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Updates.
5/10/21
- Shipping is underway and people have started receiving their kits/mats
8/18/20
- Updated board renders
8/14/20
- Kits have been finalized by TKC. Unfortunately due to low interest in the color kit, it has been axed and mega-addon kit has been made smaller as to remove the extra color options. Prices have been adjusted accordingly.
- Deskmat designs are now up!
- GB date listed as Aug 28th on TKC.
- Box design is finished but will be kept under wraps. It'll be like a small hopefully present visual surprise when you get your set in the mail!
5/27/20
- New google form to gauge interest in each individual kit.
- Preliminary prices for kits have been added.
5/22/20
- Small update to kits based on feedback. Pricing will be updated once fully finalized.
7/19/20
- Biggest change to this update is that the Pantone colors have changed. This is because the factory uses uncoated Pantone colors vs coated. You can see a comparison of the old and new Pantone colors below in the Pantone section.
- Kits have been updated based on feedback. Big changes are Hirgana w/ Latin in the base kit. I understand the frustration for those who wanted Latin only but my thought process on this was that the theme is based off of a Japanese ideology and based on feedback, this is what the large majority of people wanted. Novelties have been finalized and a lot of you guys asked for a spam musubi novelty so that has been added. Mega Add-on also finalized. A color kit was another thing I asked in my feedback and once again a large majority wanted this. This kit will allow you to swap out any yellow or blue modifier in the base kit. Note this is only works for the base kit modifiers. Part of the reason the Mega Add-on kit is so... Mega in size is because it is a self contained color swap kit.
- New artisan collaboration: Artkey Universe.
- Kit prices, Vendor, and GB date have been finalized below.
- Things left to do are finalize box art and mat design(s).
5/7/20
- Created new feedback form to collect feedback specifically on the base kit alphas. (I base my design decisions on the feedback in the form so please fill it out!) Google form (https://forms.gle/2F6v647b23MJaPgA9)
- Introducing 3 more artisan collaborations! Alpha Keycaps, Sodie Caps, and Wildstory Caps!
- Introducing cable collaboration! ZeusCables!
- Set will be Infinikey PBT and the vendor will be TheKey.Company! Group Buy date has been set but will be announced at a later date.
- Image of Pantone chips added
Group Buy.
Dates
August 28th @ 6PM ET
Vendors
US - TheKey.Company (https://thekey.company/)
EU - Proto[Typist] Keyboards (https://prototypist.net/)
Asia - zFrontier (https://www.zfrontier.com/)
Australia - SwitchKeys (https://www.switchkeys.com.au/)
Canada - Deskhero (https://www.deskhero.ca/)
Pricing
Base Kit $90
Mega Add-on Kit $65
Latin Kit $30
Novelty Kit $39
About IFK musubi.
"Musubi is the old way of calling the local guardian god. This word has profound meaning. Typing thread is Musubi. Connecting people is Musubi. The flow of time is Musubi. These are all the god's power. So the braided cords that we make are the god's art and represent the flow of time itself. They converge and take shape. They twist, tangle, sometimes unravel, break, and then connect again. Musubi - knotting. That's time."
IFK musubi. is inspired by the thread worn by the two main characters in a popular animated Japanese film. The thread was a physical manifestation of the concept of Musubi and ended up being symbolic of their journey together and apart through both space and time. Whether you're a fan of the movie or you just really enjoy the colors, please take a look and leave some feedback/comments below!
As of right now there are plans for a desk mat and hopefully some more collaborations. This might change based on level of interest.
Kits.
Base $90
(https://i.ibb.co/ygfmWgf/musubi-Base-Final.png)
Mega Add-on $65
(https://i.ibb.co/18RCkYz/musubi-Mega-Add-On-Small-Final.png)
Latin $30
(https://i.ibb.co/HHt0nDp/musubi-Latin-Small-Final.png)
Novelty $39
(https://i.ibb.co/n6RMbGZ/musubi-Novelty-Final.png)
Deskmats.
Silhouette
(https://i.ibb.co/TW3W5bm/silhouette-Deskmat-Final.png)
Egasumi Light
(https://i.ibb.co/7WbBLSX/pattern-Light-Deskmat-Final.png)
Egasumi Gradient
(https://i.ibb.co/X5JFkJv/pattern-Gradient-Deskmat-Final.png)
Keyboards.
Viktus Styrka
(https://i.ibb.co/zmbRGbK/musubi-Viktus-Stryka-Final.png)
Iron180
(https://i.ibb.co/W3FvHL8/musubi-Iron180-Final.png)
Pantone.
(https://i.ibb.co/4MgJf7z/musubi-Pantones-V2.png)
Collaborations.
