Yagher Kong!

[Tim Casey]

Got this one from the Members Swap & Sell from Matt Kostyk! I'm pretty sure it's the only time Jeff Yagher sculpted a Kong.



The Fay Wray figure is from Pestilence Labs



More pics and info can be found here:

http://www.lowbudgetrecords.com/Model%2 ... 0Kong.html

Enjoy! And go build a model!

[belrog999]

Nice! You don't see Kong painted brown too often, which is the color of the rabbit fur used by Willis O'Brien. Kudos!
Steve

[overspray]

That came out great! Nicely done.

[Tim Casey]

Thanks, guys. I like brown Kongs - it seems to give me more options for highlighting.

[NM 156]

Nicely Done!!! Glad you're happy with it
and painted it - LoL. I really don't think
I was ever gonna get to build/paint it,
so I figured I would let you do it.

[Tim Fortuna]

That came out awesome! And she does look like Laura Dern (that's a good thing).

[Tim Casey]

I forgot to mention - the kit was either missing the bottom front six teeth or I accidentally threw them out. I had to sculpt them with Alves! I dreaded trying that for so long, but in the end it took about fifteen minutes with an X-Acto knife and a magnifying light. And I must say - I'd make a good dentist!

[NM 156]

You threw them out!!!

Joking aside, I'm pretty sure they were in there.
Look at the bright side, you got a chance to up
your sculpting skills... Nicely done.

[Tim Casey]

You threw them out!!!

I probably did.

Awhile ago I got the very rare XO-Facto double kit of Dr. Frankenstein, The Bride, Dr. Praetorius, and the Monster, and Dr. Frankenstein's nose wasn't there. What do you do? There are no replacement pieces. I sculpted that one as well - and you're right, it does help sharpen your modeling skills.

[Todd P.]

Very neat. I always liked this Kong and it's a pleasure to see him in the Lowbudget museum.

As I'm sure you know, Jeff also sculpted the Bama box-art Kong and also the Pestilence Kong replacement head.

[Tim Casey]

Very neat. I always liked this Kong and it's a pleasure to see him in the Lowbudget museum.

As I'm sure you know, Jeff also sculpted the Bama box-art Kong and also the Pestilence Kong replacement head.

True, but I don't even consider the box-art Kong (actually painted by Kunstler) a real Kong. It just don't look like him - though I'm glad I did that kit!

Never saw the Kong replacement head.

[Todd P.]

...the box-art Kong (actually painted by Kunstler) a real Kong ...

Are you sure about that? I thought the only monster art Kunstler did was the Forgotten Prisoner. I believe that's what Thomas Graham's book says, anyway. It's going to shake my world a little if he also did Kong.

The Pestilence head is very nice.

[Tim Casey]

I'm close to 100% certain. I bought a coffeetable book about Bama, and the chapter on Monster Models had pictures of everything he did. It didn't include Kong, Godzilla, or the Prisoner.



https://www.amazon.com/James-Bama-Ameri ... 0972375880

(I was going to recommend the book highly, but it looks like it's out of print. I would not pay hundreds of dollars for it!)

I always thought that the Kong and Godzilla boxes didn't look like Bama's style of illustration; I also thought the Kong box looked ridiculous with the six-pack abs. (I still love it, though).

[Vger]

A great kit and as usual an amazing job on it !

[Scooke123]

Turned out great!!

[Tim Casey]

Thanks, guys!

[Paintingrod]

Super job on them it looks great