So I figured since I have painted darn near everything, I would take a shot at my new white helmet. It's an Impact 1320 that I got back in October (SA rated), and I have a blue iridium shield on order.
Only thing I have left to do is clear, polish and put it back together..... this is how it sits now.

Some pics:









I used acrylic enamel (duplicolor you can get at Pep Boys) for the flag, black paint pen for the black accents, and finger paints for the kids handprints, their names, the splatter and the eagle on the back.

I made a stencil for the stars in the front, and cut all of them by hand (25 stars). Freehand for the stripes on the flag.
Had the kids put their own handprints on there, and I helped with the placement of their names.
The eagle is a stencil I grabbed off the interweb, cut out, and used fingerpaint on. Put a little red on him to accent a bit.
The splatter idea I got from my oldest, as she flung paint all over the kitchen when we were doing their handprints. I wiped any we got onto the flag part to keep it clean looking.

Materials - About $40 (paint, tape, fingerpaints, paint pen)
Time - About a week.
Fun experience, and would do it again.

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Lookin good.

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I LOVE the kid's contribution! And your part is pretty good too!

That looks great!

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Damn Will! That is AWESOME!!

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American damnit! I love it!

haha... I was going for an "America, fuck yeah!" kind of feel.

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Wait, so you're wearing patriotic colors while driving the Japanese flagship? Isn't that sacrilegious or something?

Looks good though.

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well.... I am 'Merican... so yeah.

Japanese car, assembled in Canada, driven by an American with French, Irish and American Indian heritage.
"many nations... many colors"

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Looks good, but wont the paper over the eye opening make it hard to see?

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- Jeremy Clarkson describing what the Honda Insight is like as a car.

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Nice work, it looks great!