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Offline Bobatype

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[IC] ?GMK Aubergine
« on: Sat, 01 April 2023, 14:08:56 »
GMK Aubergine

A tasteful homage to Eggplants

• GALLERY •

Dalco 959 by Hand Engineering

Rotor by PopSmoke

Paragon by Artemis

M60-A by RAMA

Phoenix by Cable Car Design

Maja by Vulcan

Haus by Lewis

Nemui by Bachoo

Old Renders
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Phoenix by Cable Car Design

Petrichor by AlchemistKeyboard

Rotor by PopSmoke

Maja by Vulcan

Dalco 959 by Hand Engineering


Disclaimer: Note some deskmats depicted are stock images. I did not pay for their licenses, as evidenced by their watermarks. They’re just for fun renders.



• KITTING •

- TBC -
Big Base Energy Kit
[One big kit that covers 60%, 65%, 75%, TKL, with terminal ISO, F13, Tsangan support, and minimal compatibility for some 40s, Alice, split space and HHKB layouts. Spacebars and novelties are baked in.]

OR

Simple Base Kit

Comments

The Big Base Energy kit is just a proposal and might not be viable financially; being highly dependent on manufacturer quotes and what vendors believe is viable. I may just end up splitting the spacebars and novelties into individual kits like most typical keycap sets.
Personally I prefer an all-in-one base kit with additional spacebars and novelties included for the pure simplicity one SKU, and wide coverage, but that is not wallet-friendly with some manufacturers (i.e. GMK) in regards to their base kit pricing.

Thus, I'm still open to trialling alternative manufacturers, with new ones on the block; such as Wuque Studios (WSPBT) or Keykobo (KKB) or PBTFans that would lead to potentially faster production and a cheaper base kit too. Whether or not they can do 1 big base kit I don't know either, and I would perhaps have to cull accent white spacebars, white arrow keys, and/or bottom row novelties.

I'm agnostic towards PBT or ABS, and if I do go doubleshot legend, it would mean the green legends will likely by UV-printed.
I won't rule out dyesub, as the technology is getting better, and is a lot more affordable when it comes to kitting flexibility, however I'm leaning towards doubleshot ABS.

Other potential kits to consider include:
> a Text+Icon modifier add-on kit, which has the text being white, and the icon being green (i.e. Shift, instead of ⇧)
See example in the following older render:
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> an alpha kit with hiragana sublegends. See example in the following older render:
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Maja by Vulcan

First version of Base Kit (old/troll)
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• DISCLAIMERS •

The images shown are used for illustrative purposes only. There may be differences between expectations and reality, because of cold temperatures, lighting, angle of view, and screen calibration.  Shrinkage happens from time to time.
I'm currently planning to make a giant eggplant shaped deskmat.



• INSPIRATION •

In my pants, tall and proud,
Is an eggplant, not too loud.
Its skin is dark, its shape is long,
To say it’s my fav emoji, would not be wrong
My eggplant is truly a sight to see,
Firm with taut skin, so smooth and clean.
Its shape is unique, long and lean,
Bulbous purple head, so aubergine.
So here's to you, dear eggplant friend,
A fruit to the very end.
You're long and lovely, dark and sweet,
A treat that's hard to beat.

• FAQ •

Why?
Because I thought it'd be an amusing idea for April Fool's
Also I like this colour. Eggplants are tasty too.

A person in my discord (Judgeseb) was looking for a keycap set in this colourway, and so I wanted to see what it would look like rendered out, with novelties.
I also really wanted to design a giant eggplant shaped deskmat (similar to MVKB’s giant banana deskmat), but didn’t get enough time to flesh it out.
Anyways I ended up liking the colour a lot more than I thought.

• FEEDBACK •
Please fill in the IC form if you are interested. Much appreciated
« Last Edit: Tue, 31 October 2023, 05:34:16 by bobasweatandtears »

Offline mr_foggy

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Re: [IC] GMK Aubergine
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 01 April 2023, 14:11:14 »
date or not, I NEED this thing.

Offline cordoz

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Re: [IC] GMK Aubergine
« Reply #2 on: Sat, 01 April 2023, 14:13:34 »
Inspiration checks out

Offline headshot

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Re: [IC] GMK Aubergine
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 01 April 2023, 14:14:16 »
****. yes.

