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Offline keepoto

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[IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan - NordeUK with subs
« on: Sun, 30 June 2024, 11:59:47 »


GMK(?) Anushirvan is inspired by ancient Persia. One of the monumental cultures and polities of the classical period that is perhaps less represented in the keeb world (yea we have GMK Sparta and Gladiator and tons of China-inspired stuff over at zFrontier). Persian culture, religion and aesthetics bears lasting influence to not only the Iranian plateau, Mesopotamia, but also impacts much of the wider Islamic world and beyond. Overall this has been a very fun project.

"Anushirvan" is the epithet of Shapur I, one of the greatest monarchs of Sassanian Persia. It means "the immortal soul" and encapsulates how I feel about one of the great cultures to ever exist.

Colour scheme is loosely inspired by the idea of dualism in Persian culture and religion, namely the struggle between light and darkness, as well as fire and water which are important symbols in ancient Persia.

Sublegends are Avestan - a middle Persian alphabet primarily utilised for the transcription of the Avesta.

IC Form | Discord


Kitting

Base Kit



The usual stuff - HHKB / Alice / Terminal ISO / basic 40s support. Included a few orange / blue accent keys, as well as some less usual accents (backspace and caps) for an overall more vibrant effect.

Novelties



The central theme of the novelties kit is fire - an important symbology in ancient Persia which carries a wide range of possible meanings, including, for example, purity, victory and sanctity.

Other novelties are inspired by the ancient empires of Persia (namely the war mask / cataphract novelties) as well as various Persian mythologies / folklores (for example the winged lion and the Simurgh - something similar to a phoenix).

Latin Alphas



A separate Latin base kit may be possible depending on reception and final manufacturer choice.

Spacebars



Numpad



NordeUK




Renders

TGR Jane v2 ME




Ayleen by Bina / Teahouse




Rikia by Caffeinated Studio




Vero by AKB Studio





Deskmat

In progress.


Vendors & Info

Manufacturer: GMK? TBD - would much prefer GMK if quote is right.
Profile / material: Cherry profile ABS doubleshot w/ UV print sublegends
GB date: TBD TBD

Vendors
TBD - please kindly contact me on discord (keepo87) if you are interested in becoming a vendor for this set.

Pricing
TBD depending on manufacturer and quote.

If you are interested in collaborations - please kindly contact me on discord (keepo87) as well!


My thanks to:
Nindroid13
Pensa73
zitres
Sylva
LeHoy
V1ko
Sylva (again)
others
« Last Edit: Fri, 16 August 2024, 18:32:22 by keepoto »
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Offline xLeHoy

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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 30 June 2024, 12:06:58 »
Really looking forward to it!

GLWIC
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Offline MartinThePolarBear

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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 30 June 2024, 12:32:23 »
FINALLY a keycap set for my heritage! Definitely getting the Base, Novelties, Spacebars.  As an Iranian, for once I'm not gonna do Latin Alphas

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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 30 June 2024, 13:09:45 »
glwic
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Offline AMZ

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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 30 June 2024, 14:59:32 »
Definitely in!
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Offline Kansir

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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 30 June 2024, 15:24:55 »
Please make GMK happen, count me in!
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Offline Natetypesfast

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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan
« Reply #6 on: Sun, 30 June 2024, 15:43:20 »
I dig this, I'm in.  Love the kitting in the base.
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Offline IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES

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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan
« Reply #7 on: Sun, 30 June 2024, 18:11:37 »
Have skulls, I’ll buy

The base color is very dark…purple? blue? Not a dealbreaker or anything just curious. Love the accent colors.
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Offline Neely_12

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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan
« Reply #8 on: Sun, 30 June 2024, 20:18:06 »
Could there be an option for normal f row F5-F8? Set looks nice glwic  :thumb:
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Offline NihonCK

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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan
« Reply #9 on: Sun, 30 June 2024, 21:38:12 »
Colors looks very similar to pbtfans shakudo, you sure that wasn't your inspiration?
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Offline AMZ

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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan
« Reply #10 on: Sun, 30 June 2024, 22:07:25 »
GMK Please
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Offline lishan1988

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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan
« Reply #11 on: Sun, 30 June 2024, 22:29:31 »


Looks very similar to PBTfans Shakudo https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=118363.0
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Offline MartinThePolarBear

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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan
« Reply #12 on: Mon, 01 July 2024, 00:24:05 »
Quote from: lishan1988 on Sun, 30 June 2024, 22:29:31
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Looks very similar to PBTfans Shakudo https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=118363.0
Did that set ever even happen? I vaguely remember it being in IC.

