Ok now I asked my father (he was an electrician) about some possibilities at dinner tonight. He said he thinks this is how it may have to work (image attached). In the image, the LEDs will be spliced together (maybe minus that mast since I think it will look better with just the base lit up), but in the end it would have to reach some sort of AC adapter (he said batteries would drain? don't know if that is really true) and then be plugged into the wall since LEDs are usually DC?
Is this how I would have to do it. If so, where could I find this AC adapter for LEDs in particular