MugenMaluMix

These checkpoints are merge mixes combined with LoRA finetunes including base models:

Thank you to all the model creators!

For the full merge recipes see articles:

The intention of these Checkpoint+LoRA merges is to create a model capable of producing highly aesthetic Game Art, Anime, and Character subjects in a Fantasy style.

Quality goals are to prioritise better anatomy (hands, feet particularly) and maintain the base models responsiveness to booru tags.

If you have any issues running this model, its recommended to use the Forge webui: https://github.com/lllyasviel/stable-diffusion-webui-forge

As well as this extension if you get noise outputs:
https://github.com/hako-mikan/sd-webui-prevent-artifact

NSFW:

These words help guide the results towards adult content, as pony diffusion and related checkpoints are heavily used in these checkpoints, it's best to use these if SFW is desired.

Use in positive/negative prompts as needed:

safe	            General
sensitive	        Sensitive
nsfw	            Questionable
explicit, nsfw	    Explicit

Quality:

Being mostly a Pony Diffusion base, the score tags still apply, though through successive merges this mix is converging on the more common masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic, absurdres tagging standard.

Recommended prompt structure:

To guide the model towards generating high-aesthetic anime style images:

Positive prompt:

score_9, score_8_up, score_7_up, score_6_up, source anime,
{{artist}} {{character}} {{copywrite}} {{tags}},
masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic, absurdres

Negative prompt:

score_4, score_3, score_2, score_1, source_pony, source_furry, source_cartoon, 3d, monochrome, greyscale, signature, text, watermark

Workflow:

Adetailer extension is used in some preview images, and is highly recommended to automatically segment and upscale faces/hands/bodies as needed:

--> https://github.com/Bing-su/adetailer

License

As the license of PonyDiffusion is more strict, the model will follow the same modified version, quoting the following from the PonyDiffusion model:

The following modifications have been added to Fair AI Public License:

You are not permitted to run inference of this model on websites or applications allowing any form of monetization (paid inference, faster tiers, etc.). This applies to any derivative models or model merges.

Explicit permission for commercial inference has been granted to CivitAi and Hugging Face

Description

♾️ Merge Recipe for mugenMaluMix v4.2

New in this version:

Used DARE merging through ComfyUI with gradient masking to create the base model
Merged additional new finetune checkpoints:
Applied new styles and concepts though the inclusion of new LoRAs
Continued use of a hierachical merge approach to asses the priority & weights of each LoRA category (Styles, Concepts, Characters)
Improved responsiveness to and compatibility with "masterpeice, best quality, very aesthetic, absurdres" quality tagging
Reduced the oily/shiny appearance of skin
Better high dynamic range, color saturation and contrast of base outputs