I present my attempt at a Illustrious character LoRA for Cullen Rutherford from Dragon Age.

V5 is my attempt to fix the plastic look he seemed to have in V4, I also added back in many of the training images I had removed previously.

LoRA strength recommendations

• Use LoRA strength 0.6-0.7 with about CFG 4.

The tags for V5 are as follows:

main tags

cullenrutherford, 1boy, adult male, short hair, blonde hair, (hair slicked back:0.8), brown eyes, stubble

outfit tags

fur-trimmed cloak, pauldrons, breastplate, shirt, bracers, gloves, belt, black pants, boots

The settings I used for my generation testing were 4 CFG, 30 steps, DPM++ 2M SDE - Karras on Forge with an adetailer (specifically face_yolov8s).

V4 is my fourth version and attempt and to further correct the face details. The hair is not easy to work with but I refined my training set and ended up with a cleaner LoRA that is slightly more realistic with a less glossy look.

LoRA strength recommendations

• Use LoRA strength 0.7 with about CFG 4.

The tags for V4 are as follows:

main tags

cullenrutherford, 1boy, adult male, mature, very short hair, blonde hair, brown eyes, stubble

outfit tags

fur-trimmed cloak, pauldrons, breastplate, shirt, bracers, gloves, belt, black pants, boots

The settings I used for my generation testing were 4 CFG, 30 steps, DPM++ 2M SDE - Karras on Forge with an adetailer (specifically face_yolov8s).

V3 is my third version and attempt and to further correct the face details. The quality definitely improved as well as the face consistency.

LoRA strength recommendations

• Use LoRA strength 0.7 with about CFG 3-4.

The tags for V3 are as follows:

main tags

cullenrutherford, 1boy, mature male

outfit tags

fur-trimmed cloak, pauldrons, breastplate, shirt, gauntlets, gloves, belt, black pants, boots

The settings I used for my generation testing were 3-4 CFG, 20 steps, DPM++ 2M SDE - Karras on Forge with an adetailer (specifically face_yolov8s).

V2 is my second attempt and to try softening the details with the generations by adjusting the training a bit. My testing was definitely smoother and had less of that rough/3d look V1 had. I also reduced the size of the LoRA.

LoRA strength recommendations

• Use LoRA strength 0.7 with about CFG 3-5.

The tags for V2 are as follows:

main tags

cullen_rutherford, 1boy, blonde hair, brown eyes

outfit tags

fur-trimmed cloak, pauldrons, breastplate, shirt, gauntlets, gloves, belt, black pants, boots

The settings I used for my generation testing were 3-5 CFG, 20 steps, DPM++ 2M SDE - Karras on Forge with an adetailer (specifically face_yolov8s).

V1 is my initial attempt and produced very nice results.

LoRA strength recommendations

• Use LoRA strength 0.7-0.8 with about CFG 3-5.

The tags for V1 are as follows:

main tags

cullen_rutherford, 1boy, male, brown eyes

outfit tags

fur-trimmed cloak, pauldrons, breastplate, shirt, gauntlets, gloves, belt, black pants, boots

The settings I used for my generation testing were 3-5 CFG, 20 steps, DPM++ 2M SDE - Karras on Forge with an adetailer (specifically face_yolov8s).