I want to make some custom table leg toe caps (covers for the wooden ends of the bottom of a table pedestal).  I want to use brass sheet and will need to solder some perpendicular edge joints.  I have not soldered brass sheet before so could use some advice on the following:

- type of solder and flux (my web research has pointed me toward TIX)

- what thickness of brass sheet to use (the top portion of the toe cap will have a 1.25" radius, so want something that I can bend to that radius and keep smooth, but also want it to be durable enough to withstand people's feet brushing against these feet

- what type of brass - I've come across "red brass", but it is too red for this application -- I don't know if there are other types of brass sheet -- so, do I simply buy brass sheet that is not labeled "red brass"?