First Crack at a Custom Hero Using Gimp

[vikinglad]

I tried using GIMP to make a hero card for Ash from the Evil Dead movies. What do ya think? A couple of questions:

1. How do I change the properties (bold, color, etc.) of just some of the text in a text box, like the Start: Location part?
2. How do the other cards get the black shadow behind the Dominican text?
3. Any suggestions for balance,abilities, etc for this guy?
4. I uploaded this into my album. Where else should I put it to make it available to people?
5. How do you guys usually add images of your cards to your posts? I used the address for the preview pic from my gallery.

Updated with shading on lettering and oil paint effect on hero pic.

Download Vikinglad's Ash Hero Here!