping in Japan Burgundy Edition in 2025.

Trying my luck again with some questions:

-Is Burgundy a different color than the R2 accent color that was more brown to me?
-Any chance for some Hibi/Thok metal Artisans (I know there is a Salvun but always excited to see more, especially if they make like Enter keys etc)?
-Would you consider doing 2 novelties kit? A green one and a Burgundy one?

I feel we could get more novelties variety that way that will better match the base kit we are going for. I would really love a 1u R2 novelty, and some newer novelties would be nice so we could have something else than just Tents for the R4 1.25 and 1.5 and just something different than the first and second round.

I just feel it would offer so much more diversity instead of duplicates in another color (as well as to avoid some frustration that some novelties are only available in green or burgundy. And could have some more Japan oriented ones in case you reconsider a Hiragana Sublegends Alt Alphas kit).

All colors are the same as r1 and r2, some call it maroon, some call it burgundy, some call it brown. So it is up to your eyes.
Hibi cap is WIP, I'll share the render soon, it is indeed an enter key.
2 different novelty kits is a no go for this run.

As I mentioned, the theme "Japan" remains to r2, I'm sorry about it if this is a disappointment.

Understood, thanks for replying.

I will still hope we can at least get a 1u R2 for those Alice columns and 65% that often uses the most right keys for Novelties.

[alwaysbless]

Very excited for r3 but very sad about no sub legends. Sub legends > Burgundy mods. Maybe can mix and match with AliExpress knockoff kekw

[keppo]

Very glad that camping is making a return. The colors are beautiful and it's a classic set. The things I'm confused about are the novelty kit and the overall theme for this run. You've included some weeb novelties from r2 but there is no hiragana sub legend kit nor the arrow keys with sub legends. A sub legend kit just makes sense considering the choices in the novelty kit.

On the other hand, since there are no hiragana subs for this run it would be nice seeing the return of more novs from r1 such as the campfire, stars, and crescent moon(new novs too that align with the classic camping theme!). I still hope that the novelties are subject to change as they are part of what makes this set an all-time great IMO.


Regardless, I will be picking up a basekit anyways since it was the set that got me into the hobby. Thanks for running r3!


TLDR: The novelty kit is confusing to the theme this run and lacks variety. I hope you'll consider adding more novelty keys that are true to the original camping theme even if you're already set on these ones. Feel free to disagree with my nitpicking.

[nvh2092]

Very glad that camping is making a return. The colors are beautiful and it's a classic set. The things I'm confused about are the novelty kit and the overall theme for this run. You've included some weeb novelties from r2 but there is no hiragana sub legend kit nor the arrow keys with sub legends. A sub legend kit just makes sense considering the choices in the novelty kit.

On the other hand, since there are no hiragana subs for this run it would be nice seeing the return of more novs from r1 such as the campfire, stars, and crescent moon(new novs too that align with the classic camping theme!). I still hope that the novelties are subject to change as they are part of what makes this set an all-time great IMO.


Regardless, I will be picking up a basekit anyways since it was the set that got me into the hobby. Thanks for running r3!


TLDR: The novelty kit is confusing to the theme this run and lacks variety. I hope you'll consider adding more novelty keys that are true to the original camping theme even if you're already set on these ones. Feel free to disagree with my nitpicking.

Also second, I prefer having novelties for the right nav column of 65/75s

[CookieFlow]

Very glad that camping is making a return. The colors are beautiful and it's a classic set. The things I'm confused about are the novelty kit and the overall theme for this run. You've included some weeb novelties from r2 but there is no hiragana sub legend kit nor the arrow keys with sub legends. A sub legend kit just makes sense considering the choices in the novelty kit.

On the other hand, since there are no hiragana subs for this run it would be nice seeing the return of more novs from r1 such as the campfire, stars, and crescent moon(new novs too that align with the classic camping theme!). I still hope that the novelties are subject to change as they are part of what makes this set an all-time great IMO.


Regardless, I will be picking up a basekit anyways since it was the set that got me into the hobby. Thanks for running r3!


TLDR: The novelty kit is confusing to the theme this run and lacks variety. I hope you'll consider adding more novelty keys that are true to the original camping theme even if you're already set on these ones. Feel free to disagree with my nitpicking.

I already expressed my opinion on the novelties but I wanted to echo this comment.

I really feel this R3 could benefit from more varied and coherent novelties.

Why have 2 kanjis novelties without a Hiragana sub-legend alphas kit.

