Look good! Just double check the font for the alphabet and personally too many cycles, try to simplify it.
The custom font and all the symbols will probably make double shot too expensive, otherwise this set looks awesome! This is one set I would buy even if it wasn't double shot. I love the theme :)
Sorry that made you confused, I should say 'cycling elements' that appearing at lots of keys.Look good! Just double check the font for the alphabet and personally too many cycles, try to simplify it.
Could you clarify what you mean by too many cycles? Thanks for the feedback!
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Looks great to me. Would it be uniform profile SA or not?You have my support, also thinking about all R3 profile.
Sorry that made you confused, I should say 'cycling elements' that appearing at lots of keys.Look good! Just double check the font for the alphabet and personally too many cycles, try to simplify it.
Could you clarify what you mean by too many cycles? Thanks for the feedback!
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Very clean. That custom text really ties the theme together. I hope this takes off.Thank you :) Glad you like it.
I'd definitely be in. That being said, you should throw a poll up, get some concrete numbers!Will attempt to do this once I take notes on some of the more prominent concerns mentioned in this thread. This was really just to see if anyone liked it and I'm kind of asking everyone here for help on the rest haha. Hopefully with everyone's help I can come to a set that isn't going to cost the earth and will still (hopefully) meet most people's requirements?
Icons look great. I personally don't like the legends, but looks legit!Thanks. First try at a keyset haha. Hopefully I'll learn as I go.
Looks good. Glad to see some 40%/olkb love.That was actually the whole point of this. I pretty much only have 40% kbs (with a dox on the way). I did the other kits up to try and offer people with other keyboards what they needed while trying to comprehensively cover as many 40% layouts as I could.
Looks great to me. Would it be uniform profile SA or not?I'm actually not sure at this point, though I'm leaning towards it for ease. Recommendations?
It's a nice design but have you thought about how you're going to get it made?Hoo boy. Trust me, I'm trying to figure it all out. I guess that's why I was asking you guys for help since I literally know nothing about current limitations. This was largely to see if there was even enough interest to get it off the ground. Like another user suggested, I'm going to get a poll up so I can get some concrete data on general opinions and then go from there.
There are some hard limits on materials and processes, and some soft ($$$) limits on what can be done in a single group buy. SA-profile Doubleshot ABS should be possible but you're looking at a custom legend for every key and that's going to add enormous costs to the set. Are you prepared to foot the bill for that, or will you expect those costs to be subsidized into the set? These are issues you want to work out during the Interest Check phase.
Good luck!
Looks decent, but I think the icon mods are a bit busy. Maybe offer text mod kits?I was thinking of adding a regular text mod kit to make some of the people worried about the icons happy - though personally the icons are kind of the point of this set (at least for me). I'll be throwing this option in the poll I'm making to see how many people would prefer a plain text kit. :)
Also, the font is nifty, and remind me of classic Apple AEKs, but you should get in touch with SP and check if they have exisitng moulds for these italicised legend, if not, that will push the cost of the group buy to astronomical levels, as literally every key with anything on it will be a custom mould (each letter and each novelty mods), not to mention the lead time involved in producing the mould and production testing (making and inspecting samples to identify issues and devise tweaks to the mould design.
If SP doesn't have moulds to these italicised legends, the buy is dead in the water as it is. I would advise getting in touch with SP's sales team and find out what legends options they can make with their existing moulds and tooling.
this looks incredible. would buyThanks so much :D
Quite like the alpha font... But you won't get it done double shot so not sure :confused:Yeah, I've been getting that. So I'm trying to think of alternatives at this point. Suggestions?
I like all the circle icons and think they should be kept, as well as all the 1.25 icon mods. What make it look busy to me is all the extra icons to the right, such as the locks, printer, running man, building (?), and oversized math functions. I do like the syringe though.Thinking about offering a plain text kit for the right of the board. I'm really partial to all the circles as well. :)
Overall if you clean up (replace with text) some of the right side of the board it should look cleaner, while still keeping some of the more important novelties that give this set life. I'll say again that I love all the circles though.
The most feasible way to get this done and keep it true to the original design would probably be dye sublimation. Maybe look into enjoyPBT? This is high quality stuff that won't fade. You'd have to alter the modifier color though since you can't dyesub a lighter color legend.
Sexy as hell, ~150 custom legends (didnt actually count them) at ~$75 each ......... ~$11,250 to get the legend molds made, and that $75 number is a low estimate.
