Comments on: Golden-Age Flash Costume: Helmet Construction http://speedforce.org/2009/08/flash-costume-helmet/ Tracking the Flash - the Fastest Man Alive Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:27:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Kenny http://speedforce.org/2009/08/flash-costume-helmet/#comment-10484 Kenny Wed, 14 Apr 2010 02:39:37 +0000 http://speedforce.org/?p=4830#comment-10484 Fantastic job! As the G.A. Flash is my favorite superhero of all time, I tried my hand at making a costume a few years ago. Mine's not bad, but yours is tremendous! Since I'm 50, I do come equipped with one major G.A. Flash(as he looks today) physical attribute...plenty of graying hair. Marched in costume in our town's Halloween parade in '09. Actually heard a middle-schooler yell out, "Old Flash"! Keep up the good work. I copped out on the helmet, and painted an old Marine Corps tropical pith helmet. Fantastic job! As the G.A. Flash is my favorite superhero of all time, I tried my hand at making a costume a few years ago. Mine’s not bad, but yours is tremendous! Since I’m 50, I do come equipped with one major G.A. Flash(as he looks today) physical attribute…plenty of graying hair.
Marched in costume in our town’s Halloween parade in ’09. Actually heard a middle-schooler yell out, “Old Flash”!
Keep up the good work. I copped out on the helmet, and painted an old Marine Corps tropical pith helmet.

]]> By: Kelson http://speedforce.org/2009/08/flash-costume-helmet/#comment-4651 Kelson Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:42:35 +0000 http://speedforce.org/?p=4830#comment-4651 Definitely not a cop-out: a WWI helmet is probably the most authentic helmet you could use as a base. I remember a fan discussion at one point indicated that at least some artists use the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brodie_helmet" rel="nofollow">Brodie helmet</a> as a reference, and according to the current JSA run, it's actually supposed to be Jay's father's WWI helmet! I actually considered this myself, but I wasn't sure where to look. I'd been casually checking costume stores for fake helmets since last Halloween, but never got around to looking for the real thing. By the time I started seriously thinking about the costume for Comic-Con, I figured it was too late to look. Then Katie volunteered to make one, and the rest is history! One of the other Jay Garricks I ran into in San Diego also had used a WWI helmet. I don't remember what he used for the wings originally, only that they'd broken the first day of the con and he had to make a quick substitute. I also found a set of photos on Flickr of someone <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drhaggis/387588811/" rel="nofollow">making a Flash helmet</a> out of an unidentified army surplus helmet and wings from a toy pegasus. Definitely not a cop-out: a WWI helmet is probably the most authentic helmet you could use as a base. I remember a fan discussion at one point indicated that at least some artists use the Brodie helmet as a reference, and according to the current JSA run, it’s actually supposed to be Jay’s father’s WWI helmet!

I actually considered this myself, but I wasn’t sure where to look. I’d been casually checking costume stores for fake helmets since last Halloween, but never got around to looking for the real thing. By the time I started seriously thinking about the costume for Comic-Con, I figured it was too late to look. Then Katie volunteered to make one, and the rest is history!

One of the other Jay Garricks I ran into in San Diego also had used a WWI helmet. I don’t remember what he used for the wings originally, only that they’d broken the first day of the con and he had to make a quick substitute.

I also found a set of photos on Flickr of someone making a Flash helmet out of an unidentified army surplus helmet and wings from a toy pegasus.

]]> By: Fanboy Wife http://speedforce.org/2009/08/flash-costume-helmet/#comment-4650 Fanboy Wife Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:38:49 +0000 http://speedforce.org/?p=4830#comment-4650 Oh my goodness. I cannot let my husband see this, or he'll want me to make him one! .-= Fanboy Wife’s latest blog post: <a href="http://fanboywife.blogspot.com/2009/08/blackest-ring.html" rel="nofollow">The Blackest Ring</a> =-. Oh my goodness. I cannot let my husband see this, or he’ll want me to make him one!
.-= Fanboy Wife’s latest blog post: The Blackest Ring =-.

]]> By: Carr D'Angelo http://speedforce.org/2009/08/flash-costume-helmet/#comment-4648 Carr D'Angelo Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:17:56 +0000 http://speedforce.org/?p=4830#comment-4648 I was thinking World War 1 helmet myself. 10.00 is a great price. I was thinking World War 1 helmet myself. 10.00 is a great price.

]]> By: Keeter http://speedforce.org/2009/08/flash-costume-helmet/#comment-4647 Keeter Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:52:44 +0000 http://speedforce.org/?p=4830#comment-4647 Maybe it's a cop out, but I went on eBay and got an old WW I 'doughboy' helmet for $10.00 and spray painted it chrome silver. For the wings, I used two brass number sevens from the hardware store, the kind you put on your front door for your house number. = ) Maybe it’s a cop out, but I went on eBay and got an old WW I ‘doughboy’ helmet for $10.00 and spray painted it chrome silver. For the wings, I used two brass number sevens from the hardware store, the kind you put on your front door for your house number. = )

]]> By: Margaret http://speedforce.org/2009/08/flash-costume-helmet/#comment-4646 Margaret Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:27:22 +0000 http://speedforce.org/?p=4830#comment-4646 Awesome! Now I can just apply this to my Boodikka headpiece for next year... .-= Margaret’s latest blog post: <a href="http://highfivecomics.net/2009/08/06/drinking-comics-the-dr-manhattan-the-jon-osterman/" rel="nofollow">Drink Ink: The Dr. Manhattan & the Jon Osterman</a> =-. Awesome! Now I can just apply this to my Boodikka headpiece for next year…
.-= Margaret’s latest blog post: Drink Ink: The Dr. Manhattan & the Jon Osterman =-.

]]> By: West http://speedforce.org/2009/08/flash-costume-helmet/#comment-4644 West Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:02:37 +0000 http://speedforce.org/?p=4830#comment-4644 Insanely cool. .-= West’s latest blog post: <a href="http://west3man.blogspot.com/2009/06/skyfire-is-bad-mutha.html" rel="nofollow">SkyFire is a bad mutha...</a> =-. Insanely cool.
.-= West’s latest blog post: SkyFire is a bad mutha… =-.

]]> By: Joker Figures http://speedforce.org/2009/08/flash-costume-helmet/#comment-4636 Joker Figures Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:22:31 +0000 http://speedforce.org/?p=4830#comment-4636 Well done -- to say the least. The fact that you paper mached the helmet is INSANE! I never would have thought of going that direction. Well done — to say the least. The fact that you paper mached the helmet is INSANE! I never would have thought of going that direction.

]]> By: Kaiser The Great http://speedforce.org/2009/08/flash-costume-helmet/#comment-4632 Kaiser The Great Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:12:15 +0000 http://speedforce.org/?p=4830#comment-4632 The <a href="http://theleagueofheroes.yuku.com/" rel="nofollow">League of Heroes</a> and/or the <a href="http://www.therpf.com/" rel="nofollow">RPF</a> forums would probably love to see this tutorial! The League of Heroes and/or the RPF forums would probably love to see this tutorial!

]]> By: Mo Lott http://speedforce.org/2009/08/flash-costume-helmet/#comment-4629 Mo Lott Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:25:44 +0000 http://speedforce.org/?p=4830#comment-4629 Wow, that came out awesome!! Very nice job on the wings especially, I might have to try one of these, whether to wear or display, who knows? Cant wait for the boots and shirt post!! Wow, that came out awesome!! Very nice job on the wings especially, I might have to try one of these, whether to wear or display, who knows? Cant wait for the boots and shirt post!!

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