### Overview
xbearx is a high-detail photorealistic character LoRA for Pony Diffusion V6 XL (and realistic Pony-based checkpoints like PonyRealism or CyberRealistic Pony).
Designed to generate a charismatic, mature 40–42-year-old man with a salt-and-pepper haircut, trimmed beard, blue eyes, a stocky athletic build, and natural, dense body hair across the chest, stomach, arms, and legs.
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### Recommended Settings
* Trigger Word: xbearx
* Recommended Weight: 0.75 – 0.85 (sweet spot is *0.80** for portraits/medium shots; use *0.85 – 0.90** for full-body shots)
* Base Checkpoints: PonyRealism v2.2, CyberRealistic Pony, or Pony Diffusion V6 XL
* Sampler & Steps: DPM++ 2M SDE (Karras) or Euler a, 28–32 steps
* CFG Scale: 5.0 – 5.5
* CLIP Skip: -2
* Resolution: 832x1216 (vertical) or 1216x832 (horizontal)
* Face Restoration: Highly recommended to use ADetailer face_yolov8m.pt) with xbearx <lora:xbearx-pony-epoch-07:0.85> in the ADetailer prompt Denoising strength: 0.25–0.30).
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### Prompting Tips
* Body & Appearance: Core facial features, silver-streaked hair, stocky physique, and natural chest/body hair are baked directly into the xbearx trigger token—no need to overload your prompt with physical descriptions.
* Expressions: Works naturally with closed mouth, slight smirk, smile, teeth, serious expression, looking at viewer, looking away, and looking over shoulder.
* Outfits & Poses: Versatile across casual streetwear, formal suits, beachwear, and intimate bedroom/bathroom scenes topless male, bare chest, unbuttoned shirt).
* Anti-Smile Tip: Since the model has a natural friendly charm, add (smile, teeth, grin:1.2) to your Negative Prompt whenever you want a serious or brooding expression.
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### Example Prompt Structure
Positive:
score_9, score_8_up, score_7_up, score_6_up, source_photo, xbearx, cowboy shot, standing by a window, wearing an unbuttoned white linen shirt, open shirt showing bare hairy chest, dark blue jeans, slight confident smirk, closed mouth, looking at viewer, warm morning sunlight, candid raw photography, natural skin texture, pores, shot on 85mm lens
Negative:
score_6, score_5, score_4, source_anime, source_cartoon, source_furry, 3d, render, illustration, painting, deformed face, asymmetrical eyes, bad teeth, extra fingers, deformed hands, plastic skin, glossy skin, airbrushed, smooth hairless chest