[IC] Colors - Cherry Profile

[katushkin]

I reeeeeally like the blue/grey and the green/grey. I think the idea of alphas as main and then modifier add on packs is a great idea, although I'm not sure how it would work with GMK's MOQ. You may end up with getting the alphas through then diluting it too much with lots of coloured alphas.

Also, would this include numpad as well?

[thesiscamper]

I reeeeeally like the blue/grey and the green/grey. I think the idea of alphas as main and then modifier add on packs is a great idea, although I'm not sure how it would work with GMK's MOQ. You may end up with getting the alphas through then diluting it too much with lots of coloured alphas.

Also, would this include numpad as well?

Yes it will include a numpad, at least a full layout hopefully. Also, it's not final that this will be GMK, I'll have to ask around.

[thesiscamper]

Can we get white mods like on this Commodore PC-10 board? -> http://i.imgur.com/nVUdFT2.jpg

Yes, but right now the idea is to choose  the first colors according to the poll results, although I would like to eventually have most/all colors available as mods. 

[gabba-gool]

Green and gray combo looks so good. I wants it. I want too many things that I see on this site.

[SpAmRaY]

Green and gray combo looks so good. I wants it. I want too many things that I see on this site.

It only gets worse the longer you are here.

[rowdy]

Green and gray combo looks so good. I wants it. I want too many things that I see on this site.

It only gets worse the longer you are here.

QFT

[switchnollie]

Crazy thought I had when reading the title.

What if you did a set of escape and enter keys in these colors?

You would get interesting accent keys and real life examples of the colors.

I really like this idea, especially if ISO happens

[logomachy]

Give me accents!

[thesiscamper]

This will most likely not be GMK, so I updated the title.

[loud_asian]

This will most likely not be GMK, so I updated the title.

Any idea for who will be manufacturing these?

[thesiscamper]

This will most likely not be GMK, so I updated the title.

Any idea for who will be manufacturing these?

I can't really say at the moment, will update as soon as I have more info. I'm also not saying GMK is out, if we fallback to just the mods GMK is the very likely candidate, but at the moment I'm aiming for the alphas too.

[katushkin]

I would maybe change it to something like: "Dark alphas with coloured mods - Cherry Profile" because just "colors" doesn't really describe anything, and IMO it's a great looking product.

I think going for someone like Signature Plastics would be a good bet, we have had a LOT of GMK buys over the last 6-12 months, and SP can do it for a very reasonable price, lower MOQs, and they don't compromise on the quality. Yes, It won't be quite as high a quality as GMK, but SP are a very good compromise.

[thesiscamper]

I would maybe change it to something like: "Dark alphas with coloured mods - Cherry Profile" because just "colors" doesn't really describe anything, and IMO it's a great looking product.

I think going for someone like Signature Plastics would be a good bet, we have had a LOT of GMK buys over the last 6-12 months, and SP can do it for a very reasonable price, lower MOQs, and they don't compromise on the quality. Yes, It won't be quite as high a quality as GMK, but SP are a very good compromise.

Good point about the name, I haven't really thought about a good one and went with a descriptive one initially (GMK Colors). I do have to mention the dark alphas somehow until I decide on a real name, thanks!

Regarding SP, they have their hands full at the moment so unless I go with DCS which a lot of people seem to dislike, this will just add to the several spherical sets already being made/planned.

[katushkin]

I would maybe change it to something like: "Dark alphas with coloured mods - Cherry Profile" because just "colors" doesn't really describe anything, and IMO it's a great looking product.

I think going for someone like Signature Plastics would be a good bet, we have had a LOT of GMK buys over the last 6-12 months, and SP can do it for a very reasonable price, lower MOQs, and they don't compromise on the quality. Yes, It won't be quite as high a quality as GMK, but SP are a very good compromise.

Good point about the name, I haven't really thought about a good one and went with a descriptive one initially (GMK Colors). I do have to mention the dark alphas somehow until I decide on a real name, thanks!

Regarding SP, they have their hands full at the moment so unless I go with DCS which a lot of people seem to dislike, this will just add to the several spherical sets already being made/planned.