I am not sure how many people will mix and match green and maroon novelties, but if you don't mix and match you really aren't left with much variety at all.

Please reconsider either having 2 separate green and maroon novelties kit with more variety or just revamping the current ones to be more varied and coherent.

[ManiacMarc]

Oooh perfect, I've been looking for something to go with a cream, tan, or brown board.

[kingnestea]

Very glad that camping is making a return. The colors are beautiful and it's a classic set. The things I'm confused about are the novelty kit and the overall theme for this run. You've included some weeb novelties from r2 but there is no hiragana sub legend kit nor the arrow keys with sub legends. A sub legend kit just makes sense considering the choices in the novelty kit.

On the other hand, since there are no hiragana subs for this run it would be nice seeing the return of more novs from r1 such as the campfire, stars, and crescent moon(new novs too that align with the classic camping theme!). I still hope that the novelties are subject to change as they are part of what makes this set an all-time great IMO.


Regardless, I will be picking up a basekit anyways since it was the set that got me into the hobby. Thanks for running r3!


TLDR: The novelty kit is confusing to the theme this run and lacks variety. I hope you'll consider adding more novelty keys that are true to the original camping theme even if you're already set on these ones. Feel free to disagree with my nitpicking.

I already expressed my opinion on the novelties but I wanted to echo this comment.

I really feel this R3 could benefit from more varied and coherent novelties.

Why have 2 kanjis novelties without a Hiragana sub-legend alphas kit.

I am not sure how many people will mix and match green and maroon novelties, but if you don't mix and match you really aren't left with much variety at all.

Please reconsider either having 2 separate green and maroon novelties kit with more variety or just revamping the current ones to be more varied and coherent.

Regarding those 2 "Kanjis" novelties, keeping those has nothing to do with the "Japan" theme in r2.
Yes, they are Kanjis character, but you may not know that Kanjis actually means Chinese characters, they are from ancient China origin.
These 2 are basically Chinese characters, well, slightly different than the modern Chinese character.
I'm keeping these 2 in r3 for my Chinese folks since I'm from Chinese origin and Camping was designed originally by a group of Chinese associated to the Camp-team in China.
I hope this clears the confusion.

[kingnestea]

Some small updates on this(11/11/2021):

- physical 40s support will be added to the base kits.
- side prints for ISO support will be added to the base kits.
- more renders are WIP, there are some flaws on the current renders, because they are made by 2 people parallel, the kit renders show what you will get.
- GMK price inquiry will be launched once the kit renders are updated.
- A Hibi brass enter key with the mountain novelty engraved and PVD coated in silver will be available, renders are expected during the weekend.
- 2 Salvun R1 caps with the camp fire novelty (the same novelty from the r2 Rama cap) will be available, renders are WIP.

Vendors:

US: Kono
EU: Oblotzky industries
UK: Prototypist
CA: Apexkeyboard
AUS: Daily clack
CN/Asia: zFrontier
SG/SEA: Monokei
South America: Fancy Customs
South Korea: SwagKeys

[hali]

This is going to have front-printed UK ISO?

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

For the Hibi mountain, is that the enter key?

[smshark]

Thank you for the 40s support, that's a huge win! got me in for at least 1 base

[Starston3]

Some small updates on this(11/11/2021):

- physical 40s support will be added to the base kits.
- side prints for ISO support will be added to the base kits.
- more renders are WIP, there are some flaws on the current renders, because they are made by 2 people parallel, the kit renders show what you will get.
- GMK price inquiry will be launched once the kit renders are updated.
- A Hibi brass enter key with the mountain novelty engraved and PVD coated in silver will be available, renders are expected during the weekend.
- 2 Salvun R1 caps with the camp fire novelty (the same novelty from the r2 Rama cap) will be available, renders are WIP.

Vendors:

US: Omnitype TBC
EU: Oblotzky industries
UK: Prototypist
CA: Apexkeyboard
AUS: Daily clack
CN/Asia: zFrontier
SG/SEA: Monokei
South America: Fancy Customs
South Korea: SwagKeys

Thanks for the update. Though I am somewhat confused as to why announce the US vendor as Omnitype before it has been confirmed.

This could have waited until it was tbh

[kingnestea]

Some small updates on this(11/11/2021):

- physical 40s support will be added to the base kits.
- side prints for ISO support will be added to the base kits.
- more renders are WIP, there are some flaws on the current renders, because they are made by 2 people parallel, the kit renders show what you will get.
- GMK price inquiry will be launched once the kit renders are updated.
- A Hibi brass enter key with the mountain novelty engraved and PVD coated in silver will be available, renders are expected during the weekend.
- 2 Salvun R1 caps with the camp fire novelty (the same novelty from the r2 Rama cap) will be available, renders are WIP.

