The last army surplus closed in Windsor many many years ago and the ones in London not long after. If I want WWII style boots I have to order from China??
But there is hope!
Dollar stores. I found containers with screw on metal lids with glass lenses for 1.50. Can we say steam punk googles? I grabbed 4 of them.
I also scored tiny treasure chests that can screw onto belts. Tiny vials and test tubes. Googly eyes (that can be spray painted to look like rivets). Cheap ray guns that can be spray painted with bronze direct to plastic paint (Tremclad or Rustoleaum). Little butterflies and feathers to decorate hats.
Plastic safety goggles – that I am going to glue the screw on metal lids to. Greeblies to adorn my creations. Metal containers with glass windows make great tincture vials and so on…
The store I use is Dollarama in Canada and they are in every city and in most major towns.
Heck they even have vintage looking lightbulbs and wacky solar lights that can be repurposed.