You don't have to think of a name, but yeah I guess it's a process

No way, we definitely need more Cherry profile sets. I do like DCS and SA, but you gotta go with Cherry. I'm not really sure who else there is, but I've not actually taken part in that many GBs.

[thesiscamper]

I would maybe change it to something like: "Dark alphas with coloured mods - Cherry Profile" because just "colors" doesn't really describe anything, and IMO it's a great looking product.

I think going for someone like Signature Plastics would be a good bet, we have had a LOT of GMK buys over the last 6-12 months, and SP can do it for a very reasonable price, lower MOQs, and they don't compromise on the quality. Yes, It won't be quite as high a quality as GMK, but SP are a very good compromise.

Good point about the name, I haven't really thought about a good one and went with a descriptive one initially (GMK Colors). I do have to mention the dark alphas somehow until I decide on a real name, thanks!

Regarding SP, they have their hands full at the moment so unless I go with DCS which a lot of people seem to dislike, this will just add to the several spherical sets already being made/planned.

You don't have to think of a name, but yeah I guess it's a process

No way, we definitely need more Cherry profile sets. I do like DCS and SA, but you gotta go with Cherry. I'm not really sure who else there is, but I've not actually taken part in that many GBs.

Great! I want this to be Cherry profile too, I'm asking around and will give an update when I can. 

[ripwallet]

Big fan of the purple and yellow sets. GMK makes quality stuff, if the price is right i'm interested.

[Geroximo]

Once you go cherry profile, you cant go back.
I'm always down for cherry profiled mods, as long as they include ISO support and the price is right.

[TalkingTree]

Maybe colored spacebars could lure some interest. Perhaps as standalone kit or as part of their respective mod kits' colors.

[thesiscamper]

Maybe colored spacebars could lure some interest. Perhaps as standalone kit or as part of their respective mod kits' colors.

Ahh yes, I did the 3D mockup before the 2D mockup which has colored space bars and gamer kits.

[TalkingTree]

Maybe colored spacebars could lure some interest. Perhaps as standalone kit or as part of their respective mod kits' colors.

Ahh yes, I did the 3D mockup before the 2D mockup which has colored space bars and gamer kits.

Do show us. 

[thesiscamper]

Maybe colored spacebars could lure some interest. Perhaps as standalone kit or as part of their respective mod kits' colors.

Ahh yes, I did the 3D mockup before the 2D mockup which has colored space bars and gamer kits.

Do show us. 

Here's a quick screencap! 



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[TalkingTree]

Now that red spacebar looks interesting. Any plan for 3D renders anytime soon?

[thesiscamper]

Now that red spacebar looks interesting. Any plan for 3D renders anytime soon?

Sure, I might upload one later. Not for every color though!

[TalkingTree]

Now that red spacebar looks interesting. Any plan for 3D renders anytime soon?

Sure, I might upload one later. Not for every color though!

Can't wait.

[thesiscamper]

Now that red spacebar looks interesting. Any plan for 3D renders anytime soon?

Sure, I might upload one later. Not for every color though!

Can't wait.

Yellow and Red with the mod and gamer kits.

[TalkingTree]

Hats off to your renders. Those spacebars look good.

[thesiscamper]

Hats off to your renders. Those spacebars look good.

Thanks!

I need help figuring out the best way to break up the sets, I hope you guys can share your thoughts. I understand too many options will dilute the set and endanger meeting the MOQ, but please note if this ever pushes through the initial run will be for two or three colors mods only.

On to some questions:

• Do the ISO guys need/want multi-colored Enter/mod keys?
• Should the numpad number keys be included in the alphas, or separated from everything?
• Should the gamer keys be included in one big kit with all the color options?

Here's the current 2D mockup:

[lolpes]

Crazy thought I had when reading the title.

What if you did a set of escape and enter keys in these colors?

You would get interesting accent keys and real life examples of the colors.

Esc I think there are a ton of them right now but yeah more is never enough xD, Enter yes! basically the dream would be:
Mod pack for:

Enter
arrows
Enter and + for numpad

All in various colors :3

[TalkingTree]

First off, I don't have the knowledge, the time and the resources to organize a group buy, I never have and never will, so I'm not teaching anything to anyone here, just sharing my opinion if it's welcome.

