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GMK Purple Dragon - New Renders - 3/15/2019

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Hey there,

I have rethought my purple and orange set, and I want to give it a bit of distance from the original idea in another interest check here so that it can have its own place to live and grow. The vision for this one is a lot more locked in than the previous thought.

This set is based off of the classic video game character Spyro the Dragon. I remember as a kid always wanting to play Spyro on my mom's friend's PS1 because I thought there was nothing cooler than gliding around as a freaking purple dragon with an attitude. This set aims to bring the same attitude to the table.

The alphas are purple to represent the beloved character's purple scales while the modifiers are a vibrant orange for two reasons. Spyro the Dragon on PS1's cover art features a gorgeous orange in fire underlining Spyro's name, and in the final installment of Spyro (Dawn of the Dragon) his wings were a beautiful orange. The bonus enter and escape keys are there to represent Spyro's best friend and dragonfly, Sparx.

The highly contrasting colors should offer easy readability on the legends, and can make for some striking novelties once I have them designed.

I was conscious when designing this set to use GMK stock colors (orange - V2, purple - DY, yellow - CV) to keep costs down and create a more predictable outcome with the colors. Yes, this set is loud, but I would say that it matches the character it's designed after and is completely unique as far as I know.

UPDATED 3/15/2019

Renders by Oblotzky

Black Andromeda

Moon U80

Haze M60

UPDATED 3/6/2019

Here it is, the final GMK render of the locked in set. Quick disclaimer: This final render still had the handbag caps lock on the R4 1.25u caps lock. I went ahead and did a rough Photoshop job to change this to a text legend instead, so that's why the color doesn't look as pretty on that one cap as does the rest of the render.

Also, I am in contact with a vendor, and will be working with that vendor in terms of next steps.

UPDATED 3/4/2019

UPDATE FOR THE CAPS LOCK KEY. The purse is out. I will be using "Caps Lock" instead based on feedback I've received on this thread and looking at the general sentiment towards it from the community at large. Also, that's where Control belongs anyway, so I won't even see my beloved purse if I had left it in.

Also. After that legend change, THIS SET WILL BE LOCKED.

The new GMK render isn't reflective of that change yet, and I will let them know that is the final piece that is changing. Everything else is accurate in the updated render though. Enjoy the pretty picture.

UPDATED 2/26/2019

Should have something cool for you all in the coming weeks. Meantime, I'm continuing to contact vendors.

Also, MOQ... That's an important acronym when dealing with niche kits. Therefore, say goodbye to small kits. Say hello to MONSTER kit. Should be final form unless there is a super compelling reason for it not to be.

UPDATED 2/25/2019

I have updated the keys included in the set as well as split it into kits to hopefully make this more affordable for most people as they only buy the keys that they need. Was inspired by how Zambumon is doing Jamón as well as how modular SA kits typically are.

Base Kit: