Odenrenn on 8 years ago.
How to use floor mats in cosplay.
Foams that you will find in the cosplay world are usually foam you find as exercise mat or ground sheet mat made especially for gym.
The floor mats are made from ethylene vinyl acetate eva foam and if you don t already have some they re easy to obtain and relatively inexpensive.
All these different formats and each foam is not the same.
I have five suggestions on what you can do with the mats.
Thin bendable yet workable yoga mats are cheap and these are great to begin your foamsmithing journey as they tend to be easy to work with and cheap enough to mess up with.
They come in varying thicknesses and they re great materials to use in cosplay.
You can also buy eva foam by the roll online on amazon and other places in a variety of thicknesses to suit your needs.
You can buy the floor mats at hardware stores and craft foam at a variety of department and craft stores.
We will speak of the 3 types of foams the most used in cosplay.
Keep in mind the back.
Foam is an amazing material to craft props and costume armor.
Yes those interlocking floor mats you can get at local hardware stores can also be cut and used for armor.