Unboxing The Monogram 1622 Luminators "The Mummy" Model Kit - A Model Kit Unboxing Video
Channel: Monster Hobbies Monster Model Dungeon
Date: 2019-07-19

What is it like to open the lid on a vintage 1991 edition of The Mummy by Monogram?
Help us solve this riddle today as we will be unboxing the Monogram 1622 Luminators "The Mummy" Model Kit. This is a model kit unboxing video we hope you will enjoy! 
 
Out of the crypt we have Monogram's 1990 re-release of Aurora's Mummy kit in 1/8th scale and molded of black light sensitive transparent plastic.

Although the face and hand of this model kit best represents the mummy from Universal Studio's 1940 film, "The Mummy's Hand" starring Tom Taylor as The Mummy, it would be the perfect addition to your collection.

Monogram's Luminators "The Mummy" Model Kit was produced originally by Aurora in the early 1960's when the "Monster Craze" was at it's peak. After Aurora went out of business in the 1970's, Monogram bought up many of the original monster model kit molds, including "The Mummy" Model Kit. 

In the 1990's, Monogram decided to release a series of their model kits using a special blacklight sensitive plastic. These kits were known as Monogram's Luminators and included 6 of the original Aurora monster kits : The Mummy, Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, The Phantom of the Opera, and King Kong. Although Monogram had the molds for The Creature From The Black Lagoon and Godzilla, those two never became part of Monogram's Luminators Model Kits. ... however, Superman and some model cars and airplanes got the black light treatment.

Despite the strange plastic, the model kits go together well. I find that using both Testor's Red Tube Glue and Testor's Liquid Cement in combination works well to hold the plastic together. You can paint over the blacklight sensitive plastic if you want a more realistic model kit. 

Monogram's Luminators "The Mummy" Model Kit has a lot of detail parts in it. 
You get a great "Diorama style" base to mount the mummy on that looks like an Egyptian sand dune blew into the tomb and wore away at the various hieroglyphs on the stone columns and pillars. 

 As for The Mummy himself, the Monogram's Luminators "The Mummy" Model Kit gives him a pose that looks like he just walked out of the tomb. 
Just like in  Universal Studio's 1940 film, "The Mummy's Hand", this model kit has the mummy holding his right hand, with missing fingers, in the bandages slung over his shoulder. His left hand reaches out to you from beyond the grave to try and grip around your throat. Bullets won't stop him! 

This kit requires a little more skill than the other Aurora monster model kits because of all the nicely detailed bandages that hang off the mummy from his leg, waist, arms and shoulders. Also, getting the seam lines cleaned up and flush fitting is another challenge, but if you are patient, you will get a great looking model kit once you are finished. 

If you wish to paint your Monogram 1622 Luminators "The Mummy" Model Kit, I would recommend using a flat black base coat to protect your final white color from the red/pink Luminator's plastic. Once the black primer has dried, use Citadel Paint (From the Games Workshop) for the bandages. Use a base coat of Zandri Dust, followed by Serapham Sepia as a detail wash, then dry brush on some Ushabti Bone for your first layer and then Screaming Skull lightly over top of that on the tops of the mummy's shoulders, head, etc (the top surfaces) as your second layer paint. Finish off by dry brushing Praxeti White on the top most points of the model where the sunlight would hit it the most. 

You can use a darker skin tone for the mummified flesh (Google some real mummies for the ancient skin tones) and something darker than that color for the hair. 

I like to google different pictures of critters and then Google images of other people's monster model kit paint jobs. I like to build something a bit different, so I will look for images of real cobra snakes and try to find something unique. 

I know with any of the Aurora bats that come in these kits, that most people paint the bats flat black. Did you know there are many different color variations of bat fur? Have a look sometime and figure out which one looks best to you. 

You might be asking yourself "Where can I purchase the Monogram 1622 Luminators "The Mummy" Model Kit?".

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