## I. IntroductionMageTrail is a Danbooru/E621 proof of concept Full-Finetune of Microsoft's MageFlow 4B T2I model, using a diversity maximized condensed 41k images dataset as a way to tune booru concept and tags based prompting + Illustration capabilities into the model without having to tune with the full booru dataset. (which would have cost 50k+ dollars, no thanks).My second attempt at fine-tuning an image model on larger scale, this finetune aim to prove to the open source community on MageFlow 4B having good potential as an architecture for further finetuning.~ While V0.1 is still very obviously undertrained and unstable (only 100 dollars spent, it's a minor miracle that it's learning this well), the model has shown great promise in quickly learning and adapting booru concept and tags to its knowledge base~ The architecture behind MageFlow 4B shows good promise for further investment:* Being 15-20% faster than NVIDIA Cosmos2/Anima on inference despite being 2 billion parameters larger* Using MageVAE which perform better than QwenVAE on all usage, only behind the strongest open source VAE currently being Flux2VAE (which it was distilled from), also having the ability to slot in Flux2VAE for inference* Having a decent Qwen 3 VL 4B Text Encoder* 256-2048 resolution native support* Being fairly quick to learn and adapt to new knowledge without any knowledge forgettingFuture goal for the project: gather funding of 700~ dollars to finetune the model to 200 epoch for full convergence of booru concepts (V0.5) and then further small scale funding to finetune my 10k artist collection dataset into it.Any donation will help with achieving this goal, you can do so through:Crypto0x6a4bc748cd0bb9ced9a360eb0eb79f4f106614f8 (USDT - BEP20 Network)12PPVYUeS1MerNp38Tpns5qXR6cmhu9tws (Bitcoin - BTC Network)0x6a4bc748cd0bb9ced9a360eb0eb79f4f106614f8 (Ethereum - ERC20 Network)FitfJAsxLUBuSgDJJaHgBXJpt1sMm5FzF1Tvf1SHW5Up (Solana - SOL network)Please handle your money carefully and make sure the address you're sending to is correct.Ko-fi<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://ko-fi.com/talanartvn**">https://ko-fi.com/talanartvn</a>## II. Model DetailsBase model: <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://huggingface.co/mage-flow-community/Mage-Flow">Microsoft's MageFlow 4B T2I</a>Method: Full-FinetuneTrainer: <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://github.com/RicemanT/diffusion-pipe-mageflow-ft">https://github.com/RicemanT/diffusion-pipe-mageflow-ft</a>Hardware: x8 H100 HBM3 80GB, courtesy of Banodoco grant of 88.77 dollarsTotal training time: 8 hours (~64 H100 hours) (V0.1)Total samples seen: ~ 326656Training resolutions : 1024²## Training run## Version 0.1 (initial 20 epoch run → extended 10 epoch run)Budget: 130~ dollars (25-30 lost due to experiments and mistakes)Full config: <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://github.com/RicemanT/model-training-configs/blob/main/diffusion-pipe/MageFlow/configs/V0.1/mage_flow_BooruEssenceFFT.toml">Training</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://github.com/RicemanT/model-training-configs/blob/main/diffusion-pipe/MageFlow/configs/V0.1/mage_flow_BooruEssenceDataset.toml">Dataset</a>- Learning rate: 7e-6- LR scheduler: Warmup -&gt; Constant -&gt; REX to 0e-7- Precision: Full BF16- Optimizer: AdamW8bit with Kahan summation (to offset BF16 precision roundoff)- Weight decay: 0.02- Timestep sampling: Logit-Normal, shift 6, sigmoid scale 1.0## Additional training features- Tag dropout: 10%- Caption dropout: 5%- Mixed captions at 25/25/25/25 ratio (tags only, NL only, tags-nl, nl-tags)- Tag shuffle- Caption shuffle- Artist trigger attribution system## III. Recommended Settings<img src="https://image.civitai.com/xG1nkqKTMzGDvpLrqFT7WA/5d72f317-64b2-4fb7-b983-b3554bdb1f79/original=true/5d72f317-64b2-4fb7-b983-b3554bdb1f79.jpeg" />These are the settings used for the sample images above (ComfyUI):- Shift: 5.0- Steps: 30- CFG: 5- Sampler: <code>euler_ancestral</code> or <code>er_sde</code>- Scheduler: <code>simple</code> or <code>beta</code>These are just my usual settings and workflow — feel free to experiment.Artist Trigger: This model use the Drawn by artistname trigger, if you want to use the model built-in artist tag, please always put one at the start of your prompt. (Currently V0.1 