I mean this set looks badass, but with all the custom stuff your looking at a $275 set of caps easy. Would be epic tho. Wish GMK did custom legends because this would be super sexy in cherry profile.
Sexy as hell, ~150 custom legends (didnt actually count them) at ~$75 each ......... ~$11,250 to get the legend molds made, and that $75 number is a low estimate.
I mean this set looks badass, but with all the custom stuff your looking at a $275 set of caps easy. Would be epic tho. Wish GMK did custom legends because this would be super sexy in cherry profile.
SP charges ~$45 for a new mold. This is the 2016 price. It's not bad, but it adds up quickly and puts significant overhead on your keyset if you're trying to build that price into a group buy. One or two custom legends per set typically has a negligible impact on the bottom line. Even a full kit of novelties isn't hard to pull off. But an entire keyboard of custom doubleshot legends is the kind of thing that's only ever been done once (that we know of).
Sexy as hell, ~150 custom legends (didnt actually count them) at ~$75 each ......... ~$11,250 to get the legend molds made, and that $75 number is a low estimate.
I mean this set looks badass, but with all the custom stuff your looking at a $275 set of caps easy. Would be epic tho. Wish GMK did custom legends because this would be super sexy in cherry profile.
SP charges ~$45 for a new mold. This is the 2016 price. It's not bad, but it adds up quickly and puts significant overhead on your keyset if you're trying to build that price into a group buy. One or two custom legends per set typically has a negligible impact on the bottom line. Even a full kit of novelties isn't hard to pull off. But an entire keyboard of custom doubleshot legends is the kind of thing that's only ever been done once (that we know of).
Dang, $45 is really good.
Okay guys! Sorry I've been slightly MIA, real life hits you hard sometimes. I've emailed SP for quotes on this set and am currently waiting for what they're going to say. I've asked for different options to be quoted alongside double shot so I will pass along the information once it hits my inbox.
Thanks so much for the constructive feedback and input so far.
Hi guys, sorry this has been taking me so long to get around to. So I'll give you the TLDR; version of what's going on right now so everyone's clear where I'm at:
Right now this set is on hold because my daughter quite sick. She's an ex-cancer patient and is having problems with her lungs. Obviously family first because RL can be a real damn ***** sometimes, but I really hope that I can get some hi-res renders back to SP and get further quotes in the future.
Hi guys, sorry this has been taking me so long to get around to. So I'll give you the TLDR; version of what's going on right now so everyone's clear where I'm at:
Right now this set is on hold because my daughter quite sick. She's an ex-cancer patient and is having problems with her lungs. Obviously family first because RL can be a real damn ***** sometimes, but I really hope that I can get some hi-res renders back to SP and get further quotes in the future.
I'm really thankful for all the input everyone's given me as I'm still really new to everything here. I didn't realise the set would be so expensive, but I'm happy for any advice on who I should contact or talk to if you have made your own set before or if you think I should change profiles/manufacturers to make it cheaper/easier to produce.
Hi guys, sorry this has been taking me so long to get around to. So I'll give you the TLDR; version of what's going on right now so everyone's clear where I'm at:Oh no! That's awful. Give your daughter our love and as stated before, we will be here ready for the set when you can give it time again.
Right now this set is on hold because my daughter quite sick. She's an ex-cancer patient and is having problems with her lungs. Obviously family first because RL can be a real damn ***** sometimes, but I really hope that I can get some hi-res renders back to SP and get further quotes in the future.
I'm really thankful for all the input everyone's given me as I'm still really new to everything here. I didn't realise the set would be so expensive, but I'm happy for any advice on who I should contact or talk to if you have made your own set before or if you think I should change profiles/manufacturers to make it cheaper/easier to produce.
Hi guys, sorry this has been taking me so long to get around to. So I'll give you the TLDR; version of what's going on right now so everyone's clear where I'm at:
Right now this set is on hold because my daughter quite sick. She's an ex-cancer patient and is having problems with her lungs. Obviously family first because RL can be a real damn ***** sometimes, but I really hope that I can get some hi-res renders back to SP and get further quotes in the future.
I'm really thankful for all the input everyone's given me as I'm still really new to everything here. I didn't realise the set would be so expensive, but I'm happy for any advice on who I should contact or talk to if you have made your own set before or if you think I should change profiles/manufacturers to make it cheaper/easier to produce.