GMK DOLCH [COMPLETE]

[quochung1989]

Ivan needs to do Handarbeit, because NO body else is doing it, including Sherryton (lot of talk but no evidence as usual from him).

Hence Ivan should be the FIRST person to initiate this Group Buy which will put it out amongst us addicts as soon as possible.  We definitely need to get this off the ground instead of mincing around here talking about it for the next 3 years on 'maybe' doing it.

Time for Geekhack to finally man-up and put out Handarbeit once and for all  .

Yeah that' s true. But i still worry about MOQ We should creat IC to probe

[garoti]

Ivan needs to do Handarbeit, because NO body else is doing it, including Sherryton (lot of talk but no evidence as usual from him).

Hence Ivan should be the FIRST person to initiate this Group Buy which will put it out amongst us addicts as soon as possible.  We definitely need to get this off the ground instead of mincing around here talking about it for the next 3 years on 'maybe' doing it.

Time for Geekhack to finally man-up and put out Handarbeit once and for all  .

Very good, Elrick
Ivan, can you do this

[CommonCurt]

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This would be amazing with red mods.

Still waiting for classic beige and/or Soware, WYSE GMK sets.

[SpAmRaY]

Ivan needs to do Handarbeit, because NO body else is doing it, including Sherryton (lot of talk but no evidence as usual from him).

Hence Ivan should be the FIRST person to initiate this Group Buy which will put it out amongst us addicts as soon as possible.  We definitely need to get this off the ground instead of mincing around here talking about it for the next 3 years on 'maybe' doing it.

Time for Geekhack to finally man-up and put out Handarbeit once and for all  .

Yeah that' s true. But i still worry about MOQ We should creat IC to probe

^^ this, MOQ for that was near impossible due to costs and interest, everyone wants to say they want something but they won't speak with their wallets

[Elrick]

^^ this, MOQ for that was near impossible due to costs and interest, everyone wants to say they want something but they won't speak with their wallets

I wish I had the spare $10'000 to sink into this to get made by GMK but my Mrs would kill me in places I will never use again in my lifetime.

She doesn't mind a grand here or there but when it comes to thousands for just one key-set, then there is no way to stay alive after she finds out and she always will.  Women seem more sensitive to extravagant purchases then anyone else so unless there is a very 'brilliant' excuse to cover a huge dent in my bank account for a couple of weeks, then it's off the table  .

[JaccoW]

^^ this, MOQ for that was near impossible due to costs and interest, everyone wants to say they want something but they won't speak with their wallets

I wish I had the spare $10'000 to sink into this to get made by GMK but my Mrs would kill me in places I will never use again in my lifetime.

She doesn't mind a grand here or there but when it comes to thousands for just one key-set, then there is no way to stay alive after she finds out and she always will.  Women seem more sensitive to extravagant purchases then anyone else so unless there is a very 'brilliant' excuse to cover a huge dent in my bank account for a couple of weeks, then it's off the table  .

Tell her you are doing it for the children!

Alternatively;
It's to pay off the mistress...

Wait, don't do that. Probably worse than the extravagant purchases.

[Oobly]

How about this?



numiru's GreenTea set (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=60397.0). The colourway is awesome, IMHO. I have ordered a set, but if it doesn't tip I really want a set with these colours and preferably a GMK set.

[Motan22]

So what you are saying is you are ready to preorder like 100 sets or so? ) Actually one of the ideas I've been thinking on is 'Miami Nights'. I suppose some people can guess what that will be.

You have my attention!

I always thought a GMK miami set with white legends would be phenomenal.

Or even GMK miami modifiers that are a mix of cyan/magenta with white legends; they could fit really well with the dolch alphas.

[lightsout714]

Ivan needs to do Handarbeit, because NO body else is doing it, including Sherryton (lot of talk but no evidence as usual from him).

Hence Ivan should be the FIRST person to initiate this Group Buy which will put it out amongst us addicts as soon as possible.  We definitely need to get this off the ground instead of mincing around here talking about it for the next 3 years on 'maybe' doing it.

Time for Geekhack to finally man-up and put out Handarbeit once and for all  .

Boooo rainbows!

[IvanIvanovich]

Yeah... we need to stick to things that have some chance of making MOQ. I'm not even going to entertain some ideas because I know they won't.