Vendors:

US: Omnitype TBC
EU: Oblotzky industries
UK: Prototypist
CA: Apexkeyboard
AUS: Daily clack
CN/Asia: zFrontier
SG/SEA: Monokei
South America: Fancy Customs
South Korea: SwagKeys

Thanks for the update. Though I am somewhat confused as to why announce the US vendor as Omnitype before it has been confirmed.

This could have waited until it was tbh

Because Omnitype is the US vendor since beginning of this project and we agreed on GB slot, but we are still working on some last details.

[Rik.caffeinated]

Looking forward to this one. Camping in Japan wasn't my cup of tea and I missed R1. Thanks for bringing this one back

[Visionaire]

Some small updates on this(11/11/2021):

- physical 40s support will be added to the base kits.
- side prints for ISO support will be added to the base kits.
- more renders are WIP, there are some flaws on the current renders, because they are made by 2 people parallel, the kit renders show what you will get.
- GMK price inquiry will be launched once the kit renders are updated.
- A Hibi brass enter key with the mountain novelty engraved and PVD coated in silver will be available, renders are expected during the weekend.
- 2 Salvun R1 caps with the camp fire novelty (the same novelty from the r2 Rama cap) will be available, renders are WIP.

Vendors:

US: Omnitype TBC
EU: Oblotzky industries
UK: Prototypist
CA: Apexkeyboard
AUS: Daily clack
CN/Asia: zFrontier
SG/SEA: Monokei
South America: Fancy Customs
South Korea: SwagKeys

Thanks for the update. Though I am somewhat confused as to why announce the US vendor as Omnitype before it has been confirmed.

This could have waited until it was tbh

Because Omnitype is the US vendor since beginning of this project and we agreed on GB slot, but we are still working on some last details.

Do you think that will include kitting changes?

[kingnestea]

This is going to have front-printed UK ISO?

Yes

[kingnestea]

Some small updates on this(11/11/2021):

- physical 40s support will be added to the base kits.
- side prints for ISO support will be added to the base kits.
- more renders are WIP, there are some flaws on the current renders, because they are made by 2 people parallel, the kit renders show what you will get.
- GMK price inquiry will be launched once the kit renders are updated.
- A Hibi brass enter key with the mountain novelty engraved and PVD coated in silver will be available, renders are expected during the weekend.
- 2 Salvun R1 caps with the camp fire novelty (the same novelty from the r2 Rama cap) will be available, renders are WIP.

Vendors:

US: Omnitype TBC
EU: Oblotzky industries
UK: Prototypist
CA: Apexkeyboard
AUS: Daily clack
CN/Asia: zFrontier
SG/SEA: Monokei
South America: Fancy Customs
South Korea: SwagKeys

Thanks for the update. Though I am somewhat confused as to why announce the US vendor as Omnitype before it has been confirmed.

This could have waited until it was tbh

Because Omnitype is the US vendor since beginning of this project and we agreed on GB slot, but we are still working on some last details.

Do you think that will include kitting changes?

No, we are keeping the same kitting

[Starston3]

Some small updates on this(11/11/2021):

- physical 40s support will be added to the base kits.
- side prints for ISO support will be added to the base kits.
- more renders are WIP, there are some flaws on the current renders, because they are made by 2 people parallel, the kit renders show what you will get.
- GMK price inquiry will be launched once the kit renders are updated.
- A Hibi brass enter key with the mountain novelty engraved and PVD coated in silver will be available, renders are expected during the weekend.
- 2 Salvun R1 caps with the camp fire novelty (the same novelty from the r2 Rama cap) will be available, renders are WIP.

Vendors:

US: Omnitype TBC
EU: Oblotzky industries
UK: Prototypist
CA: Apexkeyboard
AUS: Daily clack
CN/Asia: zFrontier
SG/SEA: Monokei
South America: Fancy Customs
South Korea: SwagKeys

Thanks for the update. Though I am somewhat confused as to why announce the US vendor as Omnitype before it has been confirmed.

This could have waited until it was tbh

Because Omnitype is the US vendor since beginning of this project and we agreed on GB slot, but we are still working on some last details.

Did something happen?  Did Omnitype to drop out or was there a pre announcement go awry?

