The smaller sparkies are a good design IMO.... great shape all around and would do good on shallow flats i would think.
As for wanting the candy gold darker........ i like it as is.
I've also found that i like to add just a tiny bit of mica powder ( or this:
Pearl White Powder ) to the candy color and it gives some sparkle/metallic to the color. Just only add very little, the mica/pearl can take over and turn any color silver if you add too much. Adding a little will also LIGHTEN the color some.... which, i know, is going the opposite direction you want to go. The Pearl Silver Powder from Jann's is much darker, but i have never tried adding that to a candy color. It could ruin (change dramatically) the color you started with. Not sure, but i always mix small amounts and test so if it does go wrong you don't loose much.
You can dip it multiple times to get it a hair darker, but that will also make for a much thicker layer of paint and possibly cause the drips you experienced. You
could add come Candy Red to your Gold and it will become closer to a bronze or copper. Kind of a Candy Orange. I notice a couple of the wobble heads have a darker color on them that looks like a candy? You could possibly mix a TINY bit of the darker candy in with your lighter Gold candy to darken it slightly. As i said, mix your test batches small in case it turns out different than the theory color.
