Post by: keepoto on Sun, 30 June 2024, 11:59:47
(https://i.imgur.com/l8PXfor.png)
06/06/2026: update - we have partnered with Milkyway Keys for this set - currently in production. Pricing and further details will be announced shortly but you can expect to be around the usual MW pricing.
MW 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 (https://forms.gle/Dugmf5qTFNU88MU1A) | Discord (https://discord.gg/wpQ2YYF7T5)
Info
Manufacturer: Milkyway Keys
Profile / material: Cherry profile ABS doubleshot / UV print for part of the Novelties and sublegends.
GB date: To be announced.
Vendors
TBD - please kindly contact me on discord (keepo87) if you are interested in becoming a vendor for this set.
Pricing
To be announced.
Kitting
Base Kit
(https://i.imgur.com/mjgK0Gv.jpeg)
Neo Base Kit
(https://i.imgur.com/CYOHhx7.jpeg)
A streamlined base kit for 60/65% profiles, offered at a lower price.
Novelties
(https://i.imgur.com/mnlRC2A.jpeg)
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
(https://i.imgur.com/I4mlpyd.jpeg)
Spacebars
(https://i.imgur.com/BIPQCiw.jpeg)
Numpad
(https://i.imgur.com/G5jFHUQ.jpeg)
NordeUK
(https://i.imgur.com/NW9Runp.jpeg)
Deskmats
Atash
(https://i.imgur.com/uM82jXl.jpeg)
Qâdisiyeh
(https://i.imgur.com/MVzlZVg.jpeg)
Renders
(https://i.imgur.com/pncsYV3.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/rNBBShp.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/gQunYt0.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/tCP0IHv.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/VwVOxii.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/6AVD3bK.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ZNUOYp1.jpeg)
Previous renders:
TGR Jane v2 ME
(https://i.imgur.com/VjzHgEt.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/sQjmR07.jpeg)
Ayleen by Bina / Teahouse
(https://i.imgur.com/HTb50PB.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/CcPBYwQ.jpeg)
Rikia by Caffeinated Studio
(https://i.imgur.com/Z60HaR3.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/fcSGf1C.jpeg)
Vero by AKB Studio
(https://i.imgur.com/J2HjNcu.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/yUV2uLj.jpeg)
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
06/06/2026: update - we have partnered with Milkyway Keys for this set - currently in production. Pricing and further details will be announced shortly but you can expect to be around the usual MW pricing.
MW 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 (https://forms.gle/Dugmf5qTFNU88MU1A) | Discord (https://discord.gg/wpQ2YYF7T5)
Info
Manufacturer: Milkyway Keys
Profile / material: Cherry profile ABS doubleshot / UV print for part of the Novelties and sublegends.
GB date: To be announced.
Vendors
TBD - please kindly contact me on discord (keepo87) if you are interested in becoming a vendor for this set.
Pricing
To be announced.
Kitting
Base Kit
(https://i.imgur.com/mjgK0Gv.jpeg)
Neo Base Kit
(https://i.imgur.com/CYOHhx7.jpeg)
A streamlined base kit for 60/65% profiles, offered at a lower price.
Novelties
(https://i.imgur.com/mnlRC2A.jpeg)
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
(https://i.imgur.com/I4mlpyd.jpeg)
Spacebars
(https://i.imgur.com/BIPQCiw.jpeg)
Numpad
(https://i.imgur.com/G5jFHUQ.jpeg)
NordeUK
(https://i.imgur.com/NW9Runp.jpeg)
Deskmats
Atash
(https://i.imgur.com/uM82jXl.jpeg)
Qâdisiyeh
(https://i.imgur.com/MVzlZVg.jpeg)
Renders
(https://i.imgur.com/pncsYV3.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/rNBBShp.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/gQunYt0.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/tCP0IHv.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/VwVOxii.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/6AVD3bK.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ZNUOYp1.jpeg)
Previous renders:
TGR Jane v2 ME
(https://i.imgur.com/VjzHgEt.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/sQjmR07.jpeg)
Ayleen by Bina / Teahouse
(https://i.imgur.com/HTb50PB.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/CcPBYwQ.jpeg)
Rikia by Caffeinated Studio
(https://i.imgur.com/Z60HaR3.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/fcSGf1C.jpeg)
Vero by AKB Studio
(https://i.imgur.com/J2HjNcu.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/yUV2uLj.jpeg)
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
Post by: xLeHoy on Sun, 30 June 2024, 12:06:58
GLWIC
Post by: MartinThePolarBear on Sun, 30 June 2024, 12:32:23
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Post by: twitchytheinsideman on Sun, 30 June 2024, 13:09:45
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Post by: Kansir on Sun, 30 June 2024, 15:24:55
Post by: Natetypesfast on Sun, 30 June 2024, 15:43:20
Post by: IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES on Sun, 30 June 2024, 18:11:37
The base color is very dark…purple? blue? Not a dealbreaker or anything just curious. Love the accent colors.
