The £10 Challenge - A Partial Success

The Challenge

Well I'm back from my challenge and despite me completing it, its not as successful as I originally thought it might be.

I managed to pick up a few key pieces for scenery building but most of the money went on unexciting things.

I got a large sheet of foam core for £3.50 (which took the biggest chunk out of the budget). Whilst this sheet will last me for a while (its at least A2 in size, maybe even A1) its not a very exciting purchase.

The next biggest spend was a long (2m) outlet pipe that I picked up for £1.99. Its a lot of pipe to use but will come in handy.

After that, I got some backing card (card that is thicker and stiffer than cereal box / thin card). An A3 sheet was about £1.49.

By now, most of the budget has been spent and its all useful but not that interesting. The remains of the budget were spent on some cheap, vinyl floor tiles that should be good for basing as they have an uneven texture to them and were very cheap (£1 for about 4 square feet) and on two 90 degree pipe bends (for toxic waste pipes) - each one costing 99p.

So as you can see, I've hit my budget but I'll have to do a lot of rummaging through my spare bits and recycling to turn it into something interesting.