[IC] KAT Oasis - GB January 31st

[JSaintS]

J-02- Kits: Latin Alpha | Liha Modifiers | Liha Novelties


Basic Idea
Cradle of life lost in a see of sand, Oasis are key to surviving in the desert and are at the source of Myth and legends. Whether you're hunting for Zerzura or just willing to make a stop in your quest for the endgame board, this keyset is for you!


KAT

A word on the profile

All of you should be more or less familiar now with this profile, but for those that are not, here are a couple of things you can check/read:
※ ↠ Chinese link with some images ↞
※ ↠ English link with some more images ↞

If you don't want to go and read, know this: it's higher than GMK, looks like SA whilst being shorter than SA (so, all the pros without the cons)
Schematics comparing it to SA and GMK:

※ Schematics comparing it to SA and GMK: ↠

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※ Picture comparing it to SA: ↠

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Cypher - Kits: Latin Alpha | Modifiers | Calculus | Novelties

Colors

Here are the colors that we will use:

↡ \ ↠		Base		Legend
Alpha		Pantone 155C		Pantone 7617 C
Modifiers		Pantone 317C		Pantone 7617 C
Liha*		Pantone 7617 C		Pantone 155C

*Liha means bark in arabic. I saw this more fitted than the "coffee" name I had for the brown kit in the past.



Kyuu and Rama M6 macropad - Kits: Arabic Alpha | Liha Modifiers | Liha Novelties

Samples

Round 1:

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Round 2:

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Austin - Kits: Latin Alpha | Liha Modifiers | Liha Calculus | Liha Novelties

Kits

Alphas



Modifiers



Novelties


Calculus


Spacebars


Accent


UK


International


French kit


Colevrak


CMD


40s


Ortho


Ergo


One last word on the kits: I know I have A LOT of kits but hear me out: there is no MOQ per kit. The only MOQ is 24000 U (each kit being worth a different number of "U").
As long as this MOQ is met, all kits WILL be produced. Biip had MOQs on certains Milkshake kits because molds had to be created, but again, this is not the case here


Blue Virgo - Kits: Blank Alpha | Blank Modifiers


Artisans

Artisans always were important to me and that will be reflected in this keyset's collaboration as well:


※ Artkey - The royal delegation will leave Eruvell to venture into the desert, searching for the wealth hidden near the Oasis. Artkey will be producing 5 complete medieval sets!
※ Alpha Keycaps - An oasis attracts many wild animals, amongst which is the Keypora , come and get yours!
※ SUK - Keyporas are not the only animals attracted by the fresh water: Snapjaws have also been seen wandering nearby! Pay close attention, Keybutos are hunting them, you don't want them to see you
※ Keyforge - remains of an old civilization long gone, statues in the form of dragons and lions can still be found laying around. Some say you can still find some skulls too.
※ Bad - Ducks and other strange creatures can be seen lurking around when it's too cold in their regions. Badchad will introduce them to you and who knows? You might even adopt one to take home (be warned, don't feed them after midnight)
※ Coz - Cos will be producing a couple of keys (amongst which some of his latest NoEsc4pe) and they will be given away during the first week to thank early backers! Prisons over here are top notch, once you're in, you don't come out!
※ RAMA - RAMA had to be part of this project! They are producing a gold key with the arabian palace novelty infilled with brown enamel.
※ Lividity Caps – Some curse creatures roam the lands surrounding the Oasis, looking for their next victims… will that be you? Excited to add some Puppeteers to the artisans you’ll be able to get along the keyset!
※ GSK – Some fierce hunters have been seen tracking the mysterious creatures lurking in the Oasis, if you travel there, you might encounter them, but be careful! – I’m glad to announce that GSK will be producing some of their finest keys: Velites, Hogzilla, Froggo and… a brand new key (not announced yet!)
※ Meika – Creatures are not the only magical things you’ll find here, there are also some gorgeous landscapes – You’ll be able to get some gorgeous blanks made by the talented Meika
※ Gothcaps – Some symbols have started to appear here and there, on rocks and trees… what do those mean? Why are they appearing? – Join the raffle for the new blanks by Gothcaps to find out 😊 (new design on its way!!)
※ HWS – Who knows what more mysteries you’ll encounter on your trip… HWS will help you discover them all! – I’m excited to say Binge accepted to produce some keys for this GB! These will probably come a little after the Oasis GB but will be reserved to GB participants 😊
※ GirlyCaps Studios – Elves have been dispatched in the surroundings to protect travelers from the dangers that lurks in the shadow!
※ RitualMaster – Watchers, locals call them. That's all those weird little creatures do - they observe the fauna, the travelers... what their goal is remains a mistery
※ Fraktal Kaps – Oasis are source of life, enigmas and wonders - join the sale to uncover the mysteries this Oasis has to offer!
※ Lo-Ki – Last but not least, Lo-Ki will also be producing some keys for Oasis. Join the GB to see what he will be producing



