[IC] GMK Dandy (GB GOING LIVE)

[sourmk]

GMK Dandy

GB GOING LIVE HERE

Dandy draws simple inspiration for colors and name from dandelions

When?

February 2021

Vendors

NA - Space
UK - ProtoTypist
EU - MyKeyboard
CA - DeskHero
SEA - ILumKB
OCE - Switchkeys
CN - zFrontier

GMK Dandy IC Form

Kits

Base options - Cream & Green

Large kit to accommodate most keyboard layouts fullsize to 60% including some support for split ergo with spacebars and second B.


Accents and some fun.

Renders







Colors

WS4 - 3B - N6

Deskmats

Samples are in + renders



Collaborations

RAMA x DANDY


SPACE x DANDY


Pricing


Notable Updates

Addition of second green base kit, change from L9 to WS4.

GMK Dandy IC Form

Website has also been set up, and will be updated accordingly for the GB

https://www.gmkdandy.com/


Thanks to Nathanalphaman for this last round of renders.


Old IC left unchanged is here.

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Hi! Welcome to the GMK Dandy Interest Check!

I follow a more simple design philosophy, and like for my keysets to reflect it. Subtle but with a little something to it.

Dandy features a few of the more subtle, slightly warmer stock colors from GMK, and draws simple inspiration for colors from dandelions.


Some renders for your ocular enticement, done up by ogWalker

Iron165

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J02

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Nirvana - by ogWalker

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Iron180

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Kits (Not Final)

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Base - The Field


Accents & Novelties - The Flowers


Space - The Garden


Numpad - The Sprout

New Kit Updates (AUG 08 2020) (Not Final)

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Deskmats

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Cream Fields (Tri color)


Green Fields (Dual color)

Some Q&A:

Colors:
3B - N6 - L9

Numpad subs / pad print?
Keeping it clean.

Ne alt alphas avail? 40's/Ortho? Subs?
Depends on interest and vendor(s) but not likely.

Biggest possible shout out and thank you to ogWalker, couldn't have done this without you. We had some good fun working on these renders too!

[EU] Vendor & Proxy - ProtoTypist
[NA & International] - TBD

Let me know your thoughts!

Thank you for your time and consideration! Have a dandy day!

GMK Dandy IC Form

[ogWalker]

Such a clean set. Been a pleasure working with you for this past bit. Great work man!!

[Captain Shwah]

Love it. Deskmats are fantastic too.

[break]

Lovely. Going to keep an eye on this one!

[LightningXI]

Neat. Curious but in what order are sets gonna run? PONO first and then Dandy? What's the timeline like? I don't think it's the best idea to run multiple ICs simultaneously.

Another thing -- I personally would not suggest doing a no-numpad base kit unless you are expecting them to hit 500-1000 MOQs.

[Visionaire]

Really dig the simplicity here. I'm more of a text + icons dude, but I would certainly be in for this kit at the right price point.

[dallman5]

i get good vibes from this set, will be watching closely 

[Jae-3soteric]

Neat. Curious but in what order are sets gonna run? PONO first and then Dandy? What's the timeline like? I don't think it's the best idea to run multiple ICs simultaneously.

Another thing -- I personally would not suggest doing a no-numpad base kit unless you are expecting them to hit 500-1000 MOQs.

Pono is OG Walker, this is Sour. I think OGWalker just did the renders, unless I missed something.

Either way - I love a green set and can't wait for this

[arremkay]

Looks great, I like the simplicity and low contrast.

I see you've chosen GMK stock colors so it's probably not going to happen, but why not ePBT? I don't see much advantage in using GMK for something like this.

[LightningXI]

Neat. Curious but in what order are sets gonna run? PONO first and then Dandy? What's the timeline like? I don't think it's the best idea to run multiple ICs simultaneously.

Another thing -- I personally would not suggest doing a no-numpad base kit unless you are expecting them to hit 500-1000 MOQs.

Pono is OG Walker, this is Sour. I think OGWalker just did the renders, unless I missed something.

Either way - I love a green set and can't wait for this

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=104315.msg2856280#msg2856280 - both were drafted by Sour, unless ogwalker is running on behalf of Sour and Sour is representing the set with renders/design

[konstantin]

Lovely color combo

[sourmk]

Neat. Curious but in what order are sets gonna run? PONO first and then Dandy? What's the timeline like? I don't think it's the best idea to run multiple ICs simultaneously.

Another thing -- I personally would not suggest doing a no-numpad base kit unless you are expecting them to hit 500-1000 MOQs.