What I would do, is to split the GB into two separate ones. One for mods and one for alphas, although this might lead to problems with the numpad.

As for the mods, billnye's Electric Bluegaloo is simply the best example and advice you might seek. I would just replace the very first key with an Esc and add a 1u Backspace.

Also, I would leave the gamer kit out for a two main reasons: They have to match the mod kit so they are likely to end up in it and people would find themselves paying for it even if they don't want it. Secondly, a gamer kit is strictly QWERTY which wouldn't match international kits, if you plan any, such as AZERTY, let alone Dvorak or Colemak.

Lastly, if you're going for Alphas alone, check interest on international kits.

[ideus]

Hats off to your renders. Those spacebars look good.

Thanks!

I need help figuring out the best way to break up the sets, I hope you guys can share your thoughts. I understand too many options will dilute the set and endanger meeting the MOQ, but please note if this ever pushes through the initial run will be for two or three colors mods only.

On to some questions:

• Do the ISO guys need/want multi-colored Enter/mod keys?
• Should the numpad number keys be included in the alphas, or separated from everything?
• Should the gamer keys be included in one big kit with all the color options?

Here's the current 2D mockup:

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The gamer kit should be a separated one coordinated with alphas, instead. Choose one to start a GB and to check the community interest. The color should go well with common sets like Beige and Black, as well as with Hyperfuse, Dolch and TA in order to get some market. The modifiers are complements not stand alone sets.

If it would be GMK the recent billnye has the hype up recently and yours may be very welcome, as a sort of rerun of Bluegaloo, however you should get some vendors getting some units to reach MoQ.

[romevi]

First off, I don't have the knowledge, the time and the resources to organize a group buy, I never have and never will, so I'm not teaching anything to anyone here, just sharing my opinion if it's welcome.

What I would do, is to split the GB into two separate ones. One for mods and one for alphas, although this might lead to problems with the numpad.

As for the mods, billnye's Electric Bluegaloo is simply the best example and advice you might seek. I would just replace the very first key with an Esc and add a 1u Backspace.

Also, I would leave the gamer kit out for a two main reasons: They have to match the mod kit so they are likely to end up in it and people would find themselves paying for it even if they don't want it. Secondly, a gamer kit is strictly QWERTY which wouldn't match international kits, if you plan any, such as AZERTY, let alone Dvorak or Colemak.

Lastly, if you're going for Alphas alone, check interest on international kits.

The only things missing from Electric Bluegaloo that would make it perfect are the windowed caps. Otherwise, yeah, perfect.

[thesiscamper]

Thank you for the suggestions! I'll check out billnye's Gb later.

[kebby]

• Do the ISO guys need/want multi-colored Enter/mod keys?

I'd say it's hard to go with no color on those since you'll be left with a gray enter and mismatched shift keys, doesn't really look that great... Even if offering ISO is still such a rarity that ISO users may settle for less in some cases.

[LXXXIX]

Purple and Grey would be the only keycap set I would ever need!

[thesiscamper]

Purple and Grey would be the only keycap set I would ever need!

It's the second most voted color in the poll.

[ideus]

This will most likely not be GMK, so I updated the title.

If you are not going to try to source the sets from GMK it would be wise to remove the GMK sampler image from the OP; that, would confuse some people reading it for the first time.

[thesiscamper]

This will most likely not be GMK, so I updated the title.

If you are not going to try to source the sets from GMK it would be wise to remove the GMK sampler image from the OP; that, would confuse some people reading it for the first time.

Okay sure, I left it because I based the colors off those swatches but you have a point.

[clochette]

would prefer if it was by GMK though

[LXXXIX]

would prefer if it was by GMK though

I agree.

OP should put that into the poll as well.

[thesiscamper]

would prefer if it was by GMK though

I agree.

OP should put that into the poll as well.

I'll probably let the current poll run a few more days, then choose the top colors and finalize the kits. After that I'll ask for quotes, I'm not sure if I can publicly share the prices and MOQ,  if I can we'll probably have another poll to see who should make the sets (if factories are interested to make them).

