I ordered the gold base, which arrived as a flatter color than in the picture, but the addition of clear high gloss spray fixed that. I think it's just hard to make paint stay shiny on plastic. These are incredibly light weight, and I want to use them as Christmas stocking holders, but I had to have them in hand to figure out how to add weight. It turns out to be easy, the candle tube and light bulb have the working parts, the colored base is empty. Some small weights glued into the bottom make them stable, and removable mounting putty makes them stick to the mantle. An ornament hook and a stocking (stuffed with tissue paper, not goodies) makes it work perfectly. If you want to put this in a window get some mounting putty, it's just a bit too wide and light to stay on a windowsill. You remove the bulb to put the batteries in, but do one at a time, the screw threads are not consistent, you can't put bulb A into base B! Overall, this was a very good buy for the money, and the auto-off feature makes it terrific.