(https://i.ibb.co/WvwnYcG/musubi-Collab-Pt1.png)
@alphakeycaps (https://www.instagram.com/alphakeycaps/) - @artkey.universe (https://www.instagram.com/artkey.universe/) - @goldenstar_keycap (https://www.instagram.com/goldenstar_keycap/) - @krapshop (https://www.instagram.com/krapshop/)
(https://i.ibb.co/FDSgtVL/musubi-Collab-Pt2.png)
@latrialum (https://www.instagram.com/latrialum/) - @sodiecaps (https://www.instagram.com/sodiecaps/) - @wildstory.caps (https://www.instagram.com/wildstory.caps/)
(https://i.ibb.co/XYWSNrk/musubi-Collab-Cable.png)
@zeuscables (https://www.instagram.com/zeuscables/)
(https://i.ibb.co/jW8hntF/musubi-Cable.png)
Roadmap.
- GB!
Social.
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Signature.
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Special Thanks.
- Meika: For helping turn the novelties from ideas into actual art.
- SGrumpyBunny: For his amazing blender file that was the base for my renders.
- Vorckus: www.dakotafelder.com was super helpful in my blender learning journey
- Langelandia: Answering my questions and giving me advice on all things keysets.
- LBaron: For providing/allowing the use of Iron180
YESYESYESYES!!! FINALLY A COLOURFUL GOOD LOOKING PBT SET!! Imo it would look better to make hiragana the base kit and the Latin kit to be a separate kit. I'm hoping that the 1u \| key will be blue in the base kit and maybe icon 2u backspace. SUPER LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS SET. Please keep this set pbt. There are too many gmk sets and not enough good looking pbt sets.
Dam thats colorful ;D
Yeeeeees this looks fantastic!!!
Yes, In 100%, I will buy out MOQ if I have to
I do appreciate the encouragement!
Earlier today, there was a thread about a set w some KLE pics and some hex colors. Now, there’s this IC, where the initial post should be screengrabbed for posterity as to what the first post in an IC should look like. Maybe this isn’t your plastic, or colors, or theme. That’s cool. But in terms of selling a design...this is it.
Thank you for the kind words. I asked around as to what info people would like to see in an IC since it's my first time. This was the culmination of a few people's input. It's really thanks to them!
White Enter accent... so an anti-accent? Doesn't work imo, there should be blue Enter and Esc options instead. They appear in the keyboard render, but don't seem to be present in the kit pic.
Big fan of the color palette, but not so sure about this particular implementation.
Edit: These blue keys are going to need to be yellow in order to work, since they're supposed to be mixed with the nav cluster keys (which are yellow). The blue Fn can stay blue since there's already a yellow one below it.
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Edit 2: Not sure if you're planning on running this in EPBT or Infinikey (probably the latter, since EPBT likely isn't going to be able to reverse dye sub this based on their current manufacturing capabilities), but if those F, J, 5 keys are flat and not scooped, you might as well drop them and keep just the barred ones, since very few people in the community use flat/non-homing F, J, 5 keys.
The attention to detail and feedback is so appreciated. The render keyboard should've had a red enter. Good eye. Will have to update that keyboard render to have a red enter. Your idea on the anti-accent is intriguing and I'll probably switch to blue. Seems like lots of people are digging the blue there. As for the nav cluster and the blue keys around it, I wanted the pgdn, pgup, etc keys to be different from the nav arrows. I'm def open to changing it esp depending on how it looks laid out on a keyboard that supports those keys. I got caught up in making them blue because the arrow keys are yellow in that particular area. That'll have to be addressed.
Have you tried infinikey?
Assuming reverse dysub for the colored caps? Looks sick but may be hard to make
Looks like infinikey is the way to go. Hopefully we can make it happen!
Colours look very similar to GMK Belafonte.
What are you smoking, and can I have some. lol
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So what if they're similar? Mito doesn't own those colors or that combination of them. And the rest of the set is beige not blue.
Colours look very similar to GMK Belafonte.
What are you smoking, and can I have some. lol
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I don't think pointing to accent kits of two sets that otherwise look nothing alike and claiming that the two sets "have similar colours" just because some of the accent keys happen to have vaguely similar colours is entirely reasonable or helpful to anyone.
Updates!!!
I've been following this set along, great to see it finally get an update!
I took a look at the updated kits. Some remarks/suggestions:
- There are some issues with the hiragana sublegends:
- The R3 #~ ISO key should have a む sublegend. Change this key to #~む.
- The R4 \|む ISO key should have a ろ sublegend. Change this key to \|ろ. This and the above key are required for correct ISO/JIS support.
- You included quaternary (top-right) sublegends on the punctuation keys (「, 」, 、, 。, ・) but then omitted all of the more important quaternary sublegends on the number row, E and Z keys. This does not make sense; you should either include all of the sublegends or none of them.
- Please refer to these guides: with quaternary (https://imgur.com/hCWEiT6), tertiary-only (https://imgur.com/3qWiiov), and take a look at GMK Bentō R2's Traditional kit (https://i.imgur.com/VIGd4qc.png) for an example of proper hiragana sublegend execution.
- Hiragana issues in the Add-On kit:
- The R1 `¬ろ UK key should not have a ろ sublegend — in a correct hiragana kit, this sublegend is already included on the R4 \|ろ key, so having it on the backtick key would result in a duplicate. Change this key to `¬ (remove the sublegend).
- The R3 '@ UK key that replaces '"け is missing its け sublegend. Without it, you would be left with a hole in the sublegends. Change this key to '@け.
