Author Topic: [IC] GMK CYL Cherry Love - GB Dates, Pricing, Kitting Updated (Read 15863 times)

Kaptain Mike · « **on:** Mon, 14 July 2025, 07:24:16 »

Group Buy Runs Nov. 21 - Dec. 21

Hello Cherry enjoyers, I would like to present: Cherry Love

This is about a love for the hobby and the people who make it special.
It also reflects a love for all things Cherry in the context of keyboards: the profile, legends, switches, and the iconic logo.

Cherry Love pairs a deep red and a bold red that creates a rich aesthetic. Ngl, they really hit.
The legends are a nice white, not that fluorescent white from your corporate office lighting.

A big shift from my last set GMK Cosmos, this one’s a rich addition to your rotation, trust <3

If you can’t see images because imgur is blocked, join my discord: Kaptain’s Quarters
Read everything, Christ

UPDATE Oct. 31

New Offering: Alternate Alphas Kit - Dark Red

For monotone enjoyers who prefer a simpler look. Complements the Base Kit fully.
Base Kit + Alt Alphas Kit means you can kit a second board smaller than a TKL!
No dark red International Kit since we likely wouldn’t hit MOQ for both.
No dark red numpad because it raises the cost a lot and things are tough in this economy. Forgive me.
GMK Cherry Love will pair great with GMK Dolch or any set with CP white legends. Trust.

Extension Kit

Replaced R1 “Cherry Love” 1u novelty with "Love". Single line text is simpler and more versatile.
Replaced R3 “Caps Love” novelties with “Cherry Love,” for more layout-agnostic thematic legends to replace Caps Lock, Control, or 1.75u Enter for 12u 40% layouts.
Removed R1 icon cap, design needed to be changed for doubleshot and I didnt like it much.
Corrected R4 1.25u Shift to 1.5u Shift to work with boards like Evolve75.
All keys will be doubleshot.

Base Kit and Blanks Kit

Base corrected “Num” to "Num Lock" to align with "Scroll Lock".
Blanks trimmed to 2 columns since most common use will be macro columns and this will lower the cost.

Deskmat, Artisan

Both will be offered, stay tuned.

IC feedback and market conditions drove these changes with the goal to make as many people happy without breaking wallets. I spent countless hours fine-tuning the kits; if I’d gone purely off my own preference, you’d be looking at another WKL-only TKL kit like my recent DCS runs, lol. Thanks for understanding and for all your support. Love you all <3

FINAL KITS

Bae Kit - $128 USD

Alternate Alphas Kit - $75 USD

Extension Kit - $37 USD

Blanks Kit - $19 USD

International Kit - $50 USD

Cherry Love features dark red mods, rich red alphas, and og texticon mods for a timeless look.
Everything doubleshot in CP white, except the front print Sys Rq (Green VV) and Break (CP).

RENDERS
Disclaimer: These renders attempt to convey the real life colors/textures through your different screens under different lighting conditions.

Sessanta by Merisi.Works

Ocho Cuatro 2.1 by daji

SEAL by Xingzhi x Qin

Hanlice by Han Boards

Manta by Bowl Keyboards

For the amazing renders, special thanks to @pontus

APPROVED COLOR SAMPLES

Pictures of physical color samples. I am not a good photographer but I hope this helps. The colors are really nice if I do say so myself.<3

Color samples next to various reds used in popular GMK sets.
F7 is GMK Perestroika, F1 is GMK Maroon, and the Ctrl cap is Dark Red from GMK WoB Essentials Dark RGB Kit, which is the same as Villanelle.
All are different shades, even if the differences are subtle.

VENDORS

United States:CannonKeys
Canada: Desk Hero
Europe: KEYGEM
United Kingdom: ProtoTypist
Oceania: Daily Clack
Southeast Asia: iLumkb
China: KBDfans
South Korea: Swagkeys
India: Neo Macro
Japan:Yushakobo

COLLABORATIONS

Collabs with other makers coming soon too

Want to collab? Message me via Discord, IG, or geekhack. I’ve got resources for you.

THANKS TO <3

The community for all the support!
My friends for all the honest feedback and criticism.
For the artwork:@roksow

Come say hi in my discord: Kaptain’s Quarters

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LogolicusZ · « **Reply #1 on:** Mon, 14 July 2025, 07:33:46 »

Looks awesome!

Kaptain Mike · « **Reply #2 on:** Mon, 14 July 2025, 07:35:13 »

reserved <3

Bagri · « **Reply #3 on:** Mon, 14 July 2025, 07:48:19 »

GLWIC !

