The Art of War - Epic Imagery (Concept)

A prototype (!) concept of drawings and realistic imagery / art of Epic Battles.

Mainly useful for generating large scales of people / armies in a battle / crowded setting.
For ancient settings it gives more of a "painting" effect, for modern times it results in a more semi-realistic photograpy like effect.

(Not as useful for vehicular combat)

• Use "4rt_0f_w4r" as a prompt word.

• For best results try Lora Strength of 0.2 - 0.4

• Using an upscaler or high-res fixer is recommended

  • (This is due to artefacts in the distance)

• Low CFG (2.5-4) / Steps ~25, (I used it without refiner steps)

• DPMPP_2S_Ancestral + Karras gives good results.

• jibMixRealisticXL seems to be a good checkpoint.

• See examples pictures

SD 1.5 version here: (though less flexible)

https://civitai.com/models/539359/sdx-15-lora-the-art-of-war-epic-imagery-concept

A second iteration of this version may follow too.

Pro tip:

For those that use "Dynamic Prompts" make sure to add the "__" identifier after the Lora prompt:

Example: <lora:*****:1>__somewildcard (where ***** is the name of the Lora)