- A white R1 1u `~ー key should be included in the Add-On kit in order to allow correct JIS support. See how GMK Mecha-01 (https://mitormk.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/mecha-01_base.png[/url) did it (that set uses katakana, but the key in question is exactly the same). By the way, ー is a Japanese character, not a dash.
- Again, for more details an all of these suggestions, refer to the guides I linked above.
- Some useless keys that can be removed or moved from Base to Add-On:
- Second R4 1u Ctrl in Base. Not used on any modern ≥60% keyboards, and most recent sets don't include it. Can be moved to the Add-On kit since it's useful for some ortho boards.
- Yellow R2 1u = in Base. How would you use this key? It would go right in the middle of − and +, which doesn't make sense. Either remove it, or move it down to R3 and add a R2 1u + key so that you can have, from top to bottom: −, +, =, Enter. I would recommend the former option (removing it).
- 1.5u Option keys in Add-On. Mac users don't use 1.5u Option keys, only 1.5u Command. Also, seeing as “Option” and “Alt” are synonymous, and 1.5u Alt keys already are included in the Base kit, there is no need for these. Removing 1.5u Option would save you 4 keys.
- Yellow arrow keys in Add-On. Yellow arrow keys are already included in Base, you don't need a second set of them in Add-On.
- R4 1u Fn keys in Color. Once the erroneous second yellow 1u Fn in Base is changed to blue, these keys will be duplicates and will no longer be needed (2× 1u Fn isn't used by any common boards).
- Missing keys that should be added:
- R3 1.75u Function in Add-On. This key is a Caps Lock alternative, just like R3 1.75u Control, which is useful on many different boards for people who like to put Fn there. See how Infinikey Tidal (https://i.imgur.com/1MFjRUV.jpg) did it.
- Second R4 2u space in Add-On. This key is for ortho users, used on keyboards such as: Planck, Preonic, Boardwalk, Iris, Levinson, etc.
- R1 1u Backspace in Add-On. This key is required for ortho boards with a number row (such as Preonic, Iris), as well as for JIS, and also some people like to use it on various ≥60% layouts.
- Other suggestions:
- Replace R3 #~, R4 \| ISO legends with the more useful R3 \|, R4 <> (explanation (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=90706.msg2894820#msg2894820), justification w/ data (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=106305.msg2908129#msg2908129)). See how Infinikey Tidal (https://i.imgur.com/xXQ67q7.jpg) did it (pay attention to ISO keys in Base and UK keys in Add-On).
- Optionally, change Prt Sc to Print, Scroll↲Lock to Scroll, Num↲Lock to Num, and Caps↲Lock to Caps for a more uniform look across the set with all single-line legends.
A few other things came to mind, but I omitted them as this post was already getting quite long.
Edit: clarification, grammar
First, A huge thank you. I'm super thankful to be able to receive constructive feedback that helps make the set the best it can be. It's extremely helpful and I want to make the time you put into crafting such a good response worth it.
I've fixed a lot of the things you brought up and will update soon. Certain changes that are base on preferences have stayed. I do like the white mods in the base so those will stay in. If it was an overwhelming majority of keys, I might have removed them but it's effectively 2 - 4 keys which doesn't affect the PBT pricing much and gives users more options. I've made the necessary changes to support JIS. The arrow keys in the add on have been removed as I completely forgot I had the exact R4 keys in both blue and yellow in the base already. I removed the = in R3 (it was mainly there because I've seen it in other sets but i was never sure why. I had it in to be better safe than sorry). I've also added small things like the R1 1u delete keys, R3 1.75u function keys, and another 2u red spacebar. Prt Sc is now Print however the locks will return their current phrasing. Scroll Lock and Num Lock respectively.
GF loves the set, real nice and colorful!
Thank you!
I came across this set because I am obsessed with musubi, the spam and rice wrapped in a sheet of nori https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_musubi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_musubi). Thanks to you, ertisan, I have now watched Kimi no Na Wa and am now familiar with the movie because of your key cap design! THANK YOU for including the actual spam musubi in the Novelty set!
So in watching the movie for the first time, I noticed that the bracelet Taki is wearing has a unique pattern, shown below:
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- Is it too late to change or add another USB cable featuring this design?
Also, is it possible to include more musubi (the food?) in blue keys?
Also, again, thank you again for getting this started I'm confident that it will sell through!
Always happy to introduce people to the art of Makoto Shinkai. I hope you enjoyed the movie! I can't promise there will be a blue version of the spam musubi novelty but I'll see what I can do. As for the bracelet, a cable version based off the braided cord in the movie (the one in your picture) is already currently in development! It's not ready yet and again I can't make any promises because I'm not making the cable myself, but I do expect it to be made!
!!!!!!!! Glad to finally have a GB date! This is gonna be amazing!
I'm super excited haha. It's a lot of work but honestly it's been an experience seeing it slowly happen.
This group buy starts August 28, right? Asking because the OP also says September 4.
Updates.
8/14/20
- GB date listed as Aug 28th on TKC.
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Group Buy.
Launch Date
September 4th