[IC] GMK Blue Mod Set (Final Render & Pricing Received) Going Live April 3rd!

[billnye]

Really digging this one...

Let me reach out to GMK and see if I can get a mockup

[Paranoid]

Would easily buy any of these:
- White on blue N5
- Black on green (AE with CR)
- Black (CR) with AE (Green), UN33656 (Magenta), UN6037 (Cyan), CV (Yellow), and 2M (Light Grey)
- Yolch

[bueller]

Really digging this one...

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Let me reach out to GMK and see if I can get a mockup :thumb:

Ivan said he was going to be running that colorway next I believe.

[justnits]

Really digging this one...

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Let me reach out to GMK and see if I can get a mockup :thumb:

Ivan said he was going to be running that colorway next I believe.

yes, i saw ivan stating that before as well...

[ideus]

Really digging this one...

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Let me reach out to GMK and see if I can get a mockup :thumb:

Ivan said he was going to be running that colorway next I believe.

yes, i saw ivan stating that before as well...

He may be happy to see it happening.

[billnye]

Really digging this one...

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Let me reach out to GMK and see if I can get a mockup :thumb:

Ivan said he was going to be running that colorway next I believe.

yes, i saw ivan stating that before as well...

He may be happy to see it happening.

I'll ask him what he's planning on doing. I don't want to interrupt his plans.

[Prelim]

from green to blue? what about orange GMK mods?

I would love to see those, as it's the best color to match with classic cherry doubleshots (either beige or backs)

[ideus]

Really digging this one...

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Let me reach out to GMK and see if I can get a mockup :thumb:

Ivan said he was going to be running that colorway next I believe.

yes, i saw ivan stating that before as well...

He may be happy to see it happening.

I'll ask him what he's planning on doing. I don't want to interrupt his plans.

That is proper courtesy; however, with the long pipeline of ideas and designs he appears to have this small mod set may not be a big part of his plans. It has been mentioned at least for two years now, so probably is not one of his top priorities.

[nubbinator]

Really digging this one...

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Let me reach out to GMK and see if I can get a mockup :thumb:

Ivan said he was going to be running that colorway next I believe.

Did he?  I just threw some things together that I thought would look good.  It's basically a permutation of Round 4 modifiers. 

from green to blue? what about orange GMK mods?

I would love to see those, as it's the best color to match with classic cherry doubleshots (either beige or backs)

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Orange is a tough sell, especially GMK orange since it's a severe shade. 

[billnye]

Waiting on a reply from Ivan, and if he is good with it, I'll be getting mockups in these colorways:

Base color: CR
Shift key: AE legend on CR base
Control key: V1 legend on CR base
Windows key: CV legend on CR base
Alt key: UN6037 legend on CR base
Rest of the keys in the set: UN0001 legend on CR black

Base Color: N9
Shift key: AE legend on N9 base
Control key: V1 legend on N9 base
Windows key: CV legend on N9 base
Alt key: UN6037 legend on N9 base
Rest of keys in the set: UN0001 legend on N9 gray

I changed the control legend to be V1 red and the menu to be UN0001 white, I think the gray would look a little odd. After we get these, I'll stop bugging them for more mockups ) Time for us to settle on a set because I would like to start this right after I finish with CMYW shipping

[nubbinator]

I think magenta still looks better.  If you change magenta to red, you should change cyan to one of the darker/less vibrant blues, change the yellow to the goldenrod yellow, and probably change the green as well. 




Mixing the vibrant colors with the darker colors just doesn't work to me.


Changing grey to white works, I just went with the grey since it's a super light almost white super neutral grey that looks nice and would be contrasty without being painfully so.

[slickmamba]

Would look amazing on either CR or N9! very excite!

[ideus]

I think magenta still looks better.  If you change magenta to red, you should change cyan to one of the darker/less vibrant blues, change the yellow to the goldenrod yellow, and probably change the green as well. 

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Mixing the vibrant colors with the darker colors just doesn't work to me.


Changing grey to white works, I just went with the grey since it's a super light almost white super neutral grey that looks nice and would be contrasty without being painfully so.

This modifiers set will make history, I may take three sets at least, two for my daily drivers, and one for back up.

[Geroximo]

This modifiers set will make history, I may take three sets at least, two for my daily drivers, and one for back up.

