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✦✰ AnthREAL Gaiden ✰✦

外伝 (Gaiden) for side story or spinoff

Anthreal Gaiden is a furry and anthro realism focused model.

This is not V2.0, this is more like the name implies a side story on the path for what I'd like from a future V2. This model is both better and in some aspects worse than V1, it knows a lot more but not always reliably, it can deliver realism much better than V1 but sometimes gets stuck in a space between realistic and semi-realism. I liked this model enough to share it but wish I would have had more time to refine, train more and test it more.

Steps-25-40
Can get good results as low as 25 steps which is an improvement over V1, 25-30 is where I usually generate at

CFG 3-7

CFG scale works much better at lower CFGs than V1

Samplers- DPM++2M SDE Heun, DPM++2M SDE, DPM++2M

I did not have the time to test this extensively as V1, I no longer recommend Euler A

It outputs fine but gives a very soft and undefined look to the image, karras and especially beta help but if you can use other samplers such as the recommended please do.

Schedulers- Karras, Beta

Again less testing time

Recommended start for quality prompt

All you need is masterpiece, best quality but quality tags can greatly influence the image

I don't have a set magic default but here is the tags I've used for a lot of the generation testing

masterpiece, best quality, high quality, absurdres, highres, very aesthetic, absurdres, newest, amazing quality, furry, anthro,

Recommended start for negative prompt
lowres, bad, error, fewer, extra, missing, worst quality, jpeg artifacts, bad quality, watermark, unfinished, displeasing, chromatic aberration, signature, extra digits, artistic error, username, scan, abstract
Helpful helper prompts
For better more detailed fur
fluffy fur, detailed fur, detailed fluffy fur, realistic fur, body fur, fur tuft, thick fur
Situational can help or hurt
realistic
Style loras still work but weight them massively lower to start with then adjust 0.40 strength is a good test. Concept loras for genitals, poses, different kinks and such can be weighted much higher (1.0+) depending on the amount of style they influence 0.60-0.70 is a good place to test then adjust. This is something I'm most disappointed with in with this checkpoint is that lora compatibility is high but unlike V1 the model won't hold it's innate style and realism as much, this does allow the model to be more flexible with remixing but without strength adjustments it quickly becomes a semi-realism model.


Hope y'all enjoy this checkpoint, can't wait to see what y'all make with it 🦊💜
I will be posting a full article on loras and settings you can use to really push the realism up, along with other loras and things I find helpful soon, I'll link it here when finished.

(OLD V1 INFO)
Hiya there!
This a personal merge I've been playing around with for awhile to try to come up with my own version of what I would like out of a furry realism checkpoint.
I wanted to share it and see what others think of it and see the wonderful things y'all create 🦊💜
V1 ONLY settings
It works well with most sampler and scheduler configurations, feel free to experiment
Standouts to me from testing are Euler A, DPM++2M, DPM++2S A, DPM++2M SDE Heun

I usually use Karras or Normal for scheduler
CFG 4-7.5
Steps 30-35
Plays well with most loras, including style loras. Noob and Illustrious loras I've next no problems but Pony loras are very hit or miss.

This is a very rough around the edges first attempt at something like this so any and all feedback is extremely welcome!