CollectA 88723 Daeodon - Deluxe 1:20 Scale: A walkaround by Kikimalou

The ”Dreadful teeth” Daeodon is the last and largest of the entelodonts, an extinct family of pig-like omnivores endemic to forests and plains of North America, Europe and Asia.

It lived in North America between 29 to 19 million years ago during the late Oligocene and early Miocene epochs.

Daeodons had skulls about 90 cm (3 ft) long and were around 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall at the shoulders. Their limbs were long and slender with the bones of the foreleg fused together and with only two toes on each foot. The big head was mostly supported by muscles and tendons attached to the tall spines of the thoracic vertebrae, similar to those of bison and white rhinoceros.

According to the skull size and eight at the shoulders, the CollectA Daeodon scale is between 1:18 and 1:20. It has avery dynamic pose and very nice details like the fur variations. The speculative colors have a natural look. The only flaw is the four toes hooves, the smaller toes should not be visible or at least far smaller.

Despite Entelodonts were  one of the ”Walking with beasts” stars, toys are rare, AAA, Nabisco, Mojo of course and that’s all… Even Starlux missed it.

So, despite the hooves, this awesome model could be an excellent addition to an extinct mammals shelf.

And the first again :) Nice pics of a known model :)

widukind wrote:

And the first again :) Nice pics of a known model :)

Thank you Andreas I didn't know this model yet, it seems there was no walkarounds in the surrounding area

I find this figure very impressive, I am sure daeodon were impressive creatures in real and CollectA got it!
I also haven't found a previous walk around, only a two pictures addition topic from Fernando... [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
Figure seems to respect perfectly the skeleton and I love the delicate legs in a brutal beast. I didn't know about the hooves but I think it is not so relevant as it is in their paraceratherium. Thanks for your great presentation!

Thankyou for a wonderful presentation

Funny enough this model never appealed very much to me...perhaps it is the white stripes in the face that makes him look "cheap" at first glance ?

But your walkaround and the quality of your photos are a real eye-opener...the sculpt is indeed awesome

It would be great if one of our many artists made a repaint of him ? What about yourself, Christophe ?

Roger wrote:

I find this figure very impressive, I am sure daeodon were impressive creatures in real and CollectA got it!
I also haven't found a previous walk around, only a two pictures addition topic from Fernando... [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
Figure seems to respect perfectly the skeleton and I love the delicate legs in a brutal beast. I didn't know about the hooves but I think it is not so relevant as it is in their paraceratherium. Thanks for your great presentation!

Thank you Rogério, I agree the hooves are a minor flaw but I always feel that when a model is so good, so alive, so accurate except...

SUSANNE wrote:

Thankyou for a wonderful presentation

Funny enough this model never appealed very much to me...perhaps it is the white stripes in the face that makes him look "cheap" at first glance ?

But your walkaround and the quality of your photos are a real eye-opener...the sculpt is indeed awesome

It would be great if one of our many artists made a repaint of him ? What about yourself, Christophe ?

I'm happy of my pics changed your idea about this model.

Yes it would be great to repaint it and we have many fine artists here  I am not so bad with brushes and I have better glasses now so I think I will repaint and customize again  But I have a long list of models I want to make or to finish... And I will probably make a Notochoerus before

Amazing! The figurine and the photos. Thanks Christophe.

Great walkaround, excellent photos, thank you Chrsitophe!
The model is very interesting and quite nicely sculpted. I cannot say too much about accuracy because these animals are almost unknown to me, i only learn about them from the toy models
However there is something in the jaw of this animal that makes me think that it looks broken, it doens't open in a normal angle. I have seen similar issue with one version of schleich leopard too in the past, it's like the jaw is jointed to skull just under the mouth opening. Do you know what I mean?
Other than that I agree with Susanne, this model would look greater in handpainted version, it's current colours have a bit cheap look to them.
I think this deaodon has great potential, it has few flaws that are rather easy to fix with skalpel and a bit of epoxy clay and the new painting would make really amazing model from that  

Ana wrote:

However there is something in the jaw of this animal that makes me think that it looks broken, it doens't open in a normal angle. I have seen similar issue with one version of schleich leopard too in the past, it's like the jaw is jointed to skull just under the mouth opening.  Do you know what I mean?

You are right
The lower jaw is not attached to the chin and the strong muscles there...he can't chew , poor thing

And now I'm afraid If I have to cut the mouth to make it realistic, it would be THE big job then!

Don't worry, Christophe !
I took a couple of photos of "all" my daeodons, and none of them have perfect jaws

Here is a picture of the Daeodon scull at Carnegy museum :
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And look, - the AAAs ( right and left ) have much too weak jaws, while the Mojo one ( Masterly painted by Kosta) has a square nose  
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This picture is mainly to compare sizes
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Aren't they cute ?

SUSANNE wrote:

This picture is mainly to compare sizes
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Aren't they cute ?

At this moment I can't think in anything cuter.  

Roger wrote:

SUSANNE wrote:

This picture is mainly to compare sizes
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Aren't they cute ?

At this moment I can't think in anything cuter.  

 The Dalton brothers

Another wonderful walkaround from Kiki :)
And the model is amazing. Love it :)
And also a lovely team from Susanne
Uh, now I see , that my repaint look`s a bit too extravagant with these colors

Another great walkaround Congrats my friend

Thank you LeeAnn and Kosta

Kosta, your repaint is absolutely unique and psychedelic

Kikimalou wrote:

Thank you LeeAnn and Kosta  

Kosta, your repaint is absolutely unique and psychedelic  

Hahha Thank you Kiki