[just66in]

Purple | Grey
Yellow | Grey

I WANT!

[thesiscamper]

Purple | Grey
Yellow | Grey

I WANT!

You and me both, buddy

[thesiscamper]

So I looked at billnye's Electric Blulegaloo, and he did it as one big mod pack. I updated the mockup, hopefully this is what you guys meant, since the poll is still open I haven't finalized which colors will be left and dropped (for the time being). I counted 47 keys for each color mod, if that helps.

[Steezus]

So I looked at billnye's Electric Blulegaloo, and he did it as one big mod pack. I updated the mockup, hopefully this is what you guys meant, since the poll is still open I haven't finalized which colors will be left and dropped (for the time being). I counted 47 keys for each color mod, if that helps.

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Very cool, hoping to get a few colors to mix and match. I'm actually really liking the magenta and blue right now. Happy to see it's GMK as well, would the pricing be similar to billnye's mod pack?

[TalkingTree]

It's getting a shape, but I have a few questions and considerations.
Do you have a particular reason for having uppercase center-aligned legends? Cherry legends are capitalized and left-middle aligned.
Now my considerations are:
1u Backspace should have the icon rather than text legends.
1u Tab is something I have never seen, is there a reason for it?
You have two Esc keys. Do they differ?
You might want a 1.75u Right Shift for those who like the 1u Fn key to its right (which you should include)
As of now, the bottom row only allows one layout (1.25u mods and 6.25 spacebar). Many out there use 1.5 Ctrl and Alt with 1u Winkey or winkeyless.
In the alpha/numpad kit you might want to include a 1u zero and a 1u double zero.

Edit: In the mod kit include a colored pipe-backslash key as many users seek it for simmetry.

[thesiscamper]

It's getting a shape, but I have a few questions and considerations.
Do you have a particular reason for having uppercase center-aligned legends? Cherry legends are capitalized and left-middle aligned.
Now my considerations are:
1u Backspace should have the icon rather than text legends.
1u Tab is something I have never seen, is there a reason for it?
You have two Esc keys. Do they differ?
You might want a 1.75u Right Shift for those who like the 1u Fn key to its right (which you should include)
As of now, the bottom row only allows one layout (1.25u mods and 6.25 spacebar). Many out there use 1.5 Ctrl and Alt with 1u Winkey or winkeyless.
In the alpha/numpad kit you might want to include a 1u zero and a 1u double zero.

Oh yes, I'm always neglecting those legends as I focused on getting the correct kits. The two esc keys are for the alt numpad cluster layouts, but maybe I should get rid of that. I apologize I'm not very familiar with alternate keyboard layouts, thank you for the corrections! I'll try to fix those this weekend, or maybe one of these days. 

So I looked at billnye's Electric Blulegaloo, and he did it as one big mod pack. I updated the mockup, hopefully this is what you guys meant, since the poll is still open I haven't finalized which colors will be left and dropped (for the time being). I counted 47 keys for each color mod, if that helps.

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Very cool, hoping to get a few colors to mix and match. I'm actually really liking the magenta and blue right now. Happy to see it's GMK as well, would the pricing be similar to billnye's mod pack?

It's not decided which factory will make these, I'll have to find a balance in pricing and quality, especially considering the MOQ requirements of GMK.

[TalkingTree]

I'm not very familiar with alternate keyboard layouts

A Tsangan kit and a 1.75 Row 3 Control key should suffice.

[mrgoldenzombie]

I'll take one of each please 

[thesiscamper]

I'm not very familiar with alternate keyboard layouts

A Tsangan kit and a 1.75 Row 3 Control key should suffice.

I'd like to know if people with standard layouts are fine with subsidizing these alternate layouts, is it widespread enough to consider adding to the kits?

[TalkingTree]

I'm not very familiar with alternate keyboard layouts

A Tsangan kit and a 1.75 Row 3 Control key should suffice.

I'd like to know if people with standard layouts are fine with subsidizing these alternate layouts, is it widespread enough to consider adding to the kits?

They are usually sold as separate kits, for what I've seen.