I'm not unhappy with the caulk mat I made a couple of years back but it's a bit of bastard to store in London housing. I thought I'd have a a crack at a fleece mat as they seem to look the part. The commercial mats available look great but only make any sense if you're playing regularly.
So, I bought a chocolate brown fleece. I've had a few dabbles at it now and I'll grab some photos tonight and post over the next week. I think It'll come up OK and be easier to store than the other. I'm figuring I probably need to buy a couple more paints to get the coverage but the whole thing shouldn't cost me more than £20. And that's with buying a fleece new - as the wife pointed out - I could have spent a fiver at the boot sale instead.
The only small concern is that having been on a bit of a drive to get some proper terrain made up, it won't really fit in with the mat. So there's probably a bit of care required there on my part to make sure thing blend in. I'll see what it looks like at the end but I'm considering adding some static grass and builders sand to blend it with scenery bases.