AniCore Blend IL - Near-Half NoobAI Blend (Illustrious) is the Multi-model weighted blend variant of the series: Nova 0.55 / NoobAI 0.45, built on Nova Anime XL IL v19.0.

[Recipe] Weighted merge on UNet only: 0.55 x Nova Anime XL IL v19.0 + 0.45 x NoobAI-XL EPS Four-Mix (CyberFix). VAE and text encoders inherited from Nova Anime XL IL v19.0.

[Why this direction] Here Nova Anime is the base and NoobAI minus Nova Reality isolates NoobAI's thick-paint and character-fidelity signal, measured against a photographic reference. Nova Orange minus Nova Reality adds a warm secondary direction in the Dual variant.

[Series] AniCore IL pushes the NoobAI signal harder than AniCross: Diff at 0.35, Dual at 0.30 + 0.20, an MBW that keeps structure on Nova and hands the output blocks to NoobAI, and a near half-and-half weighted blend.

[Recommended settings] Euler a, 24-28 steps, CFG 5.0-5.5, 832x1216. Hires fix above 1.25x helps skin and fabric; Danbooru-style tags work well.

[Known limitations] At these weights NoobAI's own character priors and thicker anatomy show up, and faces can drift from Nova's style. Hands, props and text need testing.

[Parents and license] Nova Anime XL IL v19.0: https://civarchive.com/models/376130 ; NoobAI-XL EPS Four-Mix (CyberFix): https://civarchive.com/models/1199004 ; Nova Reality XL IL v9.0: https://civarchive.com/models/453428 ; Nova Orange XL REX v1.0: https://civarchive.com/models/967405 . All three permit derivatives and generation services (Rent). Selling this checkpoint or its merges is not granted by the parents. Parent credit retained.