These are not my latest work, I just thought I post them here as a start .
I needed some giant rats for my Mordheim Skaven band about 5 years ago, so I bought a rat swarm blister, and put them on separate bases. Since the rats themselves are not very interesting figures, I thought I pay a bit more attention on the bases. They are not meant as display pieces, but I think they turned out quite okay.
It is a sort of real rope. I found it along my parents' garden tools, I think it was used to fix grape branches on the supporting sticks, or something similar .
I glued the rope on the base and then painted it. It has very nice texture.
(Sorry, if I don't use proper gardening expressions, I'm not very familiar in this field ).