These artisans will be raffled between GB participants



White Conone - Kits: Arabic Alpha | Oasis Modifiers | Oasis Novelties | Liha Spacebar


Deskmat



Deskmat sample by Kono:



Austin - Kits: Latin Alpha | Liha Modifiers | Liha Calculus | Liha Novelties

Nano. slider

This is the last little bit I have to announce I've wanted one ever since I first saw them announced and I'm excited to work with the Keebwerk. team for this one





More detail coming soon


Vendors
Vendors will be:
※ for Europe, MyKeyboard.eu;
※ for the States Kono;
※ for the Canada Deskhero.ca;
※ for Asia, zFrontier; and
※ for Oceania, DailyClack.

GB will take place in February 2020 for a total of 5 weeks - don't be afraid to join because you fear this or that kit won't make MOQ, as explained earlier, as long as we hit the 24,000 unit mark, everything will be produced


Polaris keyboard and Rama M10 macropad - kits: Alphas | Modifiers | French Kit | Novelties

Pricing

TBD - All kits are final and have been sent to zFrontier for quoting - prices will be updated here soon

↡ Kits\Vendors ↠

MyKeyboard (EU)

Kono (NA)

Deskhero.ca (Canada)

zFrontier (Asian)

zFrontier (China)

DailyClack (Oceania)

Unit Count

Latin Alpha

€31

$29.99

CAD42

$28

₯166

$43.19

49.5u

Arabian Alpha

€31

$29.99

CAD42

$28

₯166

$43.19

49.5u

Blank Alpha

€23

$19.99

CAD28

$21

₯124

$28.79

49.5u

Oasis Modifiers

€64

$54.99

CAD76

$62

₯368

$79.19

98.25u

Oasis Blank Modifiers

€41

$44.99

CAD62

$37

₯220

$64.79

87.25u

Liha Modifiers

€64

$54.99

CAD76

$58

₯345

$79.19

98.25u

Liha Blank Modifiers

€57

$54.99

CAD76

$52

₯309

$79.19

87.25u

Oasis Calculus

€20

$21.99

CAD28

$18

₯107

$28.79

28u

Liha Calculus

€20

$21.99

CAD28

$18

₯107

$28.79

28u

Oasis Spacebar

€13

$17.99

CAD25

$12

₯71

$25.91

28.25u

Liha Spacebar

€19

$19.99

CAD28

$17

₯101

$28.79

28.25u

Accent

€5.50

$9.99

CAD14

$5

₯29

$14.39

8.25u

UK

€10

$12.99

CAD18

$9

₯53

$18.71

14u

International

€36

$34.99

CAD48

$33

₯196

$50.39

55u

Baguette

€22

$22.99

CAD31

$20

₯119

$33.11

34u

Colevrak

€30

$29.99

CAD42

$28

₯166

$43.19

43.5u

CMD

€10

$14.99

CAD21

$9

₯53

$21.59

15u

Oasis 40s

€43

$39.99

CAD55

$40

₯238

$57.59

65.25u

Liha 40s

€43

$39.99

CAD55

$40

₯238

$57.59

65.25u

Oasis Ortho

€26

$24.99

CAD34

$24

₯142

$35.99

39u

Liha Ortho

€26

$24.99

CAD34

$24

₯142

$35.99

39u

Oasis Ergo

€41

$39.99

CAD55

$39

₯232

$57.59

62u

Liha Ergo

€41

$39.99

CAD55

$39

₯232

$57.59

62u

Oasis Novelties

€18

$19.99

CAD28

$17

₯101

$28.79

28.5u

Liha Novelties

€18

$19.99

CAD28

$17

₯101

$28.79

28.5u

Artisan Gallery

Artkey

Oasis Medieval Set



Alpha

Oasis Keypora



Lividity

Oasis and Splatasis Gramps, Puppeteer and Parasyte






Gothcaps

Oasis Grave Robbers


Ritual Master

Speckled Desert Warbler



Render Gallery

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Boards: Flex - Virgo by Flexerman | Austin by driftingbunnies | Cypher by westfoxtrot