Offline Bachoo

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Re: [IC] GMK Aubergine
« Reply #4 on: Sat, 01 April 2023, 14:23:09 »
Unironically produce this

Offline stewfayew

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Re: [IC] GMK Aubergine
« Reply #5 on: Sat, 01 April 2023, 14:35:54 »
you'd be an April Fool to not make this

Offline roostrc0gburn

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Re: [IC] GMK Aubergine
« Reply #6 on: Sat, 01 April 2023, 14:46:55 »
tbh I would be in on this if you could get me real legends and not all these cartoon eggplants... tone down the purple and put all the green into an add-on

Offline AnonyMoose_

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Re: [IC] GMK Aubergine
« Reply #7 on: Sat, 01 April 2023, 15:00:52 »
this is actually fire

Offline IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES

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Re: [IC] GMK Aubergine
« Reply #8 on: Sat, 01 April 2023, 16:12:20 »
not since punktarbeit have I been this sad a april fools set wont get made

Offline aicyborg

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Re: [IC] GMK Aubergine
« Reply #9 on: Sat, 01 April 2023, 20:12:30 »
put uk-iso in base or i'm gonna hit you over the head with an eggplant

Offline kajahtaa

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Re: [IC] GMK Aubergine
« Reply #10 on: Sat, 01 April 2023, 20:25:18 »
Perfect for the dark green Allison  i will get someday

Offline Oogtug84

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Re: [IC] GMK Aubergine
« Reply #11 on: Sat, 01 April 2023, 21:20:13 »
in for this, plz be reality



Offline irithyll

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Re: [IC] GMK Aubergine
« Reply #12 on: Sat, 01 April 2023, 22:27:48 »
I refuse to believe this is an April Fools joke.
I will ignore the Rickroll.
Please make this happen.
I love this keyset.

Offline keepoto

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Re: [IC] GMK Aubergine
« Reply #13 on: Sun, 02 April 2023, 01:34:19 »
dammit this would pair so well with the GMK hot_face idea i had in mind

Offline mariajose1197

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Re: [IC] GMK Aubergine
« Reply #14 on: Sun, 02 April 2023, 04:16:41 »
This looooooks niceeeeeeeeeee

Offline fishbiscuit13

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Re: [IC] GMK Aubergine
« Reply #15 on: Sun, 02 April 2023, 11:21:40 »
This isn’t for me personally but it’s really well don’t, I especially love the green accents on the mods. Base kit is going to be a pretty penny though.

Offline involuntarysoul

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Re: [IC] GMK Aubergine
« Reply #16 on: Sun, 02 April 2023, 11:23:06 »
green and purple clash too much, no for me

Offline wastl

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Re: [IC] GMK Aubergine
« Reply #17 on: Sun, 02 April 2023, 13:37:58 »
The colour is awesome, please make this real

Offline CaesarAZealad

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Re: [IC] GMK Aubergine
« Reply #18 on: Sun, 02 April 2023, 14:13:54 »
The colour is awesome, please make this real
Idk about the colour but the color is very nice.
One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen, Sixteen, Seventeen, Eighteen, Nineteen, Twenty... Yeah that seems about right.
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Offline Gajible

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Re: [IC] GMK Aubergine
« Reply #19 on: Sun, 02 April 2023, 18:56:11 »
cool, but how much is pad printed? do it.

Offline Bobatype

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Re: [IC] ?GMK Aubergine
« Reply #20 on: Fri, 07 April 2023, 00:22:50 »
Thanks for all the lovely comments about my eggplant.
Following further contemplation about this concept, I ultimately felt that the nicest thing about it is the lovely shade of eggplant purple, so I've decided to reduce the amount of green, and focused on white as accents for an overall cleaner look. Please see all the new renders in the first post, for a visualisation.

The green was divisive, and I wanted it to be less distracting, so I changed the base kit modifiers legends to be white only as well.
Although I did think the two coloured legends for Icon+text mods was nice, it meant it was either pad-printed, or I had to commit to a reverse dyesub manufacturer. The keycaps thus now look a bit less unique, but the caps are a bit more flexible in matching with keyboards, with a bit broader appeal.
The 3 colour modifers may return as a potential add-on option, but no guarantee on that.
I kept one green Esc novelty for a bit of fun.
I removed the sliced eggplant 1u novelties for navkeys.

I'm currently debating a typical base kit, with novelties and spacebars as separate kits, or just one big base kit: i.e.
Big Base Energy Kit
[One big kit that covers 60%, 65%, 75%, TKL, with terminal ISO, F13, Tsangan support, and minimal compatibility for some 40s, Alice, split space and HHKB layouts. Spacebars and novelties are baked in.]

