You know what, I usually do a little write up on the character's history, but I made the Shade before (all be it his more recent, well-dressed look) so immajustgunna cut and paste that here:

The Shade first appeared in the 1940's as an adversary for the original Flash. Eventually he would become a constant thorn to both Jay Garrick and Barry Allen. Eventually in the 1990's the Shade was revealed as Richard Swift, an immortal Englishman who gained his powers in a 1838 incident. As the Shade, Swift gets his powers from the Darklands, an extradimensional darkness which offers him the ability to wield shadow constructs and travel great distances. These powers also made him seemingly immortal, and so powerful that Doctor Fate once suggested even the Spectre would have problems dealing with hi,.

Eventually the Shade became more of an antihero, often mentoring Jack Knight in his legacy role as the Starman of Opal City, while retelling tales of his previous exploits, including his friendship with Charles Dickens as well a his ages long battle with the Ludlow family who sought revenge for prior incidences. His motives often ambiguous, the Shade is a staunch defender of his adopted home, Opal City, and often finds himself battling alongside the heroes despite his questionable history.

So there's that, but I was commissioned to make a version of The Shade from way back when he was much more of villain of the Flashes and the JSA in the Pre-Crisis DCU. It's a pretty monochromatic look, but the details still led me to a lot of sculpting. So he's pretty much a remade Toyman with his musculature sanded off and a bit more of a penguin suit tuxedo look to sculpted on him. The collar piece was sanded down and reshaped while his head is a slightly modified Crime Syndicate Johnny Quick with an Uncle Sam hat. I thought that particular head had a proper, mischievous smile.

And for once the painting was pretty simple, much more pleasant than that time I made a mostly yellow The Ray. Sheesh.

Thanks for looking!