I have a strange fascination with trying to merge Pony v6 and Illustrious based checkpoints together, so I'm making this as a place to put all the results that are worth sharing. The goal is to produce a model that has more character knowledge than PDXLv6 and better compatibility with Pony LoRAs than pure Illustrious checkpoints. Not every version will accomplish that, but the goal is for them all to be interesting in some way.So far it seems I can put up to 10% Pony into Illustrious without breaking things and up to 20% Illustrious into Pony.<hr />IL F-10N-4P-4D v1: Illustrious based with 9% PDXL checkpoints added in (4.5% Pony v6, 4.5% Duchaiten v7). The main feature is the somewhat distinct style, low need for quality tags, and low need for negatives. Seems to have pretty good character knowledge and to do hands and eyes reasonably well without additional LoRAs - something I struggled with on Pony checkpoints - but low compatibility with Pony LoRAs.Recommended quality tag: absurdresYou can add other quality tags like "masterpiece" or "best quality" to taste. See examples for the negative tags I used, though not all of the negatives may be necessary.

Alloyed

Alloyed: IL F-10N-4P-4D_v1. Primarily Illustrious based with 9% PDXL checkpoints added in. The main feature is a rather distinct style and good performance (by my standards) with minimal quality tags &amp; relatively few negatives. Seems to have pretty good character knowledge and to do hands and eyes reasonably well without additional LoRAs - something I struggled with on Pony checkpoints - but low compatibility with Pony LoRAs.Recommended quality tag: absurdresYou can add other quality tags like "masterpiece" or "best quality" to taste. See examples for the negative tags I used, though not all of the negatives may be necessary.The merge history should be in the metadata, if anyone is curious.

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