This an Interest Check/Poll for a Calm Depths rerun. I have already contacted SP, the original designer/creator of the keyset for his permission. The point of this poll is to gather enough interest to make this legendary keyset available to the community.
Here are some of the kits I want to support : http://imgur.com/a/jNTMt .
Please note that those kits will undergo major changes in the future.
I'd like to gather opinions on what should be supported since this was a community created keyset.
Here is the (NEW!) Massdrop Poll :
https://www.massdrop.com/vote/Calm-Depths-SA-and-DSANinja edit : Here's the confirmation of the original leader of the GB for the non-sayers :
http://i.imgur.com/8oSoA9f.png And Melissa's approval :
http://i.imgur.com/OEhmI32.pngUpdate 7-13:Updated extensions, mods and added macros.
![[IC] Calm Depths SA (Updated 8-2) 173224-0](https://geekhack.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=mk0qq3p05acpgr5h1dkd03ad8bn05dc1&action=dlattach;topic=88090.0;attach=173224;image)
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Update 7-07:More renders ! A big thanks again to Oblotzky!
![[IC] Calm Depths SA (Updated 8-2) 172610-3](https://geekhack.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=mk0qq3p05acpgr5h1dkd03ad8bn05dc1&action=dlattach;topic=88090.0;attach=172610;image)
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Update 6-27:We have some sweet renders ! Thanks Oblotzky !
![Cheesy :D](https://cdn.geekhack.org/Smileys/solosmileys/cheesy.gif)
He's still in the process of doing the renders with the promise of a few more kits to come :
- Ergodox (maybe)
- 40%
- Ortho/Planck
- Arrows (both base colors)
- Dvorak & Colemak
- NorDeUK (or UK and NorDe split)
- GTA spacebars
- Spacekeys (both base colors)
- Community kit
- Accent kit (maybe)
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Update 5-25:So I contacted Melissa at SP and well I have bad news and/or good news depending on your point of view. She told me they're booked until May next year. So, assuming the 6 months + of production and then shipping we're looking at end of 2018 which I don't think will fly with anybody (I wouldn't).
So now we're faced with a choice : MaxKey SA or DSA SP if they can do it before May 2018. I also added 1.75u shift and the missing ISO key !
Second update : Melissa told me DSA was booked until September this year which I find could be reasonable. It would give me the time to finish designing the kits and in a perfect world we could have a GB up on Massdrop in June (I hope so!). I know DSA wasn't the original plan but I feel like there is enough demand for the kit in DSA and a SA kit could really be done when SP's queue clears up/increase their production/etc. I will put up a poll for this tomorrow and talk with doom2 and Obloztky of these changes. Nothing is set in stone and nothing forbids a R3 SA Calm Depths!
Update 5-24:I know it's been a long time since I did an update but I'm finally free !
Also, since I'm not as active on Geekhack as I would like, user doom2 offered help with the unofficial updates of the set and will be able to answer the majority of your questions.
You can also always contact me on reddit under /u/Crapiface.
I decided to change the way kits were offered and was wondering what sculpting we could use so I have created a poll to cumulate results.
Here's the link :
http://www.strawpoll.me/13034716If you choose the "Other" option please comment.
Now... the big changes.
Instead of doing multiple small kits I think it would be easier to offer a basic kit, pictured here :
![[IC] Calm Depths SA (Updated 8-2) 169122-21](https://geekhack.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=mk0qq3p05acpgr5h1dkd03ad8bn05dc1&action=dlattach;topic=88090.0;attach=169123;image)
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and then work from there with the community. Since I want to do this Group Buy as fast as possible, I'll will NOT design novelties. This will have to wait for a 3rd (counting the original) round.
Also, I currently am pondering the possibility to do a 40% adapter kit and an international kit.
Concerning the international kit I will take inspiration from other sets as I never had an international kit myself. I will also take suggestions.
The current official kits are the Ergodox (it's the same as the original) and the basic kit.
Update 4-18:Sorry I have been away for quite a time since I'm not active on Geekhack and I had major things come up in the meantime.
I am still waiting on an update from Massdrop and I believe I will not hear from them for a while because of SP's backlog. I am currently looking at other options and I am leaning towards a DSA set because I feel the keyset NEEDS to be re-run and because of SP's backlog and lack of competitors I find that maybe I'll need to find another company to do it. I also feel like this keyset needs the big centered legends.
I'll update the IC as I go but if you want more details you can contact me easily on reddit : /u/Crapiface.
Thanks for all the support!