You're almost sounding like Elrick again, mate  )

I'm with nubbinator, magenta > red

Looking forward to the GMK mockup 

[pichu23]

I think magenta still looks better.  If you change magenta to red, you should change cyan to one of the darker/less vibrant blues, change the yellow to the goldenrod yellow, and probably change the green as well. 

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Mixing the vibrant colors with the darker colors just doesn't work to me.


Changing grey to white works, I just went with the grey since it's a super light almost white super neutral grey that looks nice and would be contrasty without being painfully so.

ohhhhh real pretty!
hope it turns out successfully.  :)

[billnye]

I think magenta still looks better.  If you change magenta to red, you should change cyan to one of the darker/less vibrant blues, change the yellow to the goldenrod yellow, and probably change the green as well. 

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Mixing the vibrant colors with the darker colors just doesn't work to me.


Changing grey to white works, I just went with the grey since it's a super light almost white super neutral grey that looks nice and would be contrasty without being painfully so.

I'll ask for both and we can judge from it. :)

[nubbinator]

If anyone else wants to mess around with making some mockups, here's some scans of the caps.  They're not perfect, but are close and better than working off of a photograph.

The rows are organized by colors:  Row 1 - Whites, Row 2 - Beiges, Row 3 - Greys and Black, Row 4 - Blues, Row 5 - Greens, Row 6 - Pinks and Purple, Row 7 - Orange and Red, Row 8 - Yellows

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I recommend using pixlr if you don't have photoshop to get spot values and color codes so that you can then input the color into keyboard layout editor and get a more color accurate mock up.

[billnye]

If anyone else wants to mess around with making some mockups, here's some scans of the caps.  They're not perfect, but are close and better than working off of a photograph.

The rows are organized by colors:  Row 1 - Whites, Row 2 - Beiges, Row 3 - Greys and Black, Row 4 - Blues, Row 5 - Greens, Row 6 - Pinks and Purple, Row 7 - Orange and Red, Row 8, Yellows

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I recommend using pixlr if you don't have photoshop to get spot values and color codes so that you can then input the color into keyboard layout editor and get a more color accurate mock up.

Thanks nubs- you da man

[bueller]

If anyone else wants to mess around with making some mockups, here's some scans of the caps.  They're not perfect, but are close and better than working off of a photograph.

The rows are organized by colors:  Row 1 - Whites, Row 2 - Beiges, Row 3 - Greys and Black, Row 4 - Blues, Row 5 - Greens, Row 6 - Pinks and Purple, Row 7 - Orange and Red, Row 8 - Yellows

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I recommend using pixlr if you don't have photoshop to get spot values and color codes so that you can then input the color into keyboard layout editor and get a more color accurate mock up.

Always thought it'd be a good idea to get a Pantone colour chart and match the GMK chips to specific codes, this would make mocking up GMK sets so much easier. I've got access to a bunch of Pantone books but I don't have a color wheel unfortunately.

[nubbinator]

I have several Pantone books (my dad used to have a print shop), the problem is that Pantone isn't something that would help most people with mockups since Pantone colors don't always translate well to the colors you can display on a monitor.  That and the Pantone system has different values for different inks.  They may look the same, but have different numbers, so you'd have to specify the system and the number.

[bueller]

I have several Pantone books (my dad used to have a print shop), the problem is that Pantone isn't something that would help most people with mockups since Pantone colors don't always translate well to the colors you can display on a monitor.  That and the Pantone system has different values for different inks.  They may look the same, but have different numbers, so you'd have to specify the system and the number.

Ah thats a shame, I thought we'd be able to run the codes through one of those Pantone -> RGB/HEX websites.

[IvanIvanovich]

I have a queue of things I want to do. Each group buy takes time, and some have been delayed by various issues preventing me starting new ones in the time I wished to.
After 85|15 either moves on or fails for sure, I will be starting a new buy in March/April. The next one will have CMYK v2 mod set with color legends on black keys, a white/black patch kit and a new full set I'll be calling 'Miami Nights' with magenta on black mods and cyan on black alphas. That full set will be cheap and basic, no nonsense and back to standard modern US primary layout.

