{"id":53874,"date":"2025-08-12T23:17:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T03:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culttvman.com\/main\/?p=53874"},"modified":"2025-08-12T23:19:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T03:19:06","slug":"building-konga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culttvman.com\/main\/building-konga\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Konga!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/culttvman.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kongabuild01-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Konga built and painted by Steve Iverson\" class=\"wp-image-53875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/culttvman.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kongabuild01-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/culttvman.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kongabuild01-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/culttvman.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kongabuild01-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/culttvman.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kongabuild01.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I did a quick build up of the new Konga kit from Monarch Models. I really enjoyed the model. Much like the old Aurora kits, it was a quick, simple build. I decided to focus on the figure and a few simple tricks to improve the model. I had three days to finish the build to take to the IPMS Nationals.  Check out the video below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Much like the Aurora King Kong or Godzilla kits, you&#8217;ll have to deal with the seams and how to blend them into the the fur on the ape.   I made some simple texture stamps with two part epoxy putty and used them to impress new fur over the seams.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The figure was painted a base of black and detailed the fur by drybrushing shades of brown.   The base was enhanced with washes to detail the buildings, rubble, and ground.   I also glazed paint into the recesses, and touched up with more drybrushing.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course, you can <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.culttvmanshop.com\/NEW-Konga--135-scale-from-Monarch-Models_p_6570.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.culttvmanshop.com\/NEW-Konga--135-scale-from-Monarch-Models_p_6570.html\">purchase the kit in the CultTVman Hobbyshop!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I shot an epic CultTVman video so you can see how I used these various techniques to complete the model.    Have fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Building Konga in three days!  Another epic video from CultTVman!\" width=\"910\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rlb7y5voaco?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I did a quick build up of the new Konga kit from Monarch Models. I really enjoyed the model. Much<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":899,"featured_media":53875,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,170,16,1575],"tags":[1397,1836,239],"class_list":["post-53874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cult-figures","category-culttvmans-ramblings","category-monsters","category-showcase","tag-culttvman-links","tag-konga","tag-monarch-models","comments-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/culttvman.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/culttvman.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/culttvman.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culttvman.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/899"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culttvman.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53874"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/culttvman.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53877,"href":"https:\/\/culttvman.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53874\/revisions\/53877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culttvman.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/culttvman.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culttvman.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culttvman.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}