If Shade was in Sonic Boom...

...I'd be pretty happy, to be honest.

Sorry I disappeared out of nowhere. Had a bout of being unmotivated about everything that I'm still trying to drag myself out of. Sorry if anyone in Pocket-Felines was looking forward to RPing with me, I'm not sure when that can happen now.

So how about that Sonic Boom?

I'll be honest, I'm REALLY excited. Despite the general outcry over the designs, I do really think they look good and the TV teaser looks fantastic. I'm holding back judgement on the game for now, but I'm not a fan of the WIP models. But hey, it's a wip, so that's to be expected.
Other things to be expected include... not Shade. After the Penders debacle, and the fact that I'm not sure if she's owned by SEGA or Bioware (which could lead to a Geno scenario), Shade appearing in Sonic Boom is really, really, really slim. But if she was, that would be AWESOME! Shade is my favourite minor character, and after seeing the redesigns (and being fairly bored) I decided to try and redesign her as if she was in the Sonic Boom continuity. Sports tape included.

I'm not sure what her role in Sonic Boom would be. Maybe a treasure hunter like Rouge? Hopefully the "ancient echidna from space" part would get dropped, seeing as that's kind of silly and wouldn't fit in too well with the jokey lighthearted feel Sonic Boom has going on. There could probably be a way to fit it in somehow though. She could even reprise her role as an antagonist, maybe; working alongside Eggman for fun and profit before eventually switching over to the good guys side?

Honestly I'd just be happy to see her in a game again.

Anyway. Design notes. Outfit is inspired by her armored bodysuit, and is probably still armored on the chest, hands, and shoulders. Boots and gloves are slightly tweaked from the original. Gave her a belt because, if I'm remembering correctly, Nocturnus echidnas have "warp belts" that they use to teleport around like huge dicks. Gave her a collar thing somewhat similar to Knuckles's in Sonic the Comic (and could probably be lighter colours to evoke Knux's white marking in the game), and put her logo on there. Headband is based off her Sonic Chronicles one, but cloth instead of armor and given the purple stripes to break it up a bit. Quills are floppier to look more like Tikal and Knuckles's (and also because I bloody hate her canon ones). Sports tape added on ankles and wrists to add more variety and break up the black a little (and she probably has more under her gloves and boots). Gave her a swooshy tail with cream on the end to distance her from Knuckles's jagged one and show more of her fur.

Whew!

Oh, one last thing. While it was inspired by the Sonic Boom redesigns, it was also inspired by Cylent-Nite's AMAZING makeover of Shade. Originally it was more similar to his, but thankfully I ended up looking at Shade's canon artwork and going from there instead of starting with his as the base for the design.
His is still a lot better, though. I'd love to see that in a Sonic game.

Shade the Echidna, Sonic Boom (c) SEGA)
Art (c) TerraTidal