Historically Kono pricing of sets has been much higher than other tier 1 vendors.

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

Well, Kono ran R1 back in…late 17?

[kingnestea]

Some small updates on this(11/11/2021):

- physical 40s support will be added to the base kits.
- side prints for ISO support will be added to the base kits.
- more renders are WIP, there are some flaws on the current renders, because they are made by 2 people parallel, the kit renders show what you will get.
- GMK price inquiry will be launched once the kit renders are updated.
- A Hibi brass enter key with the mountain novelty engraved and PVD coated in silver will be available, renders are expected during the weekend.
- 2 Salvun R1 caps with the camp fire novelty (the same novelty from the r2 Rama cap) will be available, renders are WIP.

Vendors:

US: Omnitype TBC
EU: Oblotzky industries
UK: Prototypist
CA: Apexkeyboard
AUS: Daily clack
CN/Asia: zFrontier
SG/SEA: Monokei
South America: Fancy Customs
South Korea: SwagKeys

Thanks for the update. Though I am somewhat confused as to why announce the US vendor as Omnitype before it has been confirmed.

This could have waited until it was tbh

Because Omnitype is the US vendor since beginning of this project and we agreed on GB slot, but we are still working on some last details.

Show Image

Did something happen?  Did Omnitype to drop out or was there a pre announcement go awry?

Historically Kono pricing of sets has been much higher than other tier 1 vendors.

This is official now, we will go with Kono for the US because we couldn't agree on some details with Omni.
About pricing, it's agreed with Kono that the base kits will not exceed $130 at GB price, I'll make sure that the other kits and artisans are priced in-line with other runs and reasonable.
I personally have a good relationship and history with Kono, with them being the US vendor for GMK Camping r1 and they have thousands on the waiting list for Camping to return.
So I think I'm more confident doing this with them again.

[Phanalax]

If revisions to novelty kitting are at all possible, I too would love to see the fish 1u and backspace from R1 (and the translucent fire, even if it's a pipe dream) included again.

[Starston3]

Some small updates on this(11/11/2021):

- physical 40s support will be added to the base kits.
- side prints for ISO support will be added to the base kits.
- more renders are WIP, there are some flaws on the current renders, because they are made by 2 people parallel, the kit renders show what you will get.
- GMK price inquiry will be launched once the kit renders are updated.
- A Hibi brass enter key with the mountain novelty engraved and PVD coated in silver will be available, renders are expected during the weekend.
- 2 Salvun R1 caps with the camp fire novelty (the same novelty from the r2 Rama cap) will be available, renders are WIP.

Vendors:

US: Omnitype TBC
EU: Oblotzky industries
UK: Prototypist
CA: Apexkeyboard
AUS: Daily clack
CN/Asia: zFrontier
SG/SEA: Monokei
South America: Fancy Customs
South Korea: SwagKeys

Thanks for the update. Though I am somewhat confused as to why announce the US vendor as Omnitype before it has been confirmed.

This could have waited until it was tbh

Because Omnitype is the US vendor since beginning of this project and we agreed on GB slot, but we are still working on some last details.

Show Image

Did something happen?  Did Omnitype to drop out or was there a pre announcement go awry?

Historically Kono pricing of sets has been much higher than other tier 1 vendors.

This is official now, we will go with Kono for the US because we couldn't agree on some details with Omni.
About pricing, it's agreed with Kono that the base kits will not exceed $130 at GB price, I'll make sure that the other kits and artisans are priced in-line with other runs and reasonable.
I personally have a good relationship and history with Kono, with them being the US vendor for GMK Camping r1 and they have thousands on the waiting list for Camping to return.
So I think I'm more confident doing this with them again.

Great to hear that you have a good relationship with them… but a lot has changed in since 20117, when they ran the first round. The sentiment of a lot of people that have been in the hobby for a bit towards Kono is not the most positive, there was even a small conversation in the Top Clack server that they would rather buy from other overseas proxies than from Kono.

Still felt odd that a US vendor was preannounced without being confirmed and then going with such a lower class vendor as of late.

Hope others can learn from this.

glwgb

[kingnestea]

Some small updates on this(11/11/2021):

- physical 40s support will be added to the base kits.
- side prints for ISO support will be added to the base kits.
- more renders are WIP, there are some flaws on the current renders, because they are made by 2 people parallel, the kit renders show what you will get.
- GMK price inquiry will be launched once the kit renders are updated.
- A Hibi brass enter key with the mountain novelty engraved and PVD coated in silver will be available, renders are expected during the weekend.
- 2 Salvun R1 caps with the camp fire novelty (the same novelty from the r2 Rama cap) will be available, renders are WIP.