[tjweir]

I have a queue of things I want to do. Each group buy takes time, and some have been delayed by various issues preventing me starting new ones in the time I wished to.
After 85|15 either moves on or fails for sure, I will be starting a new buy in March/April. The next one will have CMYK v2 mod set with color legends on black keys, a white/black patch kit and a new full set I'll be calling 'Miami Nights' with magenta on black mods and cyan on black alphas. That full set will be cheap and basic, no nonsense and back to standard modern US primary layout.

Squeeee.

NICE.

[ideus]

This set may be any other colors on black than CMYK.

[billnye]

In order to not interfere with Ivan's future plans, we will be going back to the idea of UN0001 on N5



We could do RGB, but I think that is really close to Ivan's idea and I don't want to step on any toes. I know some people aren't the biggest fans of this color scheme, but I quite like it. Can't please everyone. I will reach out to GMK and see if we can get a quote on this set

[ideus]

In order to not interfere with Ivan's future plans, we will be going back to the idea of UN0001 on N5

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We could do RGB, but I think that is really close to Ivan's idea and I don't want to step on any toes. I know some people aren't the biggest fans of this color scheme, but I quite like it. Can't please everyone. I will reach out to GMK and see if we can get a quote on this set :thumb:

Your decision is understandable. I really hope your GB reaches MoQ, with this color choice, the selection of keys is great.

[rowdy]

That looks similar to the EK much smaller sets.  An RGB set could be (mostly) made from EK mini-sets, so this full set in this particular colour will fill a definite gap.

I also like the colour.

[CommonCurt]

In order to not interfere with Ivan's future plans, we will be going back to the idea of UN0001 on N5

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We could do RGB, but I think that is really close to Ivan's idea and I don't want to step on any toes. I know some people aren't the biggest fans of this color scheme, but I quite like it. Can't please everyone. I will reach out to GMK and see if we can get a quote on this set :thumb:

I like it.  Still wish it was going to be 3B though  :)

The first mock up with 3B had the old school Win logo.  Have you decided that the set (whichever one gets made) will now come with the win8 logo?

[nubbinator]

I really liked 3B too, but it seems like the backlash was too strong.

[billnye]

In order to not interfere with Ivan's future plans, we will be going back to the idea of UN0001 on N5

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We could do RGB, but I think that is really close to Ivan's idea and I don't want to step on any toes. I know some people aren't the biggest fans of this color scheme, but I quite like it. Can't please everyone. I will reach out to GMK and see if we can get a quote on this set :thumb:

I like it.  Still wish it was going to be 3B though  :)

The first mock up with 3B had the old school Win logo.  Have you decided that the set (whichever one gets made) will now come with the win8 logo?

I prefer the win98 logo, but lots of people complain about the pad printing, so I figured I would save myself the headache and just make it Win 8 :))

[CommonCurt]

In order to not interfere with Ivan's future plans, we will be going back to the idea of UN0001 on N5

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We could do RGB, but I think that is really close to Ivan's idea and I don't want to step on any toes. I know some people aren't the biggest fans of this color scheme, but I quite like it. Can't please everyone. I will reach out to GMK and see if we can get a quote on this set :thumb:

I like it.  Still wish it was going to be 3B though  :)

The first mock up with 3B had the old school Win logo.  Have you decided that the set (whichever one gets made) will now come with the win8 logo?

I prefer the win98 logo, but lots of people complain about the pad printing, so I figured I would save myself the headache and just make it Win 8 :))

That's a shame.  I also like the older logos better. 

[luckyryan333]

In order to not interfere with Ivan's future plans, we will be going back to the idea of UN0001 on N5

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I like this color scheme so much, too. Go for it  :thumb:

I prefer the win98 logo, but lots of people complain about the pad printing, so I figured I would save myself the headache and just make it Win 8 :))

+1

[bueller]

In order to not interfere with Ivan's future plans, we will be going back to the idea of UN0001 on N5

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We could do RGB, but I think that is really close to Ivan's idea and I don't want to step on any toes. I know some people aren't the biggest fans of this color scheme, but I quite like it. Can't please everyone. I will reach out to GMK and see if we can get a quote on this set :thumb:

Love this and love the Win8 logos.

[tjweir]

In order to not interfere with Ivan's future plans, we will be going back to the idea of UN0001 on N5

Nice!

[nubbinator]

Still not a huge fan, but here's a rough mock up with GMK Beige and Cream, GMK Dolch, and classic WoB.

