So my idea is something similar to the Recon armour in Halo 3.

At first you needed to impress bungie to receive the head.

And that was my idea, either to excel in something or make a bad ass reply (so stock replay creators would have have this item)

Now what the item is exactly I'm not sure. But it should be something that stands out so you instantly think "Oh man he's cool" kinda thing.