Vendors:

US: Omnitype TBC
EU: Oblotzky industries
UK: Prototypist
CA: Apexkeyboard
AUS: Daily clack
CN/Asia: zFrontier
SG/SEA: Monokei
South America: Fancy Customs
South Korea: SwagKeys

Thanks for the update. Though I am somewhat confused as to why announce the US vendor as Omnitype before it has been confirmed.

This could have waited until it was tbh

Because Omnitype is the US vendor since beginning of this project and we agreed on GB slot, but we are still working on some last details.

Show Image

Did something happen?  Did Omnitype to drop out or was there a pre announcement go awry?

Historically Kono pricing of sets has been much higher than other tier 1 vendors.

This is official now, we will go with Kono for the US because we couldn't agree on some details with Omni.
About pricing, it's agreed with Kono that the base kits will not exceed $130 at GB price, I'll make sure that the other kits and artisans are priced in-line with other runs and reasonable.
I personally have a good relationship and history with Kono, with them being the US vendor for GMK Camping r1 and they have thousands on the waiting list for Camping to return.
So I think I'm more confident doing this with them again.

Great to hear that you have a good relationship with them… but a lot has changed in since 20117, when they ran the first round. The sentiment of a lot of people that have been in the hobby for a bit towards Kono is not the most positive, there was even a small conversation in the Top Clack server that they would rather buy from other overseas proxies than from Kono.

Still felt odd that a US vendor was preannounced without being confirmed and then going with such a lower class vendor as of late.

Hope others can learn from this.

glwgb

I know, I feel sad that I eventually need to switch the US vendor.
This is kinda odd to me too, I used to talk to every vendor directly, but with Omni, Oblotzky was talking to them all the way because he had me convinced for a r3 and I trust him for everything.
It was my bad to announce the vendors before agree on everything.
I do have good experience with Kono so far and trust they will put every effort in this project.
If your concern is only about pricing, I think that's cleared out with them agreed on the $130 base pricing, not? It'd have been about the same with the other vendors.

[Starston3]

Some small updates on this(11/11/2021):

- physical 40s support will be added to the base kits.
- side prints for ISO support will be added to the base kits.
- more renders are WIP, there are some flaws on the current renders, because they are made by 2 people parallel, the kit renders show what you will get.
- GMK price inquiry will be launched once the kit renders are updated.
- A Hibi brass enter key with the mountain novelty engraved and PVD coated in silver will be available, renders are expected during the weekend.
- 2 Salvun R1 caps with the camp fire novelty (the same novelty from the r2 Rama cap) will be available, renders are WIP.

Vendors:

US: Omnitype TBC
EU: Oblotzky industries
UK: Prototypist
CA: Apexkeyboard
AUS: Daily clack
CN/Asia: zFrontier
SG/SEA: Monokei
South America: Fancy Customs
South Korea: SwagKeys

Thanks for the update. Though I am somewhat confused as to why announce the US vendor as Omnitype before it has been confirmed.

This could have waited until it was tbh

Because Omnitype is the US vendor since beginning of this project and we agreed on GB slot, but we are still working on some last details.

Show Image

Did something happen?  Did Omnitype to drop out or was there a pre announcement go awry?

Historically Kono pricing of sets has been much higher than other tier 1 vendors.

This is official now, we will go with Kono for the US because we couldn't agree on some details with Omni.
About pricing, it's agreed with Kono that the base kits will not exceed $130 at GB price, I'll make sure that the other kits and artisans are priced in-line with other runs and reasonable.
I personally have a good relationship and history with Kono, with them being the US vendor for GMK Camping r1 and they have thousands on the waiting list for Camping to return.
So I think I'm more confident doing this with them again.

Great to hear that you have a good relationship with them… but a lot has changed in since 20117, when they ran the first round. The sentiment of a lot of people that have been in the hobby for a bit towards Kono is not the most positive, there was even a small conversation in the Top Clack server that they would rather buy from other overseas proxies than from Kono.

Still felt odd that a US vendor was preannounced without being confirmed and then going with such a lower class vendor as of late.

