This is an XL and (hopefully) improved version of my DarStyle Warm Tones & Ethereal Lighting model. This time I added "ethereal lighting" and "warm tones" to most of the images and added some additional ones to try and get a better idea of what ethereal lighting looks like. I went through and tagged "refraction" and "reflection" on any images that had it, because refraction is cool.

TL;DR:

Simple LORA Weight: 0.8-1.2
Advanced LORA Weights: Clip Wt. 0.3, Model Wt. 0.8

These tags will get specific effects:

warm tones

ethereal lighting

Simple LORA Guide

Weight: 0.5

Slight warmth added, subtle boost in midtone contrast.

Weight: 0.75

Shadows slightly darker, more punch in architectural edges, just a hint of stylization.

Weight: 0.9

Lighting feels more polished, almost photorealistic; slight sharpening of cobblestones and highlights.

Weight: 1.0

Glow starts to creep in subtly — light windows and edges are more expressive, slight cinematic vibe.

Weight: 1.2

Shift toward stylization: smoother textures, slightly richer saturation, architecture almost painterly.

Weight: 1.5

High stylization — still realistic, but lighting has soft bloom, colors are more vivid, cobblestones are smoother, almost like a cleaned-up render or Lightroom pass.

Advanced LORA Guide

I've been using this chart and

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| Scenario                   | Model Wt | Clip Wt | Notes              | 
|----------------------------|----------|---------|--------------------|
| Character LoRA (tokens)    | 0.6–0.8  | 0.8–1.0 | Emphasize CLIP     |
| Style LoRA (visual/brush)  | 0.8–1.0  | 0.0–0.3 | Keep prompt intact |
| Realistic/Photo LoRA       | 0.4–0.7  | 0.3–0.5 | Balanced effect    |
| NSFW / Body mod LoRA       | 0.8–1.2  | 0.2–0.6 | UNet handles most  |
| Token/Embedding LoRA       | 0.0      | 1.0     | Pure CLIP use      |
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These tags MAY have specific effects:

glass

reflection

refraction