Lowdtown Labs: Mook toy (part 3)

I finished the first six ever Lowdtown Mook toys! I’m mighty proud of how they turned out, and, frankly, I think they’ll sell pretty well. I put so much time and effort into each and every one of these little suckers, so it’s going to be tough when I have to give them away. Well without further ado, here’s the final part to the Mook creation process.

1. Spray Primer

I wanted this set of Mooks to be plain white, so I started off with white primer. The trick is to coat it with many thin layers, rather than going crazy with it. That way, you won’t get any dripping or chunky uneven-ness.

2. Final Sanding

At this point, I used an extremely fine grit sand paper to give it that smooth finish. This is what they looked like after I sanded them down.

3. Painting

This was the tough part. It took a lot of concentration because I didn’t want to mess anything up. I used regular acrylic paint and painted directly onto the figures. I painted them in a production chain sort of thing where I painted a single detail for all the Mooks and then I went to the next detail and so on.

This is what they looked like after I painted every detail:

4. Finishing

After the painting process, I coated the figures with gloss to give it a nice finish. The gloss also helps to protect all the paint that’s underneath it.

5. Personalize

Finally, to add a little personal touch, I decided to paint on the number of the figure so that every person who decides to buy one knows exactly which one they got. It also adds to the collector’s value of the figure if I ever get famous, haha.

Conclusion

Well, there you have it! The first six Mooks! I’m going to start working on packaging concepts as well as making more Mooks. My hopes are to have six different sets of Mooks in different colors. And in the future, maybe it can be like a Munny and I can collaborate with various artists to do their own custom Mooks. We’ll see… Thanks for all the support, by the way. I want to have these for sale by May, hopefully.