So, I gots me some enthusiasm.

In this case, it's probably bordering more on "an obsession" or "a fetish," though, at this point. See, I love helmets. Football helmets, motorcycle helmets, SWAT gear helmets. Chinese jet fighter helmets, French firefighter helmets, spacesuit helmets. Not to mention all the comic book-inspired helmets I love for their cool design, like Doctor Fate's lid, or The Rocketeer's Art Deco crash bucket.

But after a while, you get the enthusiasm to make up one of your own, and that's what my pal John Hays does:

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A wizard with the clay sculpt, and an artist pulling soft plastic around a vacuform machine, John sure can create an excellent prop or piece of costuming. I scored one of his Golden Age Flash helmets, and with a trim of the plastic and a few coats of paint straight from the rattle-can, I had another museum piece for my helmet collection:

Straight out of the box.

A little trimming of the extra bits, and some light filing and sanding.

A quick coat of white primer on everything.

Gold for the wings...

...and silver for the lid...

...and it's ready to display...

...until it's time for a little crime-fighting.