calebh90•2mo agoProlific Poster

Saw something wild at the Goodwill on Maple Street

I was looking for fabric scraps and found a whole rack of those cheap foam floor mats, the kind for kids. They were marked $5 for a pack of four. Someone had clearly bought them for a cosplay build, cut them up for armor, and then just donated the leftovers. It's a great find if you need light armor pieces, but check the edges because a lot of them were cut really rough. Has anyone else found good base materials in the weirdest store sections?

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lisa_carter312mo ago

Oh man, that reminds me of the time I saw a bag of old plastic cutting boards at a garage sale. My brain just went straight to bracers.

nathan_moore122mo ago

My buddy found a whole roll of that thick vinyl flooring underlay at a Habitat Restore last month. Said it was perfect for making sword blades... way cheaper than buying sheets of worbla.

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the_river3d ago

That 'way cheaper than buying sheets of worbla' part has me curious - was it the same thickness throughout, or did it have that peel-and-stick backing some underlayment rolls have? @lisa_carter31 might want to know too since she mentioned cutting boards for bracers.