To get a custom helmet, place a file named helm.png inside your runelite directory.
The runelite directory is located at %userprofile%\.runelite\
on Windows or ~/.runelite/
on Linux/OSX.
Press the Windows Key and R at the same time, paste in the box %userprofile%\.runelite\
and press Enter.
Open a Finder window, press CMD + Shift + G at the same time, paste in ~/.runelite/
and press Return.
Open a Terminal window, run cd ~/.runelite/
and then xdg-open .
with XDG or gnome-open .
with Gnome