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Offline lishan1988

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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan
« Reply #13 on: Mon, 01 July 2024, 01:26:24 »
Quote from: MartinThePolarBear on Mon, 01 July 2024, 00:24:05
Quote from: lishan1988 on Sun, 30 June 2024, 22:29:31
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Looks very similar to PBTfans Shakudo https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=118363.0
Did that set ever even happen? I vaguely remember it being in IC.

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Sad, seems like it is still in IC https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=118363.0#lastPost
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Offline lkkedward

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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan
« Reply #14 on: Mon, 01 July 2024, 03:01:37 »
Quite pretty. GLWIC
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Offline hzh0525

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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan
« Reply #15 on: Mon, 01 July 2024, 05:06:53 »
Gonna get one for this theme~!
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Offline MartinThePolarBear

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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan
« Reply #16 on: Mon, 01 July 2024, 06:31:51 »
Quote from: lishan1988 on Mon, 01 July 2024, 01:26:24
Quote from: MartinThePolarBear on Mon, 01 July 2024, 00:24:05
Quote from: lishan1988 on Sun, 30 June 2024, 22:29:31
Show Image


Looks very similar to PBTfans Shakudo https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=118363.0
Did that set ever even happen? I vaguely remember it being in IC.

Sent from my Pixel 7 Pro using Tapatalk

Sad, seems like it is still in IC https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=118363.0#lastPost
Appears to be abandoned from the looks of it. Though I prefer this newer set for the added cyan and novelties.

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Offline keepoto

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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan
« Reply #17 on: Mon, 01 July 2024, 08:12:37 »
Quote from: MartinThePolarBear on Sun, 30 June 2024, 12:32:23
FINALLY a keycap set for my heritage! Definitely getting the Base, Novelties, Spacebars.  As an Iranian, for once I'm not gonna do Latin Alphas

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I'm glad you like it!

Quote from: IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES on Sun, 30 June 2024, 18:11:37
Have skulls, I’ll buy

The base color is very dark…purple? blue? Not a dealbreaker or anything just curious. Love the accent colors.

It's a very dark purple - I have the colour chip but will need manu to match to it once that has been confirmed.

Quote from: Neely_12 on Sun, 30 June 2024, 20:18:06
Could there be an option for normal f row F5-F8? Set looks nice glwic  :thumb:

Good spot, I'll look into this

Quote from: NihonCK on Sun, 30 June 2024, 21:38:12
Colors looks very similar to pbtfans shakudo, you sure that wasn't your inspiration?

Quote from: lishan1988 on Sun, 30 June 2024, 22:29:31

Looks very similar to PBTfans Shakudo https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=118363.0

I was not aware of this set when I worked on Anushirvan - I have shown the set to several friends (including designers / vendor reps etc) and none of them pointed this out; so I guess this is just coincidence. Believe that the inspiration of the colours have been explained in the IC and to some extent the juxtaposition / contrast between cyan and orange is just basic colour theory. There are differences between all of the colours which you could say to be subtle or apparent depending on your perspective.

Confident to say that I drew no inspiration from the above (and the above is a nice keyset)

Also thanks for the support everyone
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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan
« Reply #18 on: Mon, 01 July 2024, 15:40:44 »
I am also Persian and love the idea but the set is shockingly sloppy.  Pass
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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan
« Reply #19 on: Mon, 01 July 2024, 17:59:24 »
I did like this!
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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan
« Reply #20 on: Tue, 02 July 2024, 01:39:29 »
Quote from: DaaDaa on Mon, 01 July 2024, 15:40:44
I am also Persian and love the idea but the set is shockingly sloppy.  Pass

Care to elaborate?
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Offline kentdo10

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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan
« Reply #21 on: Wed, 03 July 2024, 02:20:13 »
Aiyoooo, cant wait to get a set
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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan
« Reply #22 on: Fri, 05 July 2024, 15:34:00 »
Quote from: DaaDaa on Mon, 01 July 2024, 15:40:44
I am also Persian and love the idea but the set is shockingly sloppy.  Pass

What is sloppy about it? I'm not familiar enough with the alphabet or culture to understand if anything is inaccurate, but from a technical perspective, the set looks to be executed quite competently to my eye.



