Bob,
Great looking oars and base for your display. I usually don't put that much work in mine, but you have made me reconsider. Although I did build one unusual base. It was based on one I saw at a museum. It was made on a turntable so the observer could turn it to view the work of art from all sides. I incorporated a glass dome on mine to keep fingers off the model. It was a great hit, but the model was of a fully rigged armed launch at 1/8" to a foot scale so the base was only 9" in diameter and didn't take up much space to display.
Best Regards and thanks for the quick response,
Mike Peltier