It really did come out gold. Well, the head and the knurled part of the body anyway. There is actually a separate piece between the knurling and the head which came out a sort of greyish army green type colour. The tail piece came out the same way, although it’s hard to tell in the photo. Seems that there were two different sorts of anodizing in play.
Now that you mention it, I can see the greenish tint. That turned out very nice. I like it much better than the Solarforce sand color (which looks more like a pimp's tooth :p ).
It really does look very very nice in person, and there is more contrast between the greyish green and the gold. But I only have my shitty phone camera to use at the moment unfortunately.
My oven only goes up to 250° C, but it’s fan forced so I positioned the L2i components right at the back, exactly where all the hot air rushes out. I also bent some aluminium foil up behind them and at the sides to create a little heat trap (not really sure how much difference that would have made though).
Full baking time was about 45 minutes after a preheat.