barely support any artist or characters though)Tagging System: This model support both danbooru and e621 tag prompting, although currently due to the model being severely undertrained alot of tags and concept are not working properly yet. Tags only and NL only prompt both work, but the model perform better with mixed prompting and clearer/slightly longer prompt.Example prompt: Drawn by nyatcha, m200 (girls' frontline), 1girl, :t, backpack, bag, binoculars, building, city, crane (machine), crossed bangs, crossed legs, feet out of frame, grey jacket, headset, holding, holding binoculars, jacket, long sleeves, messy hair, pout, short hair, sidelocks, sitting, solo, star (symbol). Set in a panoramic, dense futuristic cityscape during dusk, M200 from Girls' Frontline sits perched near an elevated railing on the right side of the frame with her legs crossed. She has short, messy grey hair with crossed bangs and sidelocks, wearing an olive-grey communication headset over her ears. She is dressed in a bulky, layered dark grey military jacket with long sleeves and carries a tactical backpack with mechanical gear protruding over her shoulder, resting both hands in front of her while holding a pair of compact black binoculars. The bustling urban backdrop features towering, dark multi-story architecture filled with glowing square windows, exposed steel framing, rooftop antennas, and a large red construction crane against a hazy, overexposed bright sky. Cars with gleaming roofs pass below the railing amidst the muted industrial color palette of beige, black, and amber lighting.## IV. Dataset<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://huggingface.co/datasets/RicemanT/booru-essence-2026">Booru-Essence-2026-41k images</a>Originally created by Lodestone Rock, the dataset was updated to 2026 tag standard and captioned with SOTA API captioners, see dataset repo for details.Model training, Dataset and Captioning tooling lives in the <code>utils</code> folder](<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://github.com/RicemanT/model-training-configs/tree/main/diffusion-pipe/MageFlow/utils">https://github.com/RicemanT/model-training-configs/tree/main/diffusion-pipe/MageFlow/utils</a>) of the training repo.---## VI. Notes from the Training DiaryFull training diary: <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://github.com/RicemanT/model-training-configs/blob/main/diffusion-pipe/MageFlow/notes/MageTrail-diary.md">MageTrail-diary</a>---## VII. LicenseThis model is a Derivative of Microsoft's MageFlow and is distributed under the same [MIT License](<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://choosealicense.com/licenses/mit/)**">https://choosealicense.com/licenses/mit/)</a> as the base model, with no additional restrictions.---## VIII. AcknowledgmentsBeeg thanks to:- [Banodoco](<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://www.banodoco.ai/">https://www.banodoco.ai/</a>) and [their Discord](<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://discord.gg/yzwcNaSEz">https://discord.gg/yzwcNaSEz</a>) — Their 88.77 dollar grant made this project possible, the biggest thanks to them- [Lodestone Rock](<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://huggingface.co/lodestones">https://huggingface.co/lodestones</a>) — Creator of the original version of the dataset that this model is trained on- [Motimalu](<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/user/motimalu">https://civarchive.com/user/motimalu</a>) — Inspiration behind finetuning practices and configs- [Bluvoll](<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://github.com/bluvoll/diffusion-pipe">https://github.com/bluvoll/diffusion-pipe</a>) — diffusion-pipe fork derived from to use for training, and general training advice- [Anzhc](<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://huggingface.co/Anzhc">https://huggingface.co/Anzhc</a>) — general training advice- [Nruaif](<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://huggingface.co/Shio-Koube">https://huggingface.co/Shio-Koube</a>) — diffusion-pipe fork derived from to use for training, and general dataset handling/training advice- [Astromahdi](<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://gpu.garden/">https://gpu.garden/</a>) — jupyter workspace where I processed and store the dataset- [animetimm