Here is a style I have been toying with using the Devardi metalic black which I am in love with. The glass, not my bead. At least not yet! I was trying to make the metalic black look like solder. It looks pretty darn close. The picture does not do the bead justice though. It's one of those beads that look better in person.
This is ASK clear with Dichro, and a bit of silver glass and the Devardi on top and bottom.