类型: IC
作者: zekkin
发布时间: 2017-12-13 11:13:15
更新时间:
2018-05-16 12:51:08
原链接:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=93013.0
Indefinitely on hold.
G M K H E I S E I
平成
GMK Heisei is the ideal
combination of Cherry’s OG beige colorway and my personal
love of Japan and it’s culture.
In Japanese, Shibui refers to words which refer to a particular aesthetic of simple, subtle, and unobtrusive beauty [1]. In my keyboard journey nothing has caught my attention more than the original Cherry dye-subs and doubleshots. To me, these sets represent the essence of shibui, existing at the polar opposite side of the keyboard spectrum as sets like MiTo’s Laser. I hope to grab your attention not with bright colors and novelties, but with the inherent beauty of simplicity.
T H E S E T
Renders courtesy of janglad.
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Renders courtesy of amnesia0287 and Quantrik.
Note:
this set will make use of icon modifiers.
G M K R E N D E R S
B A S E
S A K U R A
M O M I J I
P R I C E S
All prices are in USD.
BASE
$145 @ 150 MOQ
$135
@ 250 MOQ
MOMIJI
$31 @ 100 MOQ
$26
@ 150 MOQ
SAKURA
$26 @ 250 MOQ
V E N D O R S
North America
Switchmod.net
Asia/Australia
zFrontier
Europe
TBD
T I M E L I N E
(bold/pink means
current)
March 3, 2018 - Heisei Update /#1: Interest
check open.
April 2018 - Heisei Update /#2: Renders. Pricing.
Interest check still open.
May 2018 - IC progress update/check-in.
June 1, 2018 - GROUP BUY OPEN
July 7, 2018 - GROUP
BUY CLOSE
Production Estimate: 12 weeks from PO submission.
Delivery
Estimate: TBD
C O N T A C T M E
Geekhack:
PM
Discord: zekkin/#0001
Reddit:
/u/hjunkin0
INTEREST CHECK FORM HERE
Past updates:
More
Hi everyone!
This set came around in a pretty not
exciting way, but I’ll share regardless; I wasn’t a fan of
GMK 9009 when I first saw it – I couldn’t understand why
anyone would pay $ x for keycaps. I’ve since
realized the error of my ways, paid dumb aftermarket pricing
for 9009, and have been happy since.
I have one other
keyset and that’s Originative’s Modern Beige (w/ black
English legends and black Japanese sublegends). It’s a close
second to 9009 for me. I thought to myself, why not combine
the two? I swapped the alphas of Modern Beige with 9009 but
couldn’t get over using ABS and PBT at the same time, so I
scrapped that idea. Now that Laser has happened anyone
should be able to make use of the doubleshot hiragana molds.
And that brings me now – I’ve bounced this idea around the
mechkeys Discord and have gotten relatively positive
feedback so I figured why not see what the community has to
say.
With that being said, I bring to you:
GMK Heisei.
3/11/2018 Update:
Amnesia, kinda to my surprise, rendered up Heisei w/
Momiji accents on a concept board. I’m actually sort of
blown away by the color synergy – I wanted to offer
something other than pink so I originally chose red because
I thought it’d fit the theme. Red really gives the set a
necessary pop, similar to what the 9009 accents did for what
would have otherwise been a generic beige set.
Smol update: he did Sakura too!
Truth be told, I was leaning towards wanting Sakura
for myself but the Momiji render has me rethinking that.
Stay
tuned for more in the coming weeks, my friends!
INTEREST CHECK FORM HERE
Older Updates:
More
3/3/2018 Update
NEW NEW NEW HOTNESS ALERT!
My Photoshop mockup is complete! This represents the
all-but-final base kit and not-final-at-all accent kit
(there can only be one).
More
2/26/2018 Update
NEW NEW HOTNESS ALERT!
I’ll be updating this picture throughout the coming
days. Hold on to your butts.
More to come.
More
12/22/2017 Update
New GMK Mockup
Hotness (thanks again to Kafka)
Note: The 9009 colors will not be included. This is just
to give you an idea of what my goal is.
Old and Busted KLE Screenshot:
(I’ll try to get a mockup from the new render website
that everyone’s using lately.) Just kidding apparently
kbrenders was shut down. If anyone wants to donate a render
that’d be saweet.
The pink keys below the main set will
either be part of the main set or be part of a “Sakura
Accent Kit” to keep with the Japanese theme. I toyed with
the idea of having a matching “Matcha Accent Kit” but
thought that would just make this set a Japanese 9009, which
I’m not too into. That being said, the colors of this set
are the exact same as 9009 (L9 alphas, U9 mods). Let’s just
say this set is 9009 inspired. As for icon/text mods, I’m
thinking bottom row text modifiers, navigation cluster text
modifiers, everything else icon modifiers.
Right now
the pink accents are /#CC8DA3 – I tried playing with other
GMK colors (MG1 was too dark) but I only have KLE at my
disposal. If I’m not mistaken, custom colors drive up cost,
so if possible I’d want to avoid that.
Please give me correct info if I’m mistaken!!
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Here’s a photoshopped render from GMK to give people a
better idea:
More
Other details:
- Cost: Given the exchange rate changes over the last few months, please prepare for a higher price than usual. I will not speculate and not give any numbers until GMK has given them to me.
- Timeline: The original plan was (and still is) to run this in the second half of the year. More information on timeline in the next update; for now refer to the list below to see where we’re at for this set.
- Vendor: Krelbit of Switchmod.net originally offered to help me run this back when I first thought of this set and has said he will still do so.
- Proxies: More info next update.
Timeline Breakdown (Updated 3/3/2018):
- March 3, 2018 - Heisei Update /#1: Interest check open.
- April 2018 - Heisei Update /#2: Renders. Pricing. Interest check still open.
- May 2018 - TBD
How to reach me:
- PM on Geekhack
- PM on Reddit (/u/hjunkin0)
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PM me on Discord (@zekkin/#4763)
Feedback is always welcome. I’m really looking forward to making this set happen with you all.
Indefinitely on hold.