OR

Simple Base Kit

Comments

The Big Base Energy kit is just a proposal and might not be viable financially; being highly dependent on manufacturer quotes and what vendors believe is viable. I may just end up splitting the spacebars and novelties into individual kits like most typical keycap sets.
Personally I prefer an all-in-one base kit with additional spacebars and novelties included for the pure simplicity one SKU, and wide coverage, but that is not wallet-friendly with some manufacturers (i.e. GMK) in regards to their base kit pricing.

Thus, I'm still open to trialling alternative manufacturers, with new ones on the block; such as Wuque Studios or Keykobo or PBTFans that would lead to potentially faster production and a cheaper base kit too. Whether or not they can do 1 big base kit I don't know either, and I would perhaps have to cull accent white spacebars, white arrow keys, and/or bottom row novelties.

I'm agnostic towards PBT or ABS, and if I do go doubleshot legend, it would mean the green legends will likely by UV-printed.
I won't rule out dyesub, as the technology is getting better, and is a lot more affordable when it comes to kitting flexibility.
« Last Edit: Fri, 07 April 2023, 22:47:17 by bobasweatandtears »

Offline tactilesbad

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Re: [IC] ?GMK Aubergine
« Reply #21 on: Fri, 07 April 2023, 03:02:13 »
run it through keykobo (good opportunity to add icon only molds for modifiers)
big base energy might end up costing a bit less than a gmk regular basekit

Offline KiserDesigns

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Re: [IC] ?GMK Aubergine
« Reply #22 on: Fri, 07 April 2023, 12:10:07 »
Love seeing 4-key+ in base, that's the kind of inclusiveness that we need in this world.
Especially for lower MOQs, having a bigger base kit like that makes sure everything gets made.
Tri-color caps will add to the cost, but that green Esc key is pretty cool.

Offline irithyll

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Re: [IC] ?GMK Aubergine
« Reply #23 on: Fri, 07 April 2023, 12:14:49 »
My preference would honestly be GMK.
Second choice would be Keykobo.

Offline L8T

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Re: [IC] ?GMK Aubergine
« Reply #24 on: Fri, 07 April 2023, 18:24:58 »
Is there a color comparison between this and GMK Regal? Would be nice if you could make one since they are both purple and white sets.

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Re: [IC] GMK Aubergine
« Reply #25 on: Fri, 07 April 2023, 19:14:01 »
The colour is awesome, please make this real
Idk about the colour but the color is very nice.

these are the kinda comments people left behind on gaiaonline

Offline aicyborg

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Re: [IC] ?GMK Aubergine
« Reply #26 on: Fri, 07 April 2023, 19:15:07 »
please consider adding international support. it's actually called an aubergine in the uk and not an eggplant. uk-iso in base confirmed

also yeah smaller base kit pls

Offline CaesarAZealad

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Re: [IC] GMK Aubergine
« Reply #27 on: Fri, 07 April 2023, 20:14:04 »
The colour is awesome, please make this real
Idk about the colour but the color is very nice.

these are the kinda comments people left behind on gaiaonline
Jokes on you nerd, I was 3 years old when Gia was still popular.
One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen, Sixteen, Seventeen, Eighteen, Nineteen, Twenty... Yeah that seems about right.
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Offline involuntarysoul

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Re: [IC] ?GMK Aubergine
« Reply #28 on: Fri, 07 April 2023, 22:53:15 »
the white accents look so much better, i would leave novelties out of the base kit to reduce price, maybe even cut numpad keys as well. If a compact base can be priced at $99 it would sell really well

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Re: [IC] ?GMK Aubergine
« Reply #29 on: Sat, 08 April 2023, 11:26:48 »
I would like to purchase 69 sets please

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Re: [IC] ?GMK Aubergine
« Reply #30 on: Sat, 08 April 2023, 18:09:10 »
:cumby:

Offline Shorle

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Re: [IC] ?GMK Aubergine
« Reply #31 on: Tue, 11 April 2023, 00:46:24 »
What is happening, I am getting sucked into loving purple'ish things  :eek:

International- / NorDe-support announcement when?

Offline Dmitri

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Re: [IC] ?GMK Aubergine
« Reply #32 on: Sat, 24 June 2023, 13:17:45 »
I want

Offline Cringelord

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Re: [IC] ?GMK Aubergine
« Reply #33 on: Sat, 05 August 2023, 03:28:15 »
Give me