[billnye]

Still not a huge fan, but here's a rough mock up with GMK Beige and Cream, GMK Dolch, and classic WoB.

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Thanks again nubs :)

[jdcarpe]

Still not a huge fan, but here's a rough mock up with GMK Beige and Cream, GMK Dolch, and classic WoB.

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Now just gotta get those two alpha keys in the correct alpha colors so it doesn't look weird.

[nubbinator]

I just realized that your pack has the symmetry \|, but no Esc or `~.  How's that going to work?

Still not a huge fan, but here's a rough mock up with GMK Beige and Cream, GMK Dolch, and classic WoB.

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Now just gotta get those two alpha keys in the correct alpha colors so it doesn't look weird.

I'm good.  Symmetry is love, symmetry is life.

[Joey Quinn]

I just realized that your pack has the symmetry \|, but no Esc or `~.  How's that going to work?

Still not a huge fan, but here's a rough mock up with GMK Beige and Cream, GMK Dolch, and classic WoB.

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Now just gotta get those two alpha keys in the correct alpha colors so it doesn't look weird.

I'm good.  Symmetry is love, symmetry is life.

I love symmetry on 60% and smaller but not on larger boards.

[nubbinator]

I'm good.  Symmetry is love, symmetry is life.

I love symmetry on 60% and smaller but not on larger boards.

What do you mean by "larger"?

[Joey Quinn]

I'm good.  Symmetry is love, symmetry is life.

I love symmetry on 60% and smaller but not on larger boards.

What do you mean by "larger"?

Tkl and full size.

[nubbinator]

I'm good.  Symmetry is love, symmetry is life.

I love symmetry on 60% and smaller but not on larger boards.

What do you mean by "larger"?

Tkl and full size.

[bueller]

Still not a huge fan, but here's a rough mock up with GMK Beige and Cream, GMK Dolch, and classic WoB.

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Now just gotta get those two alpha keys in the correct alpha colors so it doesn't look weird.

This guy gets it.

[HoffmanMyster]

I'm good.  Symmetry is love, symmetry is life.

I love symmetry on 60% and smaller but not on larger boards.

What do you mean by "larger"?

Tkl and full size.

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Picture a 60%.  Then picture another one.  Now cut the second one in half.  Glue the full 60% + half another 60% together.   :thumb:

[billnye]

I just realized that your pack has the symmetry \|, but no Esc or `~.  How's that going to work?

I asked GMK for the `~ key in the mockup but they didn't send it so I have to get that fixed.

There will be an escape pack with a few keys that will contain the matching one

[FrostyToast]

I'm good.  Symmetry is love, symmetry is life.

I love symmetry on 60% and smaller but not on larger boards.

What do you mean by "larger"?

Tkl and full size.

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Picture a 60%.  Then picture another one.  Now cut the second one in half.  Glue the full 60% + half another 60% together.   :thumb:

Instructions unclear; ended up with this:

[Joey Quinn]

What do you mean by "larger"?

Tkl and full size.

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Picture a 60%.  Then picture another one.  Now cut the second one in half.  Glue the full 60% + half another 60% together.   :thumb:

That's Numberwang!

[HoffmanMyster]

I'm good.  Symmetry is love, symmetry is life.

I love symmetry on 60% and smaller but not on larger boards.

What do you mean by "larger"?

Tkl and full size.

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Picture a 60%.  Then picture another one.  Now cut the second one in half.  Glue the full 60% + half another 60% together.   :thumb:

Instructions unclear; ended up with this:

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Oh jeepers.  Go back, go back!

Also, nice pic.     hehehe

[ideus]

Still not a huge fan, but here's a rough mock up with GMK Beige and Cream, GMK Dolch, and classic WoB.

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In Nubbi's words: Still not a ... fan, the blue is just too bright for all the modifiers.

[FrostyToast]

I'm good.  Symmetry is love, symmetry is life.

I love symmetry on 60% and smaller but not on larger boards.

What do you mean by "larger"?

Tkl and full size.

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Picture a 60%.  Then picture another one.  Now cut the second one in half.  Glue the full 60% + half another 60% together.   :thumb:

Instructions unclear; ended up with this:

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Oh jeepers.  Go back, go back!

Also, terrible pic. Photographer must be a circle.

Did I back up far enough?