Here are some more renders of the bronze theme. I think number 6 is very close to what I'm looking for, though I can't help but be fascinated by number 1. These colors are probably all kinds of different on everyone's monitor since they're such slight variants.
Go with your first, gut instinct.. There's a reason the first one's the best and it makes you think about realizing its potential.. The first one out of these 7 is still the best.