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Cupcake

Vanilla cake, frosting accents, and a cherry on top.

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GMK CYL profile · ABS doubleshot · Made in Germany

GMK Cupcake Base on a clear orchid Classic TKL, angled view. Vanilla cake alphas and mods with plum legends, a strawberry, mint and lavender F-row, all four frostings on the nav and arrows, a strawberry Enter and a cherry-red Esc.(open full size)
Clear orchid TKL · Base only

The story

GMK Cupcake looks good enough to eat.

Vanilla cake alphas and mods with plum legends. Strawberry, mint and lavender frosting on the F-row and Enter, and all four flavors, sky too, mixed across the nav, arrows and numpad operators.

The right side of a chocolate-brown TKL. Vanilla alphas and mods, a strawberry Enter, and Print, Lock, Pause, the six nav keys and the arrows in strawberry, mint, lavender and sky.(open full size)

Vanilla in the middle, frosting around it

The alphas, number row and mods are vanilla cake, all but the Enter. Everything around them is frosting, in strawberry, mint, lavender and sky.

Close-up of vanilla cake keys, W to Y, S to H and X to B, with small flecks of red, blue, green, yellow and purple through each cap and down its sides, and plum legends. A label reads "Mock-up · GMK particle effect. Added after rendering · final look depends on GMK".(open full size)

Confetti cake

GMK makes particle plastic, with flecks molded through the cap, so no two keys are quite alike. Bright speckles of color in a vanilla base.

The cherry art Esc: a single cream cherry on its stem, on a cherry-red key.
Close-up of the cherry art Esc on a cobalt TKL, with the strawberry F1 to F4 and the vanilla alphas behind it.

A cherry on top

Base comes with a cherry-red Esc. The Sprinkles kit adds a second one with a cherry on it, and a cherry Up arrow to match.

Seven colors

Plum legends throughout, and cream on the cherry.

Renders

Top view of GMK Cupcake Base on the clear orchid TKL against a cream backdrop. Vanilla alphas and mods, F1 to F4 strawberry, F5 to F8 mint, F9 to F12 lavender, Print, Lock and Pause in the three flavors, the nav and arrows mixed in all four, a strawberry Enter and a cherry-red Esc.(open full size)
Clear orchid TKL, top view · Base
The right side of a forest green 1800. Frosting-colored numpad operators, Num Lock and Enter around vanilla number keys, with the nav and arrows beside them.(open full size)
Forest green 1800 · Base, numpad included
Sprinkles on a raw aluminum 65%. A mint spacebar and Enter, lavender Backspace and Tab, mint Caps Lock, a strawberry Shift, a cherry Up arrow and the cherry art Esc.(open full size)
Raw aluminum 65% · Base + Sprinkles
A closer view of the alpha block of the clear orchid TKL, with colored flecks in the vanilla cake keys. A label reads "Mock-up · GMK particle effect. Added after rendering · final look depends on GMK".(open full size)
Clear orchid TKL · confetti cake mock-up
GMK Cupcake Base on a clear-top 65% with a white bottom, seen low from the left end, the cherry-red Esc nearest.(open full size)
Clear 65% · Base only
A 60% board with Base's frosting bottom row. Mint, sky, strawberry and lavender mods around a vanilla spacebar, below the vanilla alphas, a strawberry Enter and a cherry-red Esc.(open full size)
60% · Base, frosting bottom row
The right-hand corner of a 65% in an orchid translucent case. Frosting arrows and nav keys beside the vanilla alphas and a strawberry Enter.(open full size)
Orchid 65%, right corner · Base

Renders by Good Egg. Every board is a 3D render, not a photo; the labeled mock-ups have the flecks added after rendering. Screen colors are close but not exact.

Try on the kits

Pick a look to see what each kit changes on a 75% board.

Pick a look
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Base on its own. Vanilla alphas and mods, frosting on the F-row, nav, arrows and Enter, and a cherry Esc.Frosting on the mods. Lavender Backspace and Tab, mint Caps Lock and Enter, a strawberry Shift and a frosted bottom row, with the left three from Base.The cherry art Esc, a cherry Enter and the cherry Up arrow, all from Sprinkles.A lavender spacebar. Sprinkles has 6.25u and 7u bars in all four flavors.

The kits

A 3D mock-up of the Cupcake base-kit box: a vanilla bakery box tied with a cherry-red ribbon and bow, with a scalloped strawberry sticker reading GMK cupcake, ringed in mint, lavender, sky and strawberry. The front strip carries the name and Good Egg beside GMK's logos.(open full size)

The box

The base kit's GMK box is designed as a bakery box, tied with a cherry-red ribbon, with the wordmark on a strawberry sticker.

Where it's at

  1. Design (done)
  2. Interest check (current step)
  3. Group buy
  4. Making & shipping

Interest check open now on communikeys

Questions

Where is Cupcake now?

Its interest check is open now. Three questions decide what goes to the group buy: the confetti cake, the mixed nav and arrows, and which kits you'd buy. You can also comment on any key. Back it on communikeys (it needs a free account), or join the email list to hear when the group buy opens.

Will it fit my board?

Base alone covers 60%, 65%, 75%, TKL, full size and 1800, plus Tsangan, WKL, HHKB and Alice. It also has the ISO Enter, 1.25u Shift and extra ISO keys, with US legends, so no add-on is needed to finish a board. On purpose, it doesn't cover 40% boards or UK and German ISO legends.

What is confetti cake?

GMK makes particle plastic, with small flecks molded all through the cap. The cake keys could be made that way, if GMK can do the flecks in bright colors and in this vanilla; that's still to be confirmed. The 3D renderer can't draw it, so the two images with flecks are labeled mock-ups, and GMK's samples decide the final look.

Why GMK?

GMK's doubleshot ABS keys have legends molded in a second color of plastic, so they never wear off.

What if a kit doesn't sell enough?

Each kit needs a minimum number of orders in the group buy. A kit that misses it isn't made, and it comes off your order. The interest check itself is a free poll; no money changes hands.

When will prices and dates be set?

After the interest check, once the kits are final and GMK and the vendors confirm a slot. Join the email list to hear first.

How do I reach you?

Email [email protected]. Kevin reads every message.