[IC] GMK CYL Gorp - Lead Vendor Announced!

[extrapriusplease]

Hi everyone! Welcome my first interest check for GMK CYL Gorp! My name is Evan, or Extrapriusplease (EPP for short). Some of you may know me from my build streams on Twitch or have seen the Dolch hats I ran a GB for earlier in March. Super excited to roll this out

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Background:

Gorp, also known as 'Good Ol Raisins and Peanuts'—a term affectionately used for trail mix—has transcended its outdoor origins to make a significant mark on the fashion world. Over the past decade, this influence has formed a distinct style known as 'Gorpcore'. This fashion movement embraces functional outdoor gear, seamlessly integrating practicality with contemporary style.

The Gorpcore trend began gaining traction in 2011 when the Japanese clothing brand Beams teamed up with the renowned Canadian outdoor brand Arc’teryx. This collaboration, initially exclusive to Japan from 2011 to 2021, introduced a range of high-performance outerwear that captured the attention of fashion insiders.

The turning point came when images of celebrities wearing these distinctive jackets began surfacing on fashion forums and social media. This exposure shot the Beams x Arc’teryx collections into the spotlight, marking 2017 as a pivotal year for both brands. Among the standout releases of this period, the Beta SL Patchwork Beams x Arc’teryx jacket stands out as a personal favorite. This keycap set is a nod to this jacket while staying true to muted & understated beige keycaps.




Kits - By Pontus:

Base Kit


Alt Alphas Kit



Renders - By Pontus:

500c by Merisi Works



997.3 by dnworks



997.3 by dnworks with Alt Alphas



Atherna by Logolicusz




Creative Renders- By Avi:





Renders - By Captain Sterling:

D60 Lite by KBD Fans



Work One by werk.technica



Glare TKL by Geon Works




Ideology:

- The base kit uses GMK L9 Alphas, which allows us to keep this kitting minimal
- Because the yellow alphas might be polarizing, I am offering an Alt Alphas kit. GMK is allowing us to use the same alpha colors at GMK Plum! This is slightly more saturated than the RAL color I chose, but after some thought, it will look better and provide more contrast!


Features:

- CYL Profile: ABS plastic, thick doubleshot keycaps manufactured by GMK
- Colors: GMK L9 - Beige Alphas, Matte Jade Green - RAL 160 80 10, Foggy Blue - RAL 250 70 10, Light Blond - RAL 085 85 20
- EPP Key: My good friend Gary, check out his website here, is responsible for the art / branding of my keyboard stuff. He asked if we could do this so why the frick not

Timeline:

- Pricing / Vendors: Super hyped to announce that Omnitype will be the lead vendor on this project! Regional vendors / timelines are still TBD!
- Color matching: After IC
- GB Timeline: TBD
- Color Chips: I ordered these from RAL to compare to Beige and Plum keycaps - note we will be using the same color as GMK Plum!
- Novelties / Deskmats: In progress! Gary making some fun stuff right now!




Thanks To:

- Pontus: guiding me through kitting details and renders
- Gary: cannot thank you enough man, appreciate you always being down to help out with your mf art
- Avi: helping me with all of the creative aspects of this keycap set, ily m8
- Tristian: for just wanting to contribute and do renders to support
- Ankit & Lightning: helping me out with kitting questions
- Kaptain Mike: geekhack help and just checking in to see how things were going
- Merisi Works, Daji, dnworks, and logolicusz for providing boards for renders


Questions, Comments, Concerns:

- Please reach out with any questions, or if you want to tell me to kick rocks, DM over on Discord @extrapriusplease
- If you are an artisan marker and want to collaborate on something, please reach out!
- Confirmed Artisan Collabs: Alpha Keycaps, Bad Magic Trick, Frumpzkeys
- If this set goes through to a GB, we'll be creating some merch! Hats, totes, and anything else we wanna do


Links - follow if you please:
Instagram
Twitch
Youtube
Discord


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[extrapriusplease]

hi - updates:

March 15th:
- Updated Alt Alphas kit with the 1u pipe key

March 17th:
- Omnitype will be the lead vendor on this project!

March 22nd:
- GMK is allowing us to use the same alpha color as GMK Plum! This way, we only need to match the blue and green RAL colors.

March 25th:
- Novelties & Deskmats in progress thank you for your feedback!

April 15th:
- Artisan collabs added! Still waiting on feedback from GMK based on your kitting feedback. More to come soon hopefully.

June 13th:
- Pre-order details are getting flushed out! Please sign up to be notified when the set is live on Omnitype here: https://omnitype.com/collections/interest-checks/products/gmk-gorp

July 14th:
- Color samples are on their way to my house! We're finalizing the kitting, novelties, deskmat, and other GB details. More to come soon

July 19th:
- GMK color samples approved

 

August 19th:
- Kits have been finalized - Base, Alt Alphas, Extension Kit, Novelties
- Base kit includes 3-key 40s kit, alt alphas will not have a number pad to reduce the price, extensions have spacebars everyone is asking for!
- Vendors are 90% sorted
- This will be the last announcement before the GB post - which is v soon!

Thanks for rocking with me and for your patience

Here are the novelties:



Mats:

 

August 25th:
- Vendors are confirmed!
- US - Omnitype
- CA - Deskhero
- EU - Oblotzky
- CN - KBDfans
- KR - Geon
- JP - Yushakobo
- UK - Prototypist
- AU - Keebz n Cables

[keeganzero]

gorp is good

[Kaptain Mike]

Love to see this finally hit the IC stage!! Great theme!!!

[koolkeebs]

Avi COOKED with these renders. 

[rayy]

Patagonia type beats

[mr_foggy]

found out about this set because of the FCFS trivia for the DNworks 02. been a fan ever since.

[onedrunkman]

 when you gorp I gorp we gorp 

[MoarCoffeePlzzz]

The alt alphas were not my jam when looking at the renders but holy **** does it look good on that hhkb render above. I'm in for both kits. best of luck dude.

[packman86]

wtb

[whirlwind]

Gorp! Good luck with the IC mate 

[pr0ximity]

Love these colors, gl gl!!

[wigol2506]

Sweet swweettt stuff, big up for EPP!

[qriousgabriel]

Looks very epp! Noice I love it!

[Aethelberht]

Interesting. Novelkeys please pick this

[BanditTree]

Unreal keyboard drip, good ol’ reliable prius - count me in!

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

https://ibb.co/r2sT4pbv

My face when EPP has an awesome set for IC

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

Will the alt alphas be color matched in Jessica’s bedroom?

[mcmcmc]

giving 2017/2018 i love it!

[randolf_the_gray]

Pumped about the EPP key 🔥

[farlig]

I like it!

[CPTBadAss]

Can you show me how the water beads on the caps before I consider buying the set?

[chutoroymoi]

Yum extragorpplease

[Puddsy]

yeah i think i'm probably legally obligated to buy this one

[h40]

Now that's a well dressed figure 8.

[Snikrep]

Ugh, ExtraPriusPlease made me post how much I love the aged HHKB vibes these give!
Great job EPP!

[twitchytheinsideman]

Gives off DCS Islander vibes.

Tbh I would have expected the set to have the same patch theme around like DCS Windbreaker, GMK Panels, (and GMK Handarbeit).

[dvorcol]

Gives off DCS Islander vibes.

Tbh I would have expected the set to have the same patch theme around like DCS Windbreaker, GMK Panels, (and GMK Handarbeit).

GMK Gorp


IFK Islander - May 2020 GB


DCS Islander - March 2024 IC

More

GMK Gorp inspiration - 2017 Beta SL Patchwork Beams x Arc'teryx jacket


DCS Windbreaker - May 2020 GB


GMK Panels - September 2021 GB


GMK Handarbeit+ R2 - April 2021 GB

[alexdee]

wtb rn

[zhol]

Gives off DCS Islander vibes.

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[Randomlosername]

It's gorpin time

[extrapriusplease]

Gives off DCS Islander vibes.

Tbh I would have expected the set to have the same patch theme around like DCS Windbreaker, GMK Panels, (and GMK Handarbeit).

