SAINSBURYS GOES VBCW

Well, not quite. But for those living in the UK, Sainsburys have produced, as part of their "Easter retail offering", this rather interesting "Grass Table Runner": 

Grass Table Runner (with Bunny Ears Easter motif)

For those of a 1938 mindset, quite why anyone would wish to decorate their dining table with an artificial grass "table runner" is unimaginable. An aspidistra in the corner of the dining room, perhaps, but really.....

Unrolled "table runner" on a standard GW battlemat

Nevertheless, the artificial grass certainly deserves to be rolled out on the wargames table. 4ft long and 1ft wide, the "table runner" is plastic backed and can be converted easily (with nothing more than strong scissors) into four acceptable "arable fields", or such like: 

A BUF Section ignore the well rolled lawn of a GW Battlemat
and choose to plough through an arable field.

Just £4.99 on Sainsbury's shelves at the moment, probably to be discounted after the Easter holiday. Worth having a hunt for on the next visit to the supermarket....