Cado Ezechiar The Hollow King Review

Cado Ezechiar lost everything and he has outlived everything that made him who he was. He accepted his vampiric gifts as his people and his kingdom fell. He became a wanderer of realms of death seeking retribution, searching to satisfy his hunger for blood whilst he is tormented by the souls of those he failed, which drives his need for attornment.

Cado Ezechiar was the first vampire I ever painted. He is a product of Games Workshop from the Age of Sigmar range. Cado belongs to the soulblight gravelords faction. This is a faction based on vampires, ghouls and the undead. Cado first appealed to me for his base. I was experimenting in how to make baes for models more interesting I came up with difficulties. Cado base was impressive and it got me interested in models with paintable base pieces. Plus he is a vampires and I like vampires, so win win.

I score my miniatures out of 5 using the following:

• Material quality - 4
• Assembly - 4
• Appearance balance -
• Ease to paint - 4
• Creativity - 3

Bonus: Rebuild/Repaintability - Yes

Cado Ezechiar, as stated is a Games workshop model, he is created with Games Workshops polystyrene plastic and came on a single sprue. He was well placed on the sprue apart from the sections his hair is attached too. This could be very brittle and easily snap if not careful. Luckily I had no such issues however. The models detail was really well sculpted and all the plastic was to a fantastic condition.

Assembling Cado was a little tricky in places. Once he was removed from the sprue and cleaned up (which he had little of, so well done GW there) he was assembled with tamiya extra thin cement and most parts went well. I had trouble with his hair linging up from the head to the rest of it on the cloak part, however a bit of craft knife skills and he was in. And built. Apart from this little bit, very impressed. So far so good.

Once we had him all dry and primed up he was on the paint table. Looking at Cado built and ready, Cado really fits the bill. He looks like a haunted traveling vampire that his skilled in combat who is searching. He fits his more precisely. The long cloak gave me great vampire and wanderer vibes at once, the armour was light and his facial details were with exhaustive features. Again a top job to GW here.

Once we got painting and as I progressed, Cado was easy to paint, cloak was smooth and easy to access, armour was prominent and definitive and all his accessories were easy to define. What I would say and going back to it was his hair. Cado's hair was fiddly to paint, because the strands were so small it was more time consuming then most to get around it all. And it was difficult to blent with the smaller strands too. But saying that the rest was a pure joy.

I think with him, you can get your creative juices flowing but what holds it back is he's a vampire. Now that sounds odd, but you paint him, like a vampire, he wouldn't suit another way, so it is the darker colours and reds and blacks.

To sum Cado Ezechiar up, he is a lore perfect model which makes a great command piece on the battlefield. If you like vampires he is a must have. I would love to see Cado sculpt used similarly into something else more, free? I think is a right word, perhaps as an elf commander? Where we as painters and miniature lovers can let out our imagination demons. However, I'm not taking Cado's credit where it is due, this model is fantastic and I would love to one day get another on my table..80/100 from me.