Hope others can learn from this.

glwgb

I know, I feel sad that I eventually need to switch the US vendor.
This is kinda odd to me too, I used to talk to every vendor directly, but with Omni, Oblotzky was talking to them all the way because he had me convinced for a r3 and I trust him for everything.
It was my bad to announce the vendors before agree on everything.
I do have good experience with Kono so far and trust they will put every effort in this project.
If your concern is only about pricing, I think that's cleared out with them agreed on the $130 base pricing, not? It'd have been about the same with the other vendors.

Pricing was one concern, but that seems to be taken care of by you. Sadly, it’s just how Kono operates which is what deters me and others from supporting them, from very separated from the community, to lack of communication/ updates, to shipping and logistics … that is very much out of your hands after the gb goes live.

again glwgb

[geohammy]

i’m in the US, but i’ll be buying from apex. it’s disappointing to see such a great set run with kono as a vendor, but apex shipping won’t be prohibitively expensive so it’s fine

[kingnestea]

updates 18/11/2021:

- Revised the base kit renders
- Added 2 new keyboards renders
- We are now waiting for the GMK quote, pricing will be revealed once the quote is received.

[delet_d]

So great to see this back! Just one thing, is there any chance for the 東南西北 arrows? I love the look of those chinese arrows.

[keppo]

If revisions to novelty kitting are at all possible, I too would love to see the fish 1u and backspace from R1 (and the translucent fire, even if it's a pipe dream) included again.

this. please bring back more of the novelties from R1 they're beautiful!

[maximize]

Agreed on price issues with Kono. Glad to see you’ve already discussed it with them and set a max price. But this is Camping. It should be able to sell for $120 per base kit, maybe even less. My bet is Kono will take all the money that’s on the table and sell them for $130.

[long_qt_pie]

Absolutely not buying from Kono; awful customer support.  Will probably go with Apex too

[Lyfe]

updates 18/11/2021:

- Revised the base kit renders
- Added 2 new keyboards renders
- We are now waiting for the GMK quote, pricing will be revealed once the quote is received.

We need to fish novelty

[kingnestea]

updates 28/11/2021:

GB will run from Dec. 1st 2021 to Jan. 3rd 2022

Pricing as below, most vendors still have to sort out pricing for the collabs and deskmat..



Hibi enter key: Brass keycap PVD coated in silver.







Salvun Burgundy & Brass: Brass keycap, cerakoted, beige sprinkle, laser etched fire novelty.



Salvun Classic & Copper: Copper keycap, cerakoted, beige sprinkle, laser etched fire novelty.



Camping r3 deskmat:





More renders from Thesiscamper:

[KopitesForever]

Will you be selling a numpad only set. The colours here look really good, but I can't justify buying the whole set for just 21 keys

[Mecxs]

Will you be selling a numpad only set. The colours here look really good, but I can't justify buying the whole set for just 21 keys

You could probably buy a numpad kit on the aftermarket from R1 or R2 right now if you tried hard enough. Plenty of people will never use full-sized boards, or boards with numpads.

[nvh2092]

There are R4 Pgdn and R3 Pgup in a lot of your renders, will you add these to the base kit since they're not there atm?

[kingnestea]

There are R4 Pgdn and R3 Pgup in a lot of your renders, will you add these to the base kit since they're not there atm?

I didn't notice this, I'll talk to the vendors once the GB is concluded and see if it's possible to add 2 more keys to each base.

[Hunology]

hello!

May I know the expect deliver date?

[Krastoff]

There are R4 Pgdn and R3 Pgup in a lot of your renders, will you add these to the base kit since they're not there atm?

I didn't notice this, I'll talk to the vendors once the GB is concluded and see if it's possible to add 2 more keys to each base.

+1

Why talk to the vendors only after the GB is concluded though?

[heyimpanda]

+1

Why talk to the vendors only after the GB is concluded though?

My (relatively uneducated) guess is that adding those two keys would affect the price, so it's likely they're waiting to see if final numbers are high enough that a larger order would offset the price increase for those two keys. Just my guess based off other sets including extra keys based on final numbers after the GB had concluded (Cafe and Metaverse R2 come to mind)

[kingnestea]

+1

Why talk to the vendors only after the GB is concluded though?

My (relatively uneducated) guess is that adding those two keys would affect the price, so it's likely they're waiting to see if final numbers are high enough that a larger order would offset the price increase for those two keys. Just my guess based off other sets including extra keys based on final numbers after the GB had concluded (Cafe and Metaverse R2 come to mind)

correct

[kingnestea]

I'm locking this thread as GB is live, pls move to the GB thread https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=115502.0