GMK CYL Zombie | 2~31 Oct 2026

GMK CYL Zombie

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• INSPIRATION •

Happy Halloween here from boba.types!
This spooky design is themed after everyone's favorite undead monster.

The keycaps here are semi-translucent sickly green, with a sinister-looking inner shell semi-visible through the murky outer layer. The novelties feature various rotting body parts that are double-shot with UV-print elements to add details like blood, eyeball sclera, exposed bone and teeth. Weapons to survive the apocalypse are included too.
I have based the colors off existing physical keycap samples from the manufacturer to avoid color-matching delays.
In regards to kitting, I can only confirm Base and Novelty kit for now; however I've also proposed other potential kits depending on interest and vendor support, including blood-splattered alphas, and a blood red alert kit.

Kindly fill out the IC form: https://forms.gle/QX39mAP2kzWyVep77 esp if you're interested in the other kits proposed, or a deskmat.
Might ask GMK if it's possible to add glow in the dark pigment in the legends too.

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• KITS •

Base

[Covers 60%, 65%, 75%, TKL, 100%, 1800, with terminal ISO, F13, Tsangan support, and minimal compatibility for some Alice, and split space layouts.]

Novelty

[A combination of double-shot as foundation, with UV-print for extra color details, so even if the UV-print does wear away, it will still look good. On the red accents, there is an attempt at a chromatic abberation effect with green uv print on the bright red doubleshot]

Alert

[Alert-style number row kit in accent blood red]

Bloody Alphas

[UV-printed blood splatter on alphas]

Bloody Dark Alphas

[Alphas are same color as the base kit modifiers, for a mono-colored look]

NorDEUK

Extension

[I’m still figuring out what the best composition of the extension/spacebar kit is... so render isn't complete. See below diagram for an idea]

[Besides the spacebars, I’m thinking of having some fun text-novelties, and minimal logos.]

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• DESKMAT •

WIP

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• GALLERY •

[Renders by Mikeydigit]

Katana 65XT by @boba.types

Katana 80 by @boba.types

Shark FRL by @boba.types

MK65-XT by @boba.types

Disclaimer: Renders shown may not perfectly display the actual colors and/or texture of the keycaps. Please refer to actual photo samples to see the real colours and texture. These are best attempts at emulating the semi-translucent nature of the keycaps, whilst noting that lighting conditions and screen calibrations are also variables that affect colour representation/perception.

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• SPECIFICATIONS •

Material: ABS
Profile: Cylindrical Cherry Profile
Manufacturing Method: Double shot injection molding for primary legends. Additional colors on novelty keycaps are UV-print.
Manufacturer: GMK
Compatibility: Mx switches
Keycap samples:

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• COLLABS •

Nil collaborations currently planned. Artisan makers reach out if interested!

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• LOGISTICS •

Nil groupbuy date confirmed yet

• VENDORS •

US - Novelkeys
EU - Oblotzky
UK - Prototypist
KR - Geon
SEA - iLumkb
CN - KBDFans
OCE - keebzncables

Novelkeys is lead vendor

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• MISC •

• SOCIALS •

Instagram: @boba.types
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• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS •

Thank you to those who provided help, support or design assistance for this project in some form or another. Special shoutouts in particular to:

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> Mikeydigit for renders
> Nephlock for feedback/advice on the special effect keycaps
> The designers of the respective keyboards in the renders depicted
> The community who provided feedback and moral support in pushing this project to this stage
> Nopunin10did and Konstantin for being the original kitting wizards whose advice on previous projects of mine (and others) have led to my foundational knowledge and decision making (any mistakes or peculiarities are mine though haha)

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