Re: Shakudo, if we don't let sets with similar colorways run there's not many sets left to make. Kitsune also did the dark base color, peach-ish legends, blue-ish sublegends. (Which to be clear, I think is totally fine - there are only so many colors to begin with, and there's fewer still combinations of colors that enough human beings find pleasing to make viable keyset colorways.)
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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan
« Reply #23 on: Tue, 16 July 2024, 09:30:04 »
PLEASE, do this set with KKB  :-* :-* :-*
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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan
« Reply #24 on: Tue, 16 July 2024, 23:18:18 »
Quote from: Ipal Desse on Tue, 16 July 2024, 09:30:04
PLEASE, do this set with KKB  :-* :-* :-*
Based on past events, KKB is the least likely choice.
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Offline Aryamehr

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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan
« Reply #25 on: Wed, 17 July 2024, 19:47:04 »
This is a gorgeous set. I want in on it!
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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan
« Reply #26 on: Wed, 17 July 2024, 23:31:49 »
If run GMK then Im in for all the kits!
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Offline keepoto

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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan
« Reply #27 on: Tue, 23 July 2024, 10:16:12 »
reserved
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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan
« Reply #28 on: Tue, 23 July 2024, 13:59:33 »
Instand buy, looks sick!
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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan
« Reply #29 on: Wed, 31 July 2024, 15:55:35 »
In AF
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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan
« Reply #30 on: Sun, 04 August 2024, 01:01:15 »
Alhambra is a brilliant piece of work and looking forward to this new set!

And this time, GMK? Even more exciting to see the sample! :))
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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan
« Reply #31 on: Sun, 04 August 2024, 01:27:18 »
Loooove this
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Offline keepoto

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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan
« Reply #32 on: Fri, 16 August 2024, 18:31:44 »
2024.08.17 changelog

Base Kit: non-accented F5-F8 and F13 in base



NordeUK Kit: revamped layout, now with sublegends!

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Offline AMZ

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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan - NordeUK with subs
« Reply #33 on: Sun, 18 August 2024, 08:43:07 »
No Blue 1.5u backspace? or Blue Enter's.
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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan - NordeUK with subs
« Reply #34 on: Sun, 18 August 2024, 09:12:13 »
I think an R2 1.5u Backslash/Pipe is missing in the Latin Alphas Kit.
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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan - NordeUK with subs
« Reply #35 on: Sun, 18 August 2024, 10:29:29 »
Nice to see someone making the extra effort to add sub-legends to the int kit. Here's hoping it actually gets made
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Offline keepoto

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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan - NordeUK with subs
« Reply #36 on: Sun, 18 August 2024, 11:39:25 »
Quote from: Fluxius on Sun, 18 August 2024, 09:12:13
I think an R2 1.5u Backslash/Pipe is missing in the Latin Alphas Kit.

you're absolutely right

Quote from: AMZ on Sun, 18 August 2024, 08:43:07
No Blue 1.5u backspace? or Blue Enter's.

cost issue, the kit already has a lot of keys, will consider if the quote is right

Quote from: An Angry Swan on Sun, 18 August 2024, 10:29:29
Nice to see someone making the extra effort to add sub-legends to the int kit. Here's hoping it actually gets made

nice pfp
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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan - NordeUK with subs
« Reply #37 on: Thu, 28 November 2024, 11:19:43 »
Any updates?
Set looks really great
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Offline kentdo10

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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan - NordeUK with subs
« Reply #38 on: Mon, 02 December 2024, 20:52:02 »
Anushirvan when mate?
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Offline IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES

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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan - NordeUK with subs
« Reply #39 on: Wed, 04 December 2024, 21:41:12 »
Yeah I’m sad this died
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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan - NordeUK with subs
« Reply #40 on: Wed, 04 December 2024, 22:10:46 »
Quote from: IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES on Wed, 04 December 2024, 21:41:12
Yeah I’m sad this died

hello

received GMK samples, currently obtaining samples from Keyreative (the KAP Midas effect is pretty cool so I wanted to check if sth similar would look nice)
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Re: [IC] GMK(?) Anushirvan - NordeUK with subs
« Reply #41 on: Thu, 05 December 2024, 15:29:40 »
It lives!

Glad to hear
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