Divartisity Red river hog and Chevrotains review by Kikimalou

This month I therefore broke the piggy bank to offer myself four creatures out of the hands and brushes of Nepaim Hesev, a Spanish artist who strives to sculpt wild animals at a scale of 1/20.
These resin models are produced on demand. I've been eyeing his productions for a long time, but until now my wallet had held up.
You can't resist all your life and I finally managed to open it, it must be said that Nepaim had just created a Red river hog and I have great difficulty in resisting the call of this animal.  
This magnificent pig is unfortunately under-represented in the world of toys, when we see the number of warthogs produced with a beautiful brown color and some hairs on the stone, we really say to ourselves that companies don’t like animals dressed for the carnival.
You must all take your kids visiting zoo with Red river hogs inside, the more popular, the more I hope to add some on my shelves.
As the pig didn’t want to travel alone, I gave him a few Chevrotains to share the cost of the trip and take advantage of a special place in my displays.  

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So it's time to go over the little things in review, starting with the Red river hog of course.
I own of course the CollectA and the K&M but neither really satisfies me, even if I like them anyway. The first lives its life on my 1/15 African shelf at 1/15 and the smallest on the 1/22 one. I was missing one for my 1/20 shelf.  

A few pictures of the little guy.

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As there was a void next to the pig, I invested in a Water chevrotain, it is the only Tragulidae that lives in the humid forests of equatorial Africa. What better neighbour for a Red river hog ? Of all the Chevrotains it is also the largest, the size of a small dog.

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On its roll Nepaim started to create other Chevrotains and, on my roll, I bought them.

Let's start with the larger of the two, the Greater mouse-deer, which lives in the tropical rainforests and mangroves of Southeast Asia. It is present in Sumatra, Borneo, and in the small islands of the archipelago, in Malaysia, in the south of Burma, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Weighing 5 to 8 kg, it measures 70 to 75 cm and a shoulder height of 30 to 35 cm. A giant !  
Males do not have antlers but have two elongated upper canines forming fangs.

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Last but not least, here is the Yellow-striped chevrotain from Sri Lanka. It was considered before as a Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain subspecies. The last one is found in the dry zone and the Yellow-striped chevrotain replaced in the wet zone.
Head and body length in the species typically is 43–51 cm. Males have Tusk-like upper canines instead of antlers.

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And now a few words about these photos, I have an excellent macro lens which can be a bit cruel at times with small figures, many details invisible to the naked eye are revealed as well.
Despite this handicap, I continue to use it because it also pays tribute to the work of sculptors and painters.

I find these little creatures absolutely amazing, Nepaim knows how to breathe life and grace into them. It is all the more stupendous at the scale at which he works.

A few photos will explain better.  

With a green mole-rat
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With a few African rainforest friends
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With some Southeastern asian fellows.
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Wow!! Really beautiful models! I didn't realize how tiny they were until I saw them next to the okapi and tapir... They are beautifully detailed for their size. Big congrats

I know your enthusiasm about red river hogs since Ralf made one.
To be fair, I think it was the first time I've heard about them, I thought it meant something like the terrible beast of the bloody river.
My English was so poor that the only word I knew for pig was pig.
Not long after, we choose a figure for Mojö Fun to release and during the poll, the manager of Mojö Fun, our friend James, confessed that he was worried if the river hog was the winner because it wouldn't be easy to sculpt it in toy shape. Naturally, a resin model is different, just look at that tail. Oh, I don't know what happened with tat poll that shortly after CollectA released one and it is what I ahve in my collection.
Diversity is not bad these days but nothing compares with the revolution of the sables that changed forever the toy animal panorama.
These deer are even more impossible to expect from any of these brands, so I think your decision of getting those finely sculpted figures was the best decision you could have taken..
I love your cruel pictures and the concept of grouping figures at the same scale is fantastic!

Beautiful walkaround of these wonderful and interesting models made by such a talented artist! It's really nice that there are resin models of more unusual species, definitely a good decision to add this figure to your collection!

Wo wowonderful

Stunning figures. I like the river hog, but I like the chevrotains even more, because I had never even heard of them. The size comparison in the last photo is great, it's very striking how small the chevrotains are. You are making great use of your macro lens. I wish I had one, but the problem is that it's worth so many animal figures.

Red river hog and family are wonderful , nice colors.

What a fantastic models! Red river hog captures the essence of the species infinitely better than the CollectA model! And I'm amazed at how tiny are the chevrotains compared with the tapir!

They are so lovely! Wonderful newcomers I love all 4 models but the three chevrotains especially, they look so delicate and graceful.
Their legs look so fragile, are they made of resin or 3D printed?

Thank you all 

@Joliezac, I indeed post the comparison pics at the end of the post 

@Roger I undersatnd James fear but I'm sure it is possible to make a good Red river hog toy since it is possible for Mojo to make an excellent wild boar and an amazing Warthog 
But now I want a Bushpig  

I will continue to make cruel "same scale"  pics, it is a macaque tradition now 


@Bonnie  I hope my bank account will continue to agree my "good decisions" 

@rogerpgvg Indeed Macro lenses are expensive and mine isn't the cheaper, I had to choose but making pics is a big part of my way of collecting so it was a necessary evil. 

@Pardofelis my little finger told me that you would like these models 

@Ana Well Nepaim says they are made in resin but I had a doubt for the small Chevrotains when I discovered my pictures, the horizontal lines are beyond suspicion to the naked eye.

Thank you for sharing so beautiful pictures of so beautiful and very rare models! I understand very well your point of view since I have the same problem with some species (Serval for exemple although I have 3!) who are not at the sclale of my main ranges!

I love them all !
Wonderful products from Nepaim`s hands
I saw his Red river hog on facebook group , when he showed there and I really liked it.
Now , with your great photos, I like it even more. The sculpt is wonderful and it is also painted very fine.
The 3 smaller models are amazing. So small, with so thin legs, it is impressive !
I think, my favorite is the Water chevrotain, because of the lovely pose :)
Congratulations Kiki for these great models !

Absolutely stunning models and soooooo detailed!!!

I like them all very much and I like the concept of divARTsity, making a 1:20 miniature world. I suppose 1:18 would be a more appropriate scale to be able to handle most of the animals, elephants and giraffes could stay as they are. Of course paying 220 euros for an elephant is another thing, but... Aesthetically, their fragile appearance is an advantage.

The straight lines on the small models are a mystery, at first I thought it might be a "gluing point", but then I saw it repeating on the legs too. Then I thought of the 3D printing like Anna, but why use a digital printing on a model without a complex fur-pattern? It makes no sense I think.

@Caracal Thank you  What problem ?

@costicuba The Red river hog caught my eyes first, then the whole batch caught my heart... And a part of my wallet 

@Taos thank you Taylor 

@spacelab I guess Nepaim is using 3D printing for small models beacuse it's less risky than traditional moulds, legs are really thin and I'm not sure artisanal production tools could make them safely.

Wow, chevrotains! Me like!

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Wow, chevrotains! Me like!

They are perfect for your synoptic collection 

Wonderful creatures!! And so tiny!! Such great additions!

Thank you Shanti 

Magnificent photos and masterful figures Congratulation Christophe

Merci Jean-Luc