[mrdar206]

How about sanctuary with cherry legend 

[whentheclouds]

The problem with Handarbeit is it's too extravagant.

i don't think extravagant is the right word, but rather gaudy. just an eyesore to me :/ Sanctuary is good but i doubt it will reach MOQ either

is the teal set in this pic GMK produced? looks similar to the color-damaged Triumph Adler set that i really like

[IvanIvanovich]

No that was SP set... made to look like the TA UV+blue colorway I suppose.

[Battou62]

Yeah... we need to stick to things that have some chance of making MOQ. I'm not even going to entertain some ideas because I know they won't.

I trust Ivan's judgment on something like this. I know he's not going to pander to a few people wanting a crazy color scheme. I would love to seem something simple like a classic two tone set. I think a WYSE GMK set would be pretty cool.

[whentheclouds]

No that was SP set... made to look like the TA UV+blue colorway I suppose.

thanks, i didn't know SP sets use Cherry font (or what looks to be)

[cphead]

Yeah... we need to stick to things that have some chance of making MOQ. I'm not even going to entertain some ideas because I know they won't.

In your opinion, which color combos would have the best shot at reaching MOQ?

[CK Briefs]

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This would be amazing with red mods.

Still waiting for classic beige and/or Soware, WYSE GMK sets.

GMK SOWARE WHERE!?

I swear sherry's never going to do it

Red alert and soware have my vote

[whentheclouds]

Sherry replied to one of my inquiries saying the SoWaRe attempt is delayed because the colors are hard to reproduce

[Elrick]

Yeah... we need to stick to things that have some chance of making MOQ. I'm not even going to entertain some ideas because I know they won't.

Ivan that is like picking the correct Lotto Numbers to win First Division and you know how near impossible that is.

GMK Moq is the tough one here unless you want to keep on designing Dolch Sets for the rest of your life (due to easily reaching the required numbers here)?

[geniekid]

Well whatever is next it won't resemble Dolch in any way. No more grey base colors!

When I say colored-Dolch I just mean white-on-color alphas with white-on-darker-tint mods, so there would be no greys in there.  Perhaps Dolch is a bad term to use.  I might try to mock out something this weekend with N7 and UE just to see if it looks as good as it does in my head or not 

WoAE with WoN7 mods. 


WoN5 with WoV4 mods.


Obviously the color accuracy is off, but I don't think the Greens would look that great.  The Blues look better though!

[TLSC.wipeOut]

GMK SoWare and Classic Beige

[Sifo]

GMK SoWare and Classic Beige

I would kill for gmk soware

[rowdy]

Well whatever is next it won't resemble Dolch in any way. No more grey base colors!

When I say colored-Dolch I just mean white-on-color alphas with white-on-darker-tint mods, so there would be no greys in there.  Perhaps Dolch is a bad term to use.  I might try to mock out something this weekend with N7 and UE just to see if it looks as good as it does in my head or not 

WoAE with WoN7 mods. 
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WoN5 with WoV4 mods.
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Obviously the color accuracy is off, but I don't think the Greens would look that great.  The Blues look better though!

That green reminds me of the Nuclear Data Grteen IC.

[Vitaly]

why there is no win logo on base set?? I love win logo!

Some love some not. Using blank keycaps for "winkey" best decision in my opinion ( I didn't use Windows and window not best typographic glyph).

[pix3l_fodder]

Just for records I have paid.

[IvanIvanovich]

Just a reminder that the payment due date is coming up tomorrow. There are still 25 people that have left to pay. If you don't pay tomorrow you won't get your order.

[kekstee]

The new Windows logo you get looks pretty terrible and doesn't fit the font at all. The set is better off without it.
I wouldn't mind some very general modifier logo, but I can't really imagine something appropriate either.

[Halvar]

Equally relevant: the logo of the 2014 FIFA World Cup is a facepalm. They should change it!

[CK Briefs]

Just a reminder that the payment due date is coming up tomorrow. There are still 25 people that have left to pay. If you don't pay tomorrow you won't get your order.

Yeah lay down THE LAW, Ivan!

[bazh]

Maybe we could bring the pack buys back, I would kill for a blue mod set to get done

[osi]

If anyone one is bailing on their color pack -- I am interested.

- osi

[Orca]

would gladly takeover a base + color order for any unpaid orders~

[SSIPAK]

I am also willing to takeover the unpaid orders

[Prankk]

I would very much like to take over an unpaid color pack. not really sure why I didn't order one to begin with.