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=104315.msg2856280#msg2856280 - both were drafted by Sour, unless ogwalker is running on behalf of Sour and Sour is representing the set with renders/design

PoN - Pink on Navy is Walker's set, Pono is my own set, correct. He reached out and asked if there would be any issues with naming, I didn't think so.

Kits are not final, not really expecting anything at this stage (numbers wise or anything wise) other than to put up an IC, see where it goes, what kind of interest there is.

Pono's IC will be wrapping up soon. Handling everything as it needs to be handled, no issues so far, sir.

[depletedvespene]

So... no ISO support at all? 

[kwerdenker]

Either way - I love a green set and can't wait for this

This doesn't even support ISO, on what board would you put it Jae?

[Jae-3soteric]

Either way - I love a green set and can't wait for this

This doesn't even support ISO, on what board would you put it Jae?

I’m working on it


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[Jae-3soteric]

Neat. Curious but in what order are sets gonna run? PONO first and then Dandy? What's the timeline like? I don't think it's the best idea to run multiple ICs simultaneously.

Another thing -- I personally would not suggest doing a no-numpad base kit unless you are expecting them to hit 500-1000 MOQs.

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=104315.msg2856280#msg2856280 - both were drafted by Sour, unless ogwalker is running on behalf of Sour and Sour is representing the set with renders/design

PoN - Pink on Navy is Walker's set, Pono is my own set, correct. He reached out and asked if there would be any issues with naming, I didn't think so.

Kits are not final, not really expecting anything at this stage (numbers wise or anything wise) other than to put up an IC, see where it goes, what kind of interest there is.

Pono's IC will be wrapping up soon. Handling everything as it needs to be handled, no issues so far, sir.

Ahhh yes. Sorry Lightning that’s me getting PON and PONO confused!


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[sourmk]

So... no ISO support at all? 

Either way - I love a green set and can't wait for this

This doesn't even support ISO, on what board would you put it Jae?

Either way - I love a green set and can't wait for this

This doesn't even support ISO, on what board would you put it Jae?

I’m working on it


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Oversight on my part, sorry lads   thinking about having basic ISO in base.

[depletedvespene]

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Oversight on my part, sorry lads   thinking about having basic ISO in base.

Go terminal style! It'll fit in better with the green colors.


EDIT: oh, you added it already. Excellent.

[sourmk]

Looks great, I like the simplicity and low contrast.

I see you've chosen GMK stock colors so it's probably not going to happen, but why not ePBT? I don't see much advantage in using GMK for something like this.

To put it simply, stock colors, there is no messing about with matching. The subtley of these specific colors together should make for a nice, clean and simple look, with a little pop to it.
Would like to run some PBT soon, when I feel a little more confident with a manu and the PBT offerings with regards to consistency and QC (receiving warped and bowed keys is always so off-putting), also potentially get the opportunity to try a couple more profiles I'm curious about.

[eniigma]

This looks nice, albeit I think it should be PBT instead. GMK is nice and all, but I feel like these colors would be easily possible with PBT

[sourmk]

This looks nice, albeit I think it should be PBT instead. GMK is nice and all, but I feel like these colors would be easily possible with PBT

Thanks! There is a little more to consider with PBT other than colors as stated above

[arremkay]

To put it simply, stock colors, there is no messing about with matching. The subtley of these specific colors together should make for a nice, clean and simple look, with a little pop to it.
Would like to run some PBT soon, when I feel a little more confident with a manu and the PBT offerings with regards to consistency and QC (receiving warped and bowed keys is always so off-putting), also potentially get the opportunity to try a couple more profiles I'm curious about.

I do recall some people complaining about warping on iso enter for extended 2048. A few of the keys I got with that set had some slight imperfections around the bases, though the legends were really nice (better than my one gmk set, imho). Anyway, I respect your reasons. glwic!

[sourmk]

ProtoTypist announced as EU vendor.

Looking for your feedback, and potentially interested vendors. DM's open here, Insta and Discord

[Hadi]

Nice kit, Sour! Definitely not tired of green sets yet It would be nice to see at least one novelty key, accented or otherwise, in the base kit for F13 coverage.

[valniro]

Love the keycaps, I just believe it makes no sense to pick a UK vendor for EU mid 2020 when there is the risk the set will land in 2021 once UK is out of EU and we will have to pay customs for it, so I will pass on it.
Just to be clear I have absolutely nothing against ProtoTypist.

[konstantin]

Love the keycaps, I just believe it makes no sense to pick a UK vendor for EU mid 2020 when there is the risk the set will land in 2021 once UK is out of EU and we will have to pay customs for it, so I will pass on it.
Just to be clear I have absolutely nothing against ProtoTypist.