Post by: Neely_12 on Sun, 30 June 2024, 20:18:06
Post by: NihonCK on Sun, 30 June 2024, 21:38:12
Post by: AMZ on Sun, 30 June 2024, 22:07:25
Post by: lishan1988 on Sun, 30 June 2024, 22:29:31
Looks very similar to PBTfans Shakudo https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=118363.0 (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=118363.0)
Post by: MartinThePolarBear on Mon, 01 July 2024, 00:24:05
Did that set ever even happen? I vaguely remember it being in IC.Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/bOR8NIo.jpg)
Looks very similar to PBTfans Shakudo https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=118363.0 (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=118363.0)
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Post by: lishan1988 on Mon, 01 July 2024, 01:26:24
Did that set ever even happen? I vaguely remember it being in IC.Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/bOR8NIo.jpg)
Looks very similar to PBTfans Shakudo https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=118363.0 (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=118363.0)
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Sad, seems like it is still in IC https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=118363.0#lastPost (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=118363.0#lastPost)
Post by: lkkedward on Mon, 01 July 2024, 03:01:37
Post by: hzh0525 on Mon, 01 July 2024, 05:06:53
Post by: MartinThePolarBear on Mon, 01 July 2024, 06:31:51
Appears to be abandoned from the looks of it. Though I prefer this newer set for the added cyan and novelties.Did that set ever even happen? I vaguely remember it being in IC.Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/bOR8NIo.jpg)
Looks very similar to PBTfans Shakudo https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=118363.0 (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=118363.0)
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Sad, seems like it is still in IC https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=118363.0#lastPost (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=118363.0#lastPost)
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Post by: keepoto on Mon, 01 July 2024, 08:12:37
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!
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.
Could there be an option for normal f row F5-F8? Set looks nice glwic :thumb:
Good spot, I'll look into this
Colors looks very similar to pbtfans shakudo, you sure that wasn't your inspiration?
Looks very similar to PBTfans Shakudo https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=118363.0 (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
Post by: DaaDaa on Mon, 01 July 2024, 15:40:44
Post by: Rel!c on Mon, 01 July 2024, 17:59:24
Post by: ggggggg on Tue, 02 July 2024, 01:39:29
I am also Persian and love the idea but the set is shockingly sloppy. Pass
Care to elaborate?
Post by: kentdo10 on Wed, 03 July 2024, 02:20:13
Post by: cthalupa on Fri, 05 July 2024, 15:34:00
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.)
Post by: Ipal Desse on Tue, 16 July 2024, 09:30:04
Post by: Silverzhou on Tue, 16 July 2024, 23:18:18
PLEASE, do this set with KKB :-* :-* :-*Based on past events, KKB is the least likely choice.
Post by: Aryamehr on Wed, 17 July 2024, 19:47:04
Post by: AMZ on Wed, 17 July 2024, 23:31:49
Post by: keepoto on Tue, 23 July 2024, 10:16:12
Post by: Guuuf on Tue, 23 July 2024, 13:59:33
Post by: ZAND4 on Wed, 31 July 2024, 15:55:35
Post by: örange_stone on Sun, 04 August 2024, 01:01:15
And this time, GMK? Even more exciting to see the sample! :))
Post by: ashendarien on Sun, 04 August 2024, 01:27:18
Post by: keepoto on Fri, 16 August 2024, 18:31:44
Base Kit: non-accented F5-F8 and F13 in base
(https://i.imgur.com/JMeAHAl.jpeg)
NordeUK Kit: revamped layout, now with sublegends!
(https://i.imgur.com/MZhOciX.jpeg)
Post by: AMZ on Sun, 18 August 2024, 08:43:07
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Post by: An Angry Swan on Sun, 18 August 2024, 10:29:29
Post by: keepoto on Sun, 18 August 2024, 11:39:25
I think an R2 1.5u Backslash/Pipe is missing in the Latin Alphas Kit.
you're absolutely right
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
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
Post by: WarlordGorguts on Thu, 28 November 2024, 11:19:43
Set looks really great
Post by: kentdo10 on Mon, 02 December 2024, 20:52:02
Post by: IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES on Wed, 04 December 2024, 21:41:12
Post by: keepoto on Wed, 04 December 2024, 22:10:46
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)
Post by: IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES on Thu, 05 December 2024, 15:29:40
Glad to hear
Post by: WarlordGorguts on Fri, 09 May 2025, 08:10:11
Post by: keepoto on Sat, 10 May 2025, 01:43:51
Any news?
We are likely going with Keyreative - my friend will visit their factory next Monday to try to get the colours right, let's see how it goes
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Post by: keepoto on Sat, 06 June 2026, 04:42:31
We have partnered with Milkyway Keys - Anushirvan will be produced in doubleshot ABS (sublegends / part of the novs in UV print), using the latest moulds that were used in MW Gesha. Production is currently in progress and we expect to announce further details / pricing in due course.
A "Neo" Base Kit is also introduced - in essence, a more compact base kit for 60/65% layouts which comes with a lower price.
Here's the updated base kits and novelties (please check main post for the full kitting):
(https://i.imgur.com/mjgK0Gv.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/CYOHhx7.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/mnlRC2A.jpeg)
And deskmats:
(https://i.imgur.com/uM82jXl.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/MVzlZVg.jpeg)
Post by: JSaintS on Sat, 06 June 2026, 05:44:59
Regarding what you said abou production currently in progress, does that mean the set will be in stock when it drops?
Post by: keepoto on Sat, 06 June 2026, 12:30:30
Love the update and the novelties. The first deskmat is quite "busy" visually, but I love the colors and will probably buy that one over the second one.
Regarding what you said abou production currently in progress, does that mean the set will be in stock when it drops?
yes it is expected to be in stock - though further details are TBC with MW and vendors
Post by: MartinThePolarBear on Sat, 06 June 2026, 12:32:52
Post by: anson42 on Sat, 06 June 2026, 12:37:38