Author Topic: [IC] KAM Li'l Dragon - GROUP BUY NOW LIVE (Read 154539 times)

InverseDC · « **on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 17:38:46 »

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(That's 01st June 2021 for our European friends)

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This is the first set designed by Inverse Design Collective, a group of individuals with their own skills coming together to create quality sets for this community.
Our project team for this set has been Buburoo, EURA, FreshFromTheGrave, and Anonymous-S.

What originally started off as a meme quickly became a passion project; KAM Li’l Dragon takes inspiration from the exiled dragon-child of anime series Miss Koboyashi’s Dragon Maid (Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon).

We wanted to create a set that is as faithful to the character, as it could be, in a mechanical keyboard keycap set. DSA Li’l Dragon is a set inspired by the physical characteristics of this small prankster. Her hair color inspired the top-down off-lilac to purple gradient; her dress, the pink accent color; and her hair beads, the dark blue-grey legends. In order to emulate her character in a typeface, we decided to go with all lowercase legends and a rounded sans serif, Proxima Nova Soft for the Latin Alphas, and Chihaya Jun for the Katakana Alphas. This set features novelty mods all inspired by elements of her character and the show itself.

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Kitting
Deskmats
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Renders:
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Board: ErgoDox EZ

Board: Treasure Type-9 by Treasure

Board: Charlotte by KaizesGB

Board: GEIST by Maschine.
(Renders courtesy of Maschine)

Board: Whimsy by _prkns

Board: Candybar by The Key Company

Board: M60A by Rama

Board: Evolv by NathanAlphaMan

Board: Okayu

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Kits:
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Deskmats:
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Collabs:
Quickly check out all our collaboration designs here

Rocket Cables

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Thok

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Deag

okeydokey

Shirouu

Crafted by Annie

NutCracker Switch Opener by ILumKB

BOX 60 by Buger.Works

Vendors & Pricing:

PLEASE NOTE:
Any blank cells are prices yet to be confirmed.
Any cells shown as "N/A" are products that will not be sold by that vendor.
For US and Canadian buyers who wish to purchase the THOK Keycap or Rotary Knob please go directly to THOK's website.

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InverseDC · « **Reply #1 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 17:39:20 »

Change Log:
May16th 2021
Added:

Launch Trailer
Vendor Pricing
Small error on Katakana kitting fixed
Nut Cracker Render
BOX60 Render
Rocket Cables Mock Up

Deskmats:
Unfortunately, we were only able to run two of the SEVEN deskmats we had planned. We went with the most popular ones from the IC which were Sunset Sky & Midnight Sky. The first post has been updated to show this.

15th March 2021
Revealed GB date - 1st June 2021 to 30th June 2021

15th January2021
Quotes requested - Kitting unlikely to change.
Added Charlotte renders.
Added Treasure Type-9 render
Added Crafted by Annie to Collaborators.
Added Confirmed vendors list.

02nd December 2020
Updated kitting:
Fixed Colevrak (Added the G)
Fixed 40s Gradient/Colours
Added 1.25u Raise/Lower to 40s Kits

New renders:
GEIST by Maschine
Whimsy by _prkns
Candybar by TKC

Announced collabs:
Rocket Cables; Cable & Wrist Rest
Mechfashion; Keyboard Sleeves
Thok; Metal Artisan
Deag; Artisan
Shirouu; Artisan
okeydokey; Artisan

09th November 2020
Moved non-accent coloured space bars to Alpha kits to accommodate 40s users with such a preference.
Added an extra 1.5u Tab to 60s Mods kits.
Added R4 1u Ctrl & Alt to cover NK65, BM60, DZ60 type layouts.
Added Additional keys to support various 65% boards.
Updated Colverak kit to include coverage for Colemak's DH and DHm variants, as well as solve some issues with the original kit.

01st November 2020:
Profile changed from DSA to KAM.
Added a mono legend Hiragana alphas kit.
Added a Colevrak kit to support Colemak and Dvorak users
Added a Norde+++ kit which will allow compatibility to our Danish, Estonian, Faroese, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish & Finnish friends.
Added custom icon mods and text mods across all layouts.
Split our offer to 40s users into a 40s kits and ortho kit.
Re-worked our Ergo kit to offer more than just blank keys.
Created a separate novelty "extras" kit that will include 3 new Kan-moji's, and new Heart and Bunny Head designs.
Added a Blank Mods & Alphas Kit.
Removed "Clear Sky" deskmat design.

09th October 2020:
Added colour/Pantone graphic, Added F13 keys to Mods kit, Identified changes to be made to Katakana kit.

07th October 2020:
IC Launched!

yoot · « **Reply #2 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 17:39:27 »

baksbaks · « **Reply #3 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 17:40:22 »

here we go boys

xernnn · « **Reply #4 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 17:41:19 »

Poggers

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Rebral · « **Reply #5 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 17:42:11 »

Yuh, count me in!