Special Thanks


I wanted to thank you guys for sticking with me whilst this project was on standy, all the newcomers (I hope you'll enjoy the keyset), all the vendors for accepting to run this. Special thanks to Quaddepo for helping and answering my dumb questions and special thanks to NightyOwl on Discord for helping me with the colors. Last but not least, thanks to all the artisans for accepting to collaborate with me on this set.


Want to support the set?

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[quaddepos]

Awesome keyset!


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[megaforce]

Put the Japanese kit in the base.

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[Sshimosawa]

I am in.

[romevi]

This looks great. The Shoretrooper Captain is my favorite 'trooper.

[M]

I'd prefer to have the Kobe kit as an extra if that's the only way to get caps with only Hiragana legends. Also I love how many extras you're offering to go with the theme

[janglad]

Verry pretty set, extremely detailed and solid post! Good luck!! 

[RSC]

I'm in if the base kit has double legends: latin + hiragana. Really cool colour combo, well done!

PS: Please add a R1 1u Backspace key.

[xondat]

Put the Japanese kit in the base.

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Shut your god damn mouth boy

)

pls no

[Vigrith]

So long as you leave the Hiragana mono as a separate kit I'm good to go.

[RSC]

BTW, have you considered going hangul legends instead of hiragana? Given how clean the set is, I think it would work even better.

[megaforce]

Put the Japanese kit in the base.

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Shut your god damn mouth boy

)

pls no

best watch yourself lad, i have the power of god and anime on my side.

[Itzbryan55]

Awesome looking set, I love it 

[aspenc4]

Yep, I’m definitely in man.

[Hokabuki]

I'm in if the base kit has double legends: latin + hiragana. Really cool colour combo, well done!

PS: Please add a R1 1u Backspace key.

I’m all for the R2 1u Backspace!

[yap68]

Nice set. I prefer a cleaner English alphas base kit.

[Puddsy]

mild intrigue

do you have a render with white alphas instead of cream?

[wanewang]

looks nice! will join!!

[JSaintS]

mild intrigue

do you have a render with white alphas instead of cream?

Unfortunately not, I thought of white as it wasn't it the theme I was going for

BTW, have you considered going hangul legends instead of hiragana? Given how clean the set is, I think it would work even better.

Not yet hehe, I will have a look tho I love how clean the set looks with only Latin legends

I’m all for the R2 1u Backspace!

I will have a look at that

So long as you leave the Hiragana mono as a separate kit I'm good to go.

Yeah I kinda like how clean the Latin alphas look. That was not my first idea as I personally wanted to swap those for the Japanese kit, but I like them more and more


Thank you all for your feedback, I really appreciate it!

[nguyenhimself]

Anyone else think the colors should be the reversed? Seawater blue for alphas and sand yellow for mods. Currently, it reminds me more of a desert than a beach 🙂

[DMacKB]

That palette is fantastic! Also that r4 support for 65s and arrow clustered 60s is most appreciated. Will the spacebars kit include a 2.25 and 2.75 for double spacebar builds like dz60?

[JSaintS]

That palette is fantastic! Also that r4 support for 65s and arrow clustered 60s is most appreciated. Will the spacebars kit include a 2.25 and 2.75 for double spacebar builds like dz60?

It already does Unless you mean 2x 2.25u and 2x 2.75u ^^

[DMacKB]

Ok busted, that's my first time seeing the MORE button and everyone knows it now. This is such a nice set man nice job.