As long as the GB happens in 2020, you won't pay customs.

[Rhohamme]

Love the keycaps, I just believe it makes no sense to pick a UK vendor for EU mid 2020 when there is the risk the set will land in 2021 once UK is out of EU and we will have to pay customs for it, so I will pass on it.
Just to be clear I have absolutely nothing against ProtoTypist.

Couldn’t agree more. It’s a shame because I really love the design of this set.


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[low_key_keyboards]

Really digging these deskmats.
100% would cop.

[__init__]

CLEAN. Definitely interested!

[oldcat]

I will be all in. Thank you for working on this and looking forward to more details.

[Helpingly]

This looks really nice. I like the colors a lot. I too would appreciate it if it were in PBT instead. But I get what your concerns with that are. Best of luck!

[valniro]

As long as the GB happens in 2020, you won't pay customs.

I’m afraid this is not accurate. There is no regulation that says that there will be no taxes or custom costs applied. Customs get paid on delivery of the goods, and after December 31st 2020 UK will officially be a foreign country subject to custom verifications.
Even the simple fact that something goes through that process can lead to higher costs due to customs handling of the package.

[MelonBred]

I don't usually go for green, but this set really caught my eye.

Please consider including a 40s kit similar to, if not the same as, Modern Dolch Light.

[n0m1s_0711]

Looks great. Was looking for a set in that type of green. Would be awesome if it comes to life !

[oldcat]

Would love to make a e-cream case for this amazing set!
Clean and classic.

[konstantin]

As long as the GB happens in 2020, you won't pay customs.

I’m afraid this is not accurate. There is no regulation that says that there will be no taxes or custom costs applied. Customs get paid on delivery of the goods, and after December 31st 2020 UK will officially be a foreign country subject to custom verifications.
Even the simple fact that something goes through that process can lead to higher costs due to customs handling of the package.

You'll have to check this with Jae, because this is what he said:

Proto[Typist] is acting as lead vendor on this one, doing the negotiating with GMK etc and running the GB with the designer after talking about the project at a UK meetup and is effectively a UK community project.

I understand the concerns, and GMK timelines still show the set shipping in October. From delivery to buyer shipping turnaround will be 1 day, so its highly likely that shipping will occur in 2020 and we will be working with GMK to achieve that.

Whilst you are right that we dont know the UK's position within the EU and any shipping / VAT or other constraints in 2021, there are contingency plans in place to ensure that shipping can be conducted without inference of additional fees should delivery of the GMK sets take place in 2021. 

Also, VAT will be paid on these items at point of sale where it is due; and will be marked as such when shipped if any delays push the delivery into 2021. The GB takes place as an EU transaction at the moment and is bound by the single market and customs union rules. Those rules state that goods sold under them should only be inclusive of VAT once. There will be many many businesses that sell something in 2020 that ships and is delivered after the changes take place; and both the EU and UK have said that those customers should not be impacted.

Finally, its highly likely that the current end-date of Dec 2020 for the UK to formally leave the EU trade agreements will be extended given the impact the Corona Virus has had on the economy and this is something myself and my accountant are paying close attention to.

[sourmk]

Nice kit, Sour! Definitely not tired of green sets yet It would be nice to see at least one novelty key, accented or otherwise, in the base kit for F13 coverage.

Hey man! Thank you, glad you like!
Had another draft of base with some novelties in it, might look to revisit, thank you for the suggestion!

[joonia]

This is pretty dandy 

[The_judge_168]

Looks great! Definitely in for a set

[telnetcookie]

I really like this one!!

[arremkay]

Would love to make a e-cream case for this amazing set!
Clean and classic.

do it

[sourmk]

Mr. oldcat put this together

[arremkay]

Mr. oldcat put this together

Man, I find this so calming and nice. I can only hope ecream is going to be an actual color for the think.

Keep up the good work guys.  :clover:

[Emir]

good set

[Reiniidevil]

I quite like this at a first glance! I prefer lighter sets and this one has a really nice colour combo going on. Definitely putting on watch

[aleck]

Love that green tone, will keep an eye on this!

[GraffitiDecos]

Loving the colors, I'm in.

[KeebOnMe]

I recently dropped on your other project, Pono. You make my bank account very sad. Overall it looks great!

[aeham]

yes more green sets please

[PotatoTM]

Any chance of running this set though ePBT or Infinikey? Green on white is dye sub-able and the wait times might not be as long (also cheaper, also PBT)

EDIT: question answered earlier, didn't see it at first