Dotnick · « **Reply #6 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 17:42:58 »

DRAGON GORL YAS SO NAIS

EBERYBAWDY BUY IT

Bachoo · « **Reply #7 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 17:43:00 »

eura you're too good

kuro0renji · « **Reply #8 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 17:43:46 »

too cute!

bisoromi · « **Reply #9 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 17:44:12 »

Might be dumb question but are these custom or stock colors?

bowen · « **Reply #10 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 17:44:41 »

EURAAAAAAAAAAA

SO CUUUUUUUUTE

dandruff · « **Reply #11 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 17:46:23 »

Super cute set

Also any chance for non-novelty mods?

yoot · « **Reply #12 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 17:47:16 »

Quote from: bisoromi on Wed, 07 October 2020, 17:44:12

Might be dumb question but are these custom or stock colors?

I think they are pantones (as stated in colors section)

Euro · « **Reply #13 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 17:48:00 »

IM EXCITED

EpicN · « **Reply #14 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 17:48:34 »

so good!!!!

S3LQ · « **Reply #15 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 17:48:43 »

cjute

bisoromi · « **Reply #16 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 17:50:09 »

Quote from: yoot on Wed, 07 October 2020, 17:47:16

Quote from: bisoromi on Wed, 07 October 2020, 17:44:12
Might be dumb question but are these custom or stock colors?
I think they are pantones (as stated in colors section)

Oh woops, reading hard!!

hark · « **Reply #17 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 17:53:16 »

This is too cute! GLWIC

nicoles · « **Reply #18 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 17:53:56 »

Really lovely set~

SenseiJia · « **Reply #19 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 17:54:18 »

is cute!

scrps · « **Reply #20 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 17:54:22 »

very epic

andromache · « **Reply #21 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 17:59:37 »

The gradient on the keycaps is so lovely!

And I'm definitely in for a pink dragon deskmat, maybe a purple one too? They're GORGEOUS. Can't wait!

Nathan_ · « **Reply #22 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 18:14:30 »

looks POG AF

pupper125 · « **Reply #23 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 18:14:55 »

its finally here

yeh · « **Reply #24 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 18:20:23 »

very nice, love the gradient

hali · « **Reply #25 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 18:39:42 »

in if i had money

JPoc · « **Reply #26 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 19:26:05 »

love it

stoked71 · « **Reply #27 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 19:35:31 »

Vertical gradient and the typeface choice, so good

InverseDC · « **Reply #28 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 20:01:34 »

Quote from: dandruff on Wed, 07 October 2020, 17:46:23

Super cute set

Also any chance for non-novelty mods?

We're thinking about adding a non-novelty mods kit! Go ahead and make sure you express that you would like them in the IC form!

Ashardalon · « **Reply #29 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 20:45:05 »

DSA, Kobayashi-san, and a good gradient with a great aesthetic overall? Love it to bits!

Plopmk · « **Reply #30 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 22:20:38 »

I want to eat the renders.

atlanticise · « **Reply #31 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 22:39:48 »

THAT FINAL ROW. that shade of purple. is just so JUICY?!?!!??

ok but will there be normal text/icon mods for noobs like me who don't get the reference but love the colourway?

kidviddy · « **Reply #32 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 22:41:03 »

Cute kit! Thank you for including the extra ー、ム、and ロ keys that should make the katakana version usable on JIS-layout keyboards (and potentially others, too).

I have two suggestions:

Have you considered hiragana, rather than katakana? I don't feel strongly about it, but hiragana feels "cuter" than katakana to me, especially in that font. Maybe it's too much, though, idk.
Please consider including ゛and ゜ keys in the kana monolegend set, either as separate keys, or replacing the 「 and 」 keys. On an ANSI keyboard, these are the same keys -- ゛ is on the same key as 「 and ゜ is on the same key as 」. But on a JIS keyboard, that isn't the case -- ゛ is on the same key as @, and ゜ is on the same key as 「. 」, for its part, is on the same key as む. Because of this, the kit as it currently stands would not be suitable for a JIS keyboard. I realise this may not be top priority for you as most people buying the set will not be using JIS, but the ゛ and ゜ legends would be compatible with both layouts, and feel more appropriate to boot, being essential keys for typing kana, so it feels like you could solve the JIS problem without breaking anything for ANSI -- a win-win result. The vast majority of kana monolegend sets take this route, with the unfortunate exception of DSA 2049, whose regrettable decision to include both 「 and ゜ legends on the same key renders it unusable for JIS-layout keyboards.

Puddsy · « **Reply #33 on:** Wed, 07 October 2020, 23:35:06 »

nice to see a dsa set

glwic

InverseDC · « **Reply #34 on:** Thu, 08 October 2020, 01:21:36 »

Quote from: atlanticise on Wed, 07 October 2020, 22:39:48

THAT FINAL ROW. that shade of purple. is just so JUICY?!?!!??

ok but will there be normal text/icon mods for noobs like me who don't get the reference but love the colourway?

Go ahead and express that you would like to see a normal mods version in the IC form! So glad you like the colors

guill3m · « **Reply #35 on:** Thu, 08 October 2020, 02:58:29 »

That first render in the apartment... brilliant! GLWIC!