[xandr]

Same here. I'd happily adopt an unpaid color pack order as mentioned in my (unanswered) pm from a few days ago.

[lightsout714]

So Ivan your paypal must have what like 45 grand or something in it right now? I'm surprised paypal doesn't freak out with numbers like that. Thanks for your effort here! Glad I made it in.

[chrisq]

I will also take an extra base set and color pack if needed.

Also sign me up for basically anything GMK you'll do next 

[IvanIvanovich]

Hehe, yeah it's more like $50K but I have premier account and took all the steps with them a long time ago to deal with larger amounts of transactions.

I'll open up for taking unpaid order tomorrow.

[TBone]

Hehe, yeah it's more like $50K but I have premier account and took all the steps with them a long time ago to deal with larger amounts of transactions.

So Ivan you hopefully take some cut, right? At least to compensate you for your time? I mean you do so much for this community I really wouldn't mind paying you $10 per GB set. I don't know about others, but the fact that these sets exists without your work really means a lot to us! Thanks! 

[LechnerDE]

Hehe, yeah it's more like $50K but I have premier account and took all the steps with them a long time ago to deal with larger amounts of transactions.

So Ivan you hopefully take some cut, right? At least to compensate you for your time? I mean you do so much for this community I really wouldn't mind paying you $10 per GB set. I don't know about others, but the fact that these sets exists without your work really means a lot to us! Thanks! 

Isn't that what the GB fee is for?

In other news I am really impressed that so many people actually paid in time. I guess we can easily compensate for the few that didn't pay

[TBone]

Anyone know what color code the Cyan in the Color Pack is?

[Zeal]

Hehe, yeah it's more like $50K but I have premier account and took all the steps with them a long time ago to deal with larger amounts of transactions.

So Ivan you hopefully take some cut, right? At least to compensate you for your time? I mean you do so much for this community I really wouldn't mind paying you $10 per GB set. I don't know about others, but the fact that these sets exists without your work really means a lot to us! Thanks! 

Isn't that what the GB fee is for?

In other news I am really impressed that so many people actually paid in time. I guess we can easily compensate for the few that didn't pay

Indeed, glad everyone's paying up.

[Zeal]

Anyone know what color code the Cyan in the Color Pack is?

I believe it's UN6037

[TBone]

Anyone know what color code the Cyan in the Color Pack is?

I believe it's UN6037

I hope so! I'm picking up some of these GMK LED keycapshttp://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=60117.30;topicseen Keycaps in UN6037 just in case I put this set on a 108 key with LED's. They just look sweet too!

[IvanIvanovich]

Yes it UN6037 in the COLOR pack.
Groupbuy fee covers things like mailing supplies, printer supplies like toner, any additional paypal fees I incur since they LOVE to doubledip transactions, currency exchange fee and general loss of value going from USD to EUR, wire transfer fee, shipping cost from GMK to me, customs clearance fees, other ancillary costs... generally there really isn't ever anything meaningful left at the end of all that and I calculate the fee carefully for this. The keys themselves have no mark up either are sold to you at same cost as GMK quotes me.
So it's all done with the intent to be non-profit.

It is nice to have a much lower than average cancellation/non-payment percentage on this buy. I only wish it could always be this way.

[HoffmanMyster]

It is nice to have a much lower than average cancellation/non-payment percentage on this buy. I only wish it could always be this way.

If you always ran Dolch, you could probably achieve that.   )
 

[Elrick]

It is nice to have a much lower than average cancellation/non-payment percentage on this buy. I only wish it could always be this way.

If you always ran Dolch, you could probably achieve that.   )
 

Yep it's Dolch, that's why it will always be bought.  Just glad this Group Buy has taken off successfully so we all shall enjoy the GMK perfection when it arrives into our homes.

[geniekid]

Thanks Ivan!

[shawn o]

I'll take a base set after all. I have no faith in ever getting a Dolch set from Originative so I'll have to learn to live with the symbol only keys!

[IvanIvanovich]

I will be accepting a limited number of last chance orders today ONLY!

Directions:
PM me with the following: what you want, email, real name and mailing address, and telephone if you are outside the USA (just copy pasta the below and fill in your info following this format)
BASE - 0
COLOR - 0
Space - 0

email@email.com
Ivan Ivanovich
Kremlin
Moscow
103073
Russia
+7 495 695-37-76

If you can't be bothered to follow this, I can't be bothered to send you an invoice.