I'll be honest, I considered this because it would match the jacket, but I wouldn't use the set as much. I like the simplicity of a standard base kit tbh.

[extrapriusplease]

Lead vendor announced! :0 So hyped... y'all are the best. Appreciate everyone filling out the IC form already!

[LogolicusZ]

Gorpin timeee

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

Dumb question: anyone gonna buy this and you don’t already have CR black on L9 light beige alphas from gmk 9009, classic beige or Hineybeige?

[extrapriusplease]

Dumb question: anyone gonna buy this and you don’t already have CR black on L9 light beige alphas from gmk 9009, classic beige or Hineybeige?

That’s the main reason why I didn’t include more bars in the base. I could do 6u within the alt alphas to accommodate. Will wait until we get more feedback though!

[dvorcol]

Dumb question: anyone gonna buy this and you don’t already have CR black on L9 light beige alphas from gmk 9009, classic beige or Hineybeige?

That’s the main reason why I didn’t include more bars in the base. I could do 6u within the alt alphas to accommodate. Will wait until we get more feedback though!

Just curious, can you share the poll results for "Do you wish the Base Kit came standard with the Alt Alphas Kit (yellow alphas) instead of Beige Alphas?"

[extrapriusplease]

Dumb question: anyone gonna buy this and you don’t already have CR black on L9 light beige alphas from gmk 9009, classic beige or Hineybeige?

That’s the main reason why I didn’t include more bars in the base. I could do 6u within the alt alphas to accommodate. Will wait until we get more feedback though!

Just curious, can you share the poll results for "Do you wish the Base Kit came standard with the Alt Alphas Kit (yellow alphas) instead of Beige Alphas?"

Yes of course! So far, there have been 150 responses, and only 35% of people want the Alt Alphas in the standard base kit. Because of this, I am going to roll with the Beige alphas in the base kit.

[lampmk]

in for 1 

[austriker]

I would be so in for this if the alt alphas were the main alphas. Lovely color combination. The windbreaker theme but 2025.

[cht1821]

I would be so in for this if the alt alphas were the main alphas. Lovely color combination. The windbreaker theme but 2025.

+1

[extrapriusplease]

To speed up the color-matching process, GMK is allowing us to use the same color as the GMK Plum alphas! The chip I ordered is a tad lighter, but I think the more saturated yellow will look better.

[FoxandFoundry]

Kind of like a muted version of GMK Analog Dreams in a good way. Looks nice!

[Randomlosername]

Looking back at this again I missed that there is a "menu" key but only a 1.25U one. Any chance of getting a 1U for 7U bottom row? I love having system/code over super but menu would be really cool as well. Just a thought as I was coming back to look at this set again.

[extrapriusplease]

Looking back at this again I missed that there is a "menu" key but only a 1.25U one. Any chance of getting a 1U for 7U bottom row? I love having system/code over super but menu would be really cool as well. Just a thought as I was coming back to look at this set again.

I’ll talk to Omnitype about it but tbh I’m not super keen for it if it’s already in the 6.25 row!

[Randomlosername]

I’ll talk to Omnitype about it but tbh I’m not super keen for it if it’s already in the 6.25 row!

Valid haha I just figured no harm in asking. Thanks for the reply!

[mr_foggy]

To speed up the color-matching process, GMK is allowing us to use the same color as the GMK Plum alphas! The chip I ordered is a tad lighter, but I think the more saturated yellow will look better.

good

plum R2 next 

[konstantin]

Looking back at this again I missed that there is a "menu" key but only a 1.25U one. Any chance of getting a 1U for 7U bottom row? I love having system/code over super but menu would be really cool as well. Just a thought as I was coming back to look at this set again.

Imo, a better course of action would be to change 1.25u Menu to Fn as is standard in most sets (currently, there is no 1.25u Fn key in base). The thing is that the Menu legend has a pretty narrow meaning and isn't very versatile (Fn could work as Menu, but not the other way around).

[extrapriusplease]

Novelties & deskmats in progress

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

Ayyyy that’s great. I’d buy a mat.