Ireojimayo · « **Reply #36 on:** Thu, 08 October 2020, 03:28:23 »

Love the theme lol, very cute

As someone who would use all the novelty mods, I wouldn't mind paying extra to get it separately (or having 2 separate kits) so those who want normal mods can be satisfied.

I'm not too familiar with DSA are there multiple manus that do it? If so which one are you planning to use?
Also I'm guessing you have considered it, but any reason why you didn't go for KAT, I know there are issues, but I'd like to think it will get resolved with time.
Not that I'm against DSA, if you're only reason is "We like DSA" then that's good enough for me.

Nonnegaard · « **Reply #37 on:** Thu, 08 October 2020, 04:07:13 »

I watched Kobayashi-san a week ago. Kanna is just too precious <3

Nonnegaard · « **Reply #38 on:** Thu, 08 October 2020, 04:07:41 »

Everytime she opens her mouth my dang heart melts aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

InverseDC · « **Reply #39 on:** Thu, 08 October 2020, 04:17:43 »

Quote from: Ireojimayo on Thu, 08 October 2020, 03:28:23

Love the theme lol, very cute

As someone who would use all the novelty mods, I wouldnt mind paying extra to get it seperately (or having 2 seperate kits) so those who want normal mods can also have it.

I'm not too familiar with DSA are there multiple manus that do it? If so which one are you planning to use?

Also I'm guessing you have considered it, but any reason why you didn't go for KAT, I know there are issues, but I'd like to think it will get resolved with time.

We've been thinking about adding in non-novelty mods, just go ahead and express that in the IC Form!

We also have not yet decided on a manufacturer yet. DSA was chosen for a number of reasons. The group as a whole felt that there aren't enough DSA sets in the market as of now; when the set was just a meme, the name included DSA; and also the designer felt that DSA was the most faithful to the character inspiration in its properties most successfully out of all the other profiles.

PC Concepts · « **Reply #40 on:** Thu, 08 October 2020, 05:31:27 »

Didnt know i needed this until i saw it haha.

HungHingDaiLo · « **Reply #41 on:** Thu, 08 October 2020, 05:41:31 »

William_S_Jones · « **Reply #42 on:** Thu, 08 October 2020, 09:20:43 »

I like it & will be following the set!

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m00b · « **Reply #43 on:** Thu, 08 October 2020, 12:29:35 »

Really cute set. GLWIC

InverseDC · « **Reply #44 on:** Thu, 08 October 2020, 14:20:02 »

Quote from: kidviddy on Wed, 07 October 2020, 22:41:03

Cute kit! Thank you for including the extra ー、ム、and ロ keys that should make the katakana version usable on JIS-layout keyboards (and potentially others, too).

I have two suggestions:

Have you considered hiragana, rather than katakana? I don't feel strongly about it, but hiragana feels "cuter" than katakana to me, especially in that font. Maybe it's too much, though, idk.
Please consider including ゛and ゜ keys in the kana monolegend set, either as separate keys, or replacing the 「 and 」 keys. On an ANSI keyboard, these are the same keys -- ゛ is on the same key as 「 and ゜ is on the same key as 」. But on a JIS keyboard, that isn't the case -- ゛ is on the same key as @, and ゜ is on the same key as 「. 」, for its part, is on the same key as む. Because of this, the kit as it currently stands would not be suitable for a JIS keyboard. I realise this may not be top priority for you as most people buying the set will not be using JIS, but the ゛ and ゜ legends would be compatible with both layouts, and feel more appropriate to boot, being essential keys for typing kana, so it feels like you could solve the JIS problem without breaking anything for ANSI -- a win-win result. The vast majority of kana monolegend sets take this route, with the unfortunate exception of DSA 2049, whose regrettable decision to include both 「 and ゜ legends on the same key renders it unusable for JIS-layout keyboards.

Very appreciative of your suggestions!
Re: Hiragana vs Katakana you've hit the nail on the head. We felt that Hiragana, whilst rounder and aesthetically "cuter", would be the sensible way to go however we felt that this made the board look too busy. We ultimately opted for Katakana because of the cleaner, simpler, and less busy look it gave the board (and also we're suckers for a good pun - KataKANNA).

Re: dakuten and handakuten you are correct! After having a look over our kitting we can satisfy ANSI-JP, ISO-JP and JIS by simply swapping the brackets for these keys/symbols.

EURA · « **Reply #45 on:** Fri, 09 October 2020, 00:14:52 »

I am very excited for this set to kick off

Thank you to everyone who has shown their support, and please remember to fill out the IC form! We want to hear everyone's concerns and requests~

cam · « **Reply #46 on:** Sun, 11 October 2020, 05:16:12 »

Very cute keyset!

S3LQ · « **Reply #47 on:** Mon, 12 October 2020, 13:00:18 »

Really like the deskmats!

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Nutty · « **Reply #49 on:** Wed, 14 October 2020, 19:32:10 »

This is a super cute keyset! I will be following this and good luck with the IC.

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