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    Bismuth Illustrious Mix - v5.0
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    My first mix in illustrious category aiming to bring more details and flexibility to animated style of this type of models. Various results can be achieved - from animated to semi-realistic style depending on the prompt.

    As always my gratitude and due respect to the creators of original models that are used in the mix:

    1. https://civarchive.com/models/827184/wai-nsfw-illustrious-sdxl?modelVersionId=1490781

    2. https://civarchive.com/models/1231009/be-mix-illustrious?modelVersionId=1387129

    3. https://civarchive.com/models/959736/rillusm-realistic-il?modelVersionId=1448475

    4. https://civarchive.com/models/1412760/lunarcherrymix-illustrious?modelVersionId=1637795

    5. https://civarchive.com/models/1695253/smooth-mix-illustrious2-noobai

    6. https://civarchive.com/models/1318945?modelVersionId=2319122

    Version 6.0: Experimental formula with addition of new elements to the mix for future development.

    Version 5.0: Update with newer versions of the components.

    Version 4.0: Return to older (v2.1) formula with improvements in composition and prompt adherence.

    Version 3.0: Experimental mix with a little shift to more anime style and more vivid palette.

    Version 2.1: Improved stability, composition and faces.

    Version 2: Cranking up overall details and contrast. Colors look more vivid too. Needs further testing. Has more of its "own identity" compared to version 1.0.

    Version 1: Overall very decent prompt adherence and anatomy. Stylisticaly close to anime-semirealism. High flexibility: some combinations of LORAs give very interesting results (you can find examples in the images).

    Recommended setitings:

    Sampling method: Euler a, DPM++ 2M, DPM++ 2M SDE, DPM++ 2S a, DPM2 a, DEIS

    Schedule type: Karras, SGM Uniform

    Sampling steps: 20-50

    CFG Scale: 3-7

    Highres.fix + Adetailer for face are recommended

    Description

    Improved anatomy and image clarity

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    Comments (6)

    ninjaoiart335Sep 27, 2025· 17 reactions
    CivitAI

    How much money I need to pay to keep this model in rotation? All other models are amateurs compared to Bismuth and it's getting little love.

    Axelros
    Author
    Sep 28, 2025· 4 reactions

    Thank you for kind words. Unfortunately recent changes to auction system made it very hard to compete with more famous and well established creators. That is why I implemented early acces for v5 (which I rarely do). The good news is thanks to all your support and one very generous donation I promise to get the latest version of Bismuth to the next week's rotation.

    9320010Sep 28, 2025· 8 reactions
    CivitAI

    I feel the same way. Bismuth is one of my favorites. ❤️

    exxinaartSep 28, 2025· 11 reactions
    CivitAI

    Love this model, thanks for your hard work making it 🙏

    Kairo2345Sep 29, 2025· 24 reactions
    CivitAI

    New versions of models released and lose in auction bid shenanigans. Eventually many models gonna be perpetually shadowed by few most mainstream ones, which made developers less motivated to make updates, because no usage of the model on site = no buzz generated from this model, and (afaik) downloads dont generate buzz (or do it poorly?), all this lead to semi-monopoly of few developers for checkpoints, which then open them doors for more paywalling tricks.
    Dumb auction system should be dismantled! Issues it suppose to fix need to be addressed in a different way, like weekly rotation of checkpoints or something, something which give chance to other checkpoints have its air time.

    _8_I_8_Oct 11, 2025· 4 reactions
    CivitAI

    V5 is a very good manga model. Thank you for making it.

    Checkpoint
    Illustrious

    Details

    Downloads
    3,218
    Platform
    CivitAI
    Platform Status
    Available
    Created
    9/27/2025
    Updated
    6/30/2026
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    Available On (1 platform)

    Same model published on other platforms. May have additional downloads or version variants.