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【IC】GMK Alchemy - GB on May 15th. Vendor prices added ﹢ Rama cap coming!

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类型: IC
作者: Alchemist Keyboards
发布时间: 2021-04-13 16:49:22
更新时间: 2021-05-17 07:50:59
原链接: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=112292.0

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“You are an alchemist; make gold of that.” - William Shakespeare
Much like a modern alchemist, the Alchemy colourway was first brought to us in DSA profile from our fellow UK brethren Chris Swires (famed for his two-tone table setup and a penchant for 40% boards), when he took a simple idea and created gold with it. When Chris reached out to us and gave us his blessing, we took advantage of this serendipitous opportunity to run our namesake keyset in GMK profile.
As we now propose to run this set in GMK profile, and cannot use SP’s colour codes exactly, we will be matching the actual SP chips with the closest alternative RAL colours.
The colourway itself is composed of cool grey and beige tones representing base metals, a gold accent representing every alchemist’s primary goal, and warm brown legends representing the base element of earth to provide a stark contrast.
Quoting Swires himself: “The idea of the base combination is to provide a foreground backdrop to any board it’s placed upon, the subtlety of the base allows the board to be the star of the show rather than the set itself. It’s an accent piece, visual alchemy. The idea evolved from there.”
The previous IC was mistakenly deleted, but if you want to view the old kits for the sake of comparison please see here: https://imgur.com/a/m5tXqYj
The IC for Alchemy was originally posted in 2019 and after the project largely being dormant throughout 2020 we have recently wiped the slate clean and re-done the kitting entirely. Information has been updated accordingly below.
The proposed kits:
(Subject to interest - not all kits may run)
Base kit:

*The base kit covers all of your standard layouts, while also including accents and a few cheeky text novelties.
*
Apprentice kit (40’s):

*Not forgetting our 40’s brethren, this kit includes the relevant keys to cover most 40% boards including the necessary shorty bars.
*
Essence kit (spacebars):

*A comprehensive spacebar kit for all you accent lovers. Good for ortho, full size and everything in-between.
*
High alchemy kit (novelties):

A varied selection of keys with alchemical symbols, ranging from the four base elements to precious metals. These deliberately agnostic legends can be used wherever you like.
Deskmats:
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Deskmat designs courtesy of OneCreativeMind.

All-seeing Dark

All-seeing Light

Ideographic
Changes roundup:
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Base kit:
Changed:

  • Changed legends for overall consistency. All legends that were previously over two lines are now on a single line. ‘Print Screen’ to ‘Print’, for example.

  • Changed out ‘Win’ keys for ‘Super’.

  • ’Enter’ legends changed to ‘Return’.

  • Moved second ‘B’ from spacebar kit to base.

  • Changed accent enter legends to ‘transmute’ text novelties.

  • Changed ISO enters from text + icon to text only.

  • Added:*

  • Mod-coloured tilde

  • Mod-coloured pipe

  • F13

  • 2u shift

  • An extra 2.25u shift

  • ’Alc’ R1 novelty

  • R1 End

  • R1 Pg Dn

  • R2 Pg Up

  • R3 Pg Dn

  • Removed:*

  • Non-homing Num5

  • Num00

  • Second R1 Home

  • R3 Pg Up

  • R4 Pg Dn

  • Accented Esc

  • Apprentice Kit (40’s):*

  • Added:*

  • R3 1u Enter

  • R3 1.25u Enter

  • R3 Esc

  • R4 1.5u Shift

  • 2 x 3u spacebars

  • Removed:*

  • Accent keys

  • 1 x R4 1u Enter

  • Both 1.75u spacebars

  • Essence Kit (Spacebars):*

  • Changed:*

  • Now all accent coloured

  • Removed:*

  • Second B

  • 1.25u Space

  • High Alchemy Kit (Novelties):*

  • Removed:*

  • R1 AKB logo cap

  • Mod-coloured Alc and Transmute Enters

  • Moved accent Alc and Transmute into base

  • Added:*

  • Everything else

  • Render gallery:*

  • J-02 by Proto[Typist]*
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