Viktus Styrka By Viktus Design - Completed, Extras soonTM

Specifications:

• Top Mount
• 65% + Left Macros
• 8 degree board angle
• QMK and VIA support
• MX and PCB mount stabs
• 19.7mm front edge height
• ARM STM32F072CBT6 mcu
• Universal daughterboard (type-c)
• ESD protection on the daughterboard and PCB
• ~3Kg for the boards with case and plate. Brass being heavier than SS by a little bit.
• Designed in collaboration with OneCreativeMind, who came up with a beautiful idea that lead to where we are today.



Viktus Styrka Info:

• Color options:
• Wine with E-Black brass rear accent, weight and plate
• Blue with sandblasted brass rear accent, weight and plate
• Night sky with sandblasted stainless steel rear accent, weight and plate

• Pricing:
• Blue w/Brass: $710
• Wine w/E-Black Brass: $725
• Night Sky w/Stainless Steel: $740
• Extra PCBs and extra plates as well as carbon fiber and black pom plates will be available.

• Quantity:
• MOQ of 80, with a limit of 300.



Timeline:

• Group buy opens January 25th at Noon CST and closes on March 7th at 11:59pm CST
• My goal is to have these in customers hands in Q3 2021, but subject to change.



Where to buy:

• The GB will go live on www.Viktus.Design at the above time, you can click the banner or navigate to the live gb page from the menu.
• I am accepting US and international orders and all will ship from me here in Texas.
• Note: International orders might have issues with shipping calculations so there is a chance I will have to close international orders if there is a major issue. Being my first GB via my website there will be some growing pains in this area.



Layout Support:



• ISO enter and left shift are supported on the PCB but not the included plate, I will make the plate files available later on after the buy to allow you to get custom ones made. Sorry for the inconvenience but ISO + ANSI cutouts are a no go.

• As well plate and case foam files will be available on my github on the day the GB launches if you would like to get some cut.



Who is Viktus Design?

As you can tell from my username I am BlindAssassin111 and Viktus Design from here on out is the name I will be using for sales. After a few years working on personal projects without a brand and making keyboards and keysets with TheKey.Company I have decided to go on my own to pursue my own vision for my boards.

If you aren't familiar with my work offhand, I have worked on quite a few things including Nexus Alps Sliders, TKC M0llY, TKC CandyBar, TKC1800, OSA, Crown, SP-111, GodSpeed75, Bacca60/Squid60, TKC Switch Opener, GMK Night Runner, GMK Nightshade, GMK Skyline, and more.

Viktus Design is inspired by Scandinavian automakers and the desire to create functional art. All of the board names are in Swedish and are chosen from quality traits, Styrka meaning strength. All boards are named with a leading Viktus as a call back to the name, and automakers as I mentioned, so the official name for this board is Viktus Styrka, but can be shortened to Styrka.

The board designs are not simple, as I didn't confine myself to features that were the easiest and cheapest to make. At the same time they aren't too busy and I hope that a lot of you will enjoy the designs to come.



Prototype Pictures:







Full album:
https://imgur.com/a/xGxgAwL

Note: The prototypes were of an older version of the case and therefore assembled slightly different from the production version. This change will not affect aesthetics or sound in a noticeable way.


Build:

If you would like to watch a stream of one being built go to the following video uploaded by Mechs On Deck and enjoy!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wixUX13mqTs

Also to hear a quick typing test on my prototype with holy red pandas and a brass plate please go here.

voca.ro/1klPkZUQCZHC


Special Thanks:

• OneCreativeMind for coming up with the beautiful design initially and being there along the way to help make this come to reality. Without him this venture wouldn't be possible, so if you see him around please remember to thank him for being an awesome person and friend.

• jrfhoutx for the pain in the ass firmware work that is ARM in QMK along with feedback.

• MetallicCharles for early renders and support with the board for this whole time.

• HamKenobi for the amazing pictures of the prototypes that grace this post.



FAQ:

• Are you going to make it hotswap? No.

• Can I buy a version without left macros to make it cheaper? No.

• Can you remove the penrail? No.

• Can you add knob support? No.

• Can you add a top left badge blocker? No.

• Can you release the files so I can 3D print it? No.

• Can you make the text on the mods blue? Uhh...I think you have the wrong form.

• Why is it so expensive? The design of the board requires fairly thick stock to machine with and unfortunately material pricing and shipping have skyrocketed due to covid therefore causing every step to be more than initially anticipated. I wish I wasn't forced to sell at the above pricing but I have no choice without scrapping the project entirely (further explained down below but material pricing and shipping costs aren't projected to drop back to pre-covid until late 2021 at the earliest).

Below is a cross section view to explain just how thick everything is, the top piece alone is taller, wider and almost as deep as a jane sized TKL in full, to put this image into perspective. The rear accent might look thin in this but it actually has features that stick out into the top case to the mating face between the bottom and top.





Updates:

To follow the project you can keep up with this thread, my website www.Viktus.Design or via the Viktus Design discord server where I will be most active and where all raffles will be held (in a separate server for verification purposes)

Discord invite: https://discord.com/invite/4w6aUKb

- March 9th: Payment sent for manufacturing to start