[JSaintS]

This is probably my bad, there are a lot of pictures and I didn't want to make the post a pain to read :-/

Thanks a lot for your kind words :-)

[peggisan]

Looks really nice! Would personally like a 1.5u r2 backspace instead of delete.

also thanks for keeping latin alphas. Had to drop out of Serika because they dropped them for the hiragana subs

[shower_king]

hi, guy, I am really fond of this colorway. It is rather difficult to choose yellow or yellow-like colors as alpha base color because  it is not to easy to find a compatible colorway in a balanced way. GMK plum and GMK penumbra are examples. Although I really like the real keycaps of plum and penumbra, they turn out not as I expect attractively.
This is a must-buy set.
Hope you get the perfect color combo .good luck.
 

[JSaintS]

hi, guy, I am really fond of this colorway. It is rather difficult to choose yellow or yellow-like colors as alpha base color because  it is not to easy to find a compatible colorway in a balanced way. GMK plum and GMK penumbra are examples. Although I really like the real keycaps of plum and penumbra, they turn out not as I expect attractively.
This is a must-buy set.
Hope you get the perfect color combo .good luck.

Thanks a lot! Color is indeed tricky but I don't "live far" from GMK, if the set becomes a reality, I will make sure to pay them a visit to make sure colors are on point 👌👌

[gnunin]

This set looks fantastic. Yummy even 

[Geass]

I would be interested in modifiers kind of like the Blocknet ones from GMK Laser, otherwise really cool set!

[monkt]

This looks really nice! Definitely interested.


Can you say whether the color of the alphas would be closer to most of the renders in your gallery, or closer to the very last image, of the layout? That last image makes the caps look like more of a common beige color, to me. But the rest of the renders show a nice, bright sand color. This obviously captures the theme you are going for much better, assuming it's within GMK's scope. Which is closer to the likely reality?

[JSaintS]

I would be interested in modifiers kind of like the Blocknet ones from GMK Laser, otherwise really cool set!

Something might be coming 😇

This looks really nice! Definitely interested.


Can you say whether the color of the alphas would be closer to most of the renders in your gallery, or closer to the very last image, of the layout? That last image makes the caps look like more of a common beige color, to me. But the rest of the renders show a nice, bright sand color. This obviously captures the theme you are going for much better, assuming it's within GMK's scope. Which is closer to the likely reality?

Hopefully the one of the 3D renders as I'm not a fan of the beige-ish color of the gmk renders (,the last one). I live in Belgium, right next to Germany, so I will definitely travel there if gmk agrees, to make sure colors are on point 👌👌

[CandyKeys]

Looks nice! I wish you the best for it!

[chuckdee]

Put the Japanese kit in the base.

This.

[schlep]

I like the colour scheme. In for this.

[Bubblegum]

Any chance for a NorDe/international alpha kit?

[JSaintS]

Updated the kits

Any chance for a NorDe/international alpha kit?

I asked for one, but they asked me to gauge the interest before going any further with it (might be my fault as I added BE/FR-ISO to the kit)

[DMacKB]

Jesus those brown space bars are nice.

[monkt]

Jesus those brown space bars are nice.

This is a nice encapsulation of how I feel about the whole set. Yes.

[Bubblegum]

Updated the kits

Any chance for a NorDe/international alpha kit?

I asked for one, but they asked me to gauge the interest before going any further with it (might be my fault as I added BE/FR-ISO to the kit)

I wouldn't mind having one bigger international kit with NorDe + BE/FR. Should be easier to hit MOQ if we all need to get the same kit. But in the end it comes down to a balance of the price and how many are interested of course.

[JSaintS]

Jesus those brown space bars are nice.

Coffee kit added! now with even more brown keys, I freaking love that kit hehe

I wouldn't mind having one bigger international kit with NorDe + BE/FR. Should be easier to hit MOQ if we all need to get the same kit. But in the end it comes down to a balance of the price and how many are interested of course.

I re-requested it, waiting for their answers

[vewy_nice]

Coffee kit = insta-buy

THANK YOU!

[oh_chesteroni]

I'd be interested in seeing a render or even an MS paint mockup of the coffee kit with base alphas and blue enter+esc.

[T0mb3ry]

I appreciate the Coffee mods, because it gives very nice combo with the alphas from the base set. However it would be nice to speak with or atleast to honor the designer of Coffee keyset. Afaik its /u/Traumtrager on Reddit ( source: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=91980.msg2504571#msg2504571 )
Coffee keyset was sold previously on keypop tho in dcs profile: http://www.keypop.net/product/coffee-set-2-0-base-set
Not sure if DSA set made it.

I'd be interested in seeing a render or even an MS paint mockup of the coffee kit with base alphas and blue enter+esc.

Coffee is a very lovely keyset.

Tho no blue enter :\

[romevi]

I appreciate the Coffee mods, because it gives very nice combo with the alphas from the base set. However it would be nice to speak with or atleast to honor the designer of Coffee keyset. Afaik its /u/Traumtrager on Reddit ( source: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=91980.msg2504571#msg2504571 )
Coffee keyset was sold previously on keypop tho in dcs profile: http://www.keypop.net/product/coffee-set-2-0-base-set
Not sure if DSA set made it.

I'd be interested in seeing a render or even an MS paint mockup of the coffee kit with base alphas and blue enter+esc.

Coffee is a very lovely keyset.

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Tho no blue enter :\

Wow. I completely forgot about that Coffee keyset!

[JSaintS]

I appreciate the Coffee mods, because it gives very nice combo with the alphas from the base set. However it would be nice to speak with or atleast to honor the designer of Coffee keyset. Afaik its /u/Traumtrager on Reddit ( source: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=91980.msg2504571#msg2504571 )
Coffee keyset was sold previously on keypop tho in dcs profile: http://www.keypop.net/product/coffee-set-2-0-base-set
Not sure if DSA set made it.

I didn't know that, I got the name because Quakemz mentioned it on Top Clack tho that wasn't the inspiration at all haha. I will send a message just in case but I can change the name for sure.

[T0mb3ry]

I appreciate the Coffee mods, because it gives very nice combo with the alphas from the base set. However it would be nice to speak with or atleast to honor the designer of Coffee keyset. Afaik its /u/Traumtrager on Reddit ( source: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=91980.msg2504571#msg2504571 )
Coffee keyset was sold previously on keypop tho in dcs profile: http://www.keypop.net/product/coffee-set-2-0-base-set
Not sure if DSA set made it.

I didn't know that, I got the name because Quakemz mentioned it on Top Clack tho that wasn't the inspiration at all haha. I will send a message just in case but I can change the name for sure.

Was not saying you stole the idea or something. I for myself run several times during color design time into coffee colorway  ) .

Anyway i probably have weird taste but i find coffee is one of those colroways which would blow your mind if you combine it with a freakishly nice and unique wooden case. Add to this nice brown leather wrist rest. You can imagine.

[oh_chesteroni]

I appreciate the Coffee mods, because it gives very nice combo with the alphas from the base set. However it would be nice to speak with or atleast to honor the designer of Coffee keyset. Afaik its /u/Traumtrager on Reddit ( source: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=91980.msg2504571#msg2504571 )
Coffee keyset was sold previously on keypop tho in dcs profile: http://www.keypop.net/product/coffee-set-2-0-base-set
Not sure if DSA set made it.

I didn't know that, I got the name because Quakemz mentioned it on Top Clack tho that wasn't the inspiration at all haha. I will send a message just in case but I can change the name for sure.

Was not saying you stole the idea or something. I for myself run several times during color design time into coffee colorway  ) .

Anyway i probably have weird taste but i find coffee is one of those colroways which would blow your mind if you combine it with a freakishly nice and unique wooden case. Add to this nice brown leather wrist rest. You can imagine.

I bet it would be pretty nice with sage or lake m60 as well.

Wrist rest has to be natural leather though, make it gain that patina over time

[JSaintS]

Was not saying you stole the idea or something. I for myself run several times during color design time into coffee colorway  ) .

Anyway i probably have weird taste but i find coffee is one of those colroways which would blow your mind if you combine it with a freakishly nice and unique wooden case. Add to this nice brown leather wrist rest. You can imagine.

Shhhh, don't popularize the idea! I wanted to slap that keyset on a keeb with a wooden keyboard.

[Geass]

Funnily enough I had the same idea! The colorway just fits perfectly with a wooden case!

[realhumanbean2]

Brown ろ and む keys to match the brown kit would be nice.