Piperaceae · « **Reply #4 on:** Mon, 14 July 2025, 07:49:21 »

GLWIC!

whirlwind · « **Reply #5 on:** Mon, 14 July 2025, 09:41:42 »

Cherry onLy

Guuuf · « **Reply #6 on:** Mon, 14 July 2025, 11:24:53 »

Getting some serious déjà vu here – wasn’t this IC already around once before?
Either way, I love the set! I’d probably go for every kit except the blanks. The 1.5u Super keys are such a nice touch.
If this had R5, it might just make it into my top tier favorites. 😄

Great work on this one!

madmax13 · « **Reply #7 on:** Mon, 14 July 2025, 12:17:51 »

GLWIC!

hali · « **Reply #8 on:** Mon, 14 July 2025, 12:51:14 »

great legends. what colour is break?

extrapriusplease · « **Reply #9 on:** Mon, 14 July 2025, 12:58:27 »

Very exciting news for the BAE key! Hyped for you dude

ZavaZ86 · « **Reply #10 on:** Mon, 14 July 2025, 16:30:56 »

''this one’s a bold addition to your rotation'' while it's a safe play, it won't be bold. That said it's the reverse Jamon set which do look better. Hopefully the price will also be looking good like the keyset

SwitchKeys · « **Reply #11 on:** Mon, 14 July 2025, 16:55:34 »

Really love it! GLWGB

IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES · « **Reply #12 on:** Mon, 14 July 2025, 17:25:51 »

Where do people use the blanks?

MartinThePolarBear · « **Reply #13 on:** Mon, 14 July 2025, 17:47:18 »

Always a fan of wine colored keycaps

amorino · « **Reply #14 on:** Mon, 14 July 2025, 19:17:55 »

Love the kitting, in!

Kaptain Mike · « **Reply #15 on:** Mon, 14 July 2025, 20:09:12 »

Quote from: hali on Mon, 14 July 2025, 12:51:14

great legends. what colour is break?

"Break" will be CP white

vheissu · « **Reply #16 on:** Mon, 14 July 2025, 20:36:29 »

Mike the designerd did it again!

lampmk · « **Reply #17 on:** Tue, 15 July 2025, 22:27:39 »

red

incrediblejr · « **Reply #18 on:** Tue, 15 July 2025, 23:30:46 »

Looking good. Can we get a comparison with Jamon ?

konstantin · « **Reply #19 on:** Wed, 16 July 2025, 09:22:35 »

Quote from: incrediblejr on Tue, 15 July 2025, 23:30:46

Looking good. Can we get a comparison with Jamon ?

+1. Also Perestroika.

I'd like to see R3 PgUp, R4 PgDn included in the base kit for us 65% mains (I'd get a lot more mileage out of those than e.g. numpad =, 1.5u Supers or 40s keys) — but at least they're present in the extension kit, so I'm not going to complain too much

Kaptain Mike · « **Reply #20 on:** Wed, 16 July 2025, 21:08:22 »

Quote from: incrediblejr on Tue, 15 July 2025, 23:30:46

Looking good. Can we get a comparison with Jamon ?

I can probably get someone to send some jamon caps but no promises.

IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES · « **Reply #21 on:** Wed, 16 July 2025, 21:11:57 »

Perestroika already there

Jamon Blot Red Sam Bordeaux and…what else would one want for color comparisons? Darling’s mods?

tactilesbad · « **Reply #22 on:** Thu, 17 July 2025, 07:35:03 »

Ruby437 · « **Reply #23 on:** Thu, 17 July 2025, 08:08:12 »

The set reminds me of KKB cherries except its two-tone rather than a handful of accent keys.
GLWIC

Kaptain Mike · « **Reply #24 on:** Fri, 01 August 2025, 15:42:49 »

Quote from: Ruby437 on Thu, 17 July 2025, 08:08:12

The set reminds me of KKB cherries except its two-tone rather than a handful of accent keys.
GLWIC

Yup, I definitely see the similarities. I am also thinking about an alt alphas kit for the people that really like the dark red color. It is really nice irl. Main concern is the demand to justify it.

pixelpusher · « **Reply #25 on:** Sat, 02 August 2025, 20:49:33 »

I look like your reds, sir. Looking forward to buying a set

Kaptain Mike · « **Reply #26 on:** Thu, 07 August 2025, 20:04:16 »

Quote from: pixelpusher on Sat, 02 August 2025, 20:49:33

I look like your reds, sir. Looking forward to buying a set

You're support is greatly appreciated

Ruby437 · « **Reply #27 on:** Fri, 08 August 2025, 11:28:22 »

Quote from: Kaptain Mike on Fri, 01 August 2025, 15:42:49

Quote from: Ruby437 on Thu, 17 July 2025, 08:08:12
The set reminds me of KKB cherries except its two-tone rather than a handful of accent keys.
GLWIC
Yup, I definitely see the similarities. I am also thinking about an alt alphas kit for the people that really like the dark red color. It is really nice irl. Main concern is the demand to justify it.

Personally I love how the light alphas look on my KKB cherries, but at that point you're basically just doing a carbon copy of it. What would be really cool (but probably a different set) would be black mods with the alpha color as font, basically GMK CYL Burgundy but more cherry. The seeminly abandoned IC for Black Cherries was basically that but with neon pink lettering.

Kaptain Mike · « **Reply #28 on:** Sat, 09 August 2025, 13:40:24 »

Quote from: Ruby437 on Fri, 08 August 2025, 11:28:22

Quote from: Kaptain Mike on Fri, 01 August 2025, 15:42:49
Quote from: Ruby437 on Thu, 17 July 2025, 08:08:12
The set reminds me of KKB cherries except its two-tone rather than a handful of accent keys.
GLWIC
Yup, I definitely see the similarities. I am also thinking about an alt alphas kit for the people that really like the dark red color. It is really nice irl. Main concern is the demand to justify it.

Personally I love how the light alphas look on my KKB cherries, but at that point you're basically just doing a carbon copy of it. What would be really cool (but probably a different set) would be black mods with the alpha color as font, basically GMK CYL Burgundy but more cherry. The seeminly abandoned IC for Black Cherries was basically that but with neon pink lettering.

KKB Cherries is like a darker GMK Classic Red. Icon mods, alt alphas are swapped, but they’re different enough. I’ll have new renders soon by the way. Along with a nice little update

BossKeebs · « **Reply #29 on:** Thu, 02 October 2025, 22:53:07 »

Idk if it is just me but the images are not appearing.

nebulazy · « **Reply #30 on:** Fri, 03 October 2025, 19:22:01 »

love the novelty! beautiful set. GLWIC!

Dingo_Seven · « **Reply #31 on:** Fri, 03 October 2025, 19:40:16 »

GLWIC

PS - Consider including a reddish ice cream with them nice cherries on top pls, trvst it's gonna be a banger

madmax13 · « **Reply #32 on:** Sat, 11 October 2025, 18:27:56 »

Super looking forward to this!

basilkeys · « **Reply #33 on:** Tue, 14 October 2025, 16:34:05 »

Looks great. I heard rumours of an alt alphas kit...any updates on that? Not to be That Guy, but monotone really scratches an itch for me.

Kaptain Mike · « **Reply #34 on:** Fri, 31 October 2025, 18:09:53 »

Big update

madmax13 · « **Reply #35 on:** Fri, 31 October 2025, 22:39:25 »

GLWGB!

MartinThePolarBear · « **Reply #36 on:** Fri, 31 October 2025, 22:48:39 »

Really want this GB to succeed. Hopefully the vendors actually promote it across all their socials

basilkeys · « **Reply #37 on:** Sat, 01 November 2025, 04:01:50 »

Alt alphas appearance!

pixelpusher · « **Reply #38 on:** Sat, 01 November 2025, 10:22:53 »

I would have preferred a light mods for mono color but I’m just happy we’re moving forward. The all dark seems very similar to maroon, and I will probably still buy it bc my maroon set looks amazing on most everything.

Kaptain Mike · « **Reply #39 on:** Fri, 07 November 2025, 14:09:55 »

Quote from: pixelpusher on Sat, 01 November 2025, 10:22:53

I would have preferred a light mods for mono color but I’m just happy we’re moving forward. The all dark seems very similar to maroon, and I will probably still buy it bc my maroon set looks amazing on most everything.

Most people definitely want the dark mono kit. You mention it is similar to Maroon, my picture could be better to show the differences but I think you will definitely see that in person. Reds are fun like that!

sagemintblue · « **Reply #40 on:** Thu, 13 November 2025, 23:43:21 »

Quote from: Kaptain Mike on Fri, 07 November 2025, 14:09:55

Most people definitely want the dark mono kit.

Me too! Thanks for this design! Any chance for 2x dark 3u spacebars in the alt alpha kit?

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Author Topic: [IC] GMK CYL Cherry Love - GB Dates, Pricing, Kitting Updated (Read 15863 times)