GMK Villanelle | November 15th - December 15th

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Hi Geekhack. This is a set I thought of a little while back when I was much newer to the hobby, that I never got around to checking interest for at the time. Originally it was to be GMK stock colours, however now it's using two custom RAL colours instead. No long inspiration here - it's just two colours I enjoy very much. Without further ado, here are the details:

When?
GB November 15th - December 15th. Estimated shipping Q1 2023.

Where?
USA: Cannon Keys
Canada: Deskhero
Europe: MyKeyboard
UK: Proto[Typist]
China: Zfrontier
Asia: Zfrontier EN
South Korea: Swagkeys
SEA: Ilumkb
Oceania: Daily Clack
(product page links added as they go up)

How much?
Base: $126/€129
Addition: $34/€34
International: $76/€65
HIBI: $41/€40
(see product pages for other regions when they're up)

Next, some renders by my good friend, the talented pikku-allu:

Base:
My personal preference is no accents, so that's how I've kitted the base. Similar compatibility to most base kits these days, though I've included split bars and some further bottom row options.



Addition:
Accents with some more bottom row compatibility. Pretty straightforward.



International:
Your standard kit for European layouts - support for British, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and German keyboards. MOQ not reached.



HIBI Collaboration:
I've teamed up with HIBI to bring an aluminium keycap with GMK Villanelle. The anodisation colour will be the same as that of GMK Fuji's aluminium caps, as the pink is the same. The cap is called 'Pudding'.







Keyboard renders:

Ellipsis by Tom Works







Tengu by Finder Works







No. 2 by Keycult





Colour information:
As mentioned above, both colours used in the set are from the RAL Design catalogue. The pink will be the same as GMK Fuji, and so is in the process of colour matching already. Renders have been matched to physical samples, and plastic samples will be matched to RAL swatches using spectrophotometry.

Special thanks to ilikerustoo and the rest of BK for the feedback, as well as pikku-allu for all the hours of work. I feel very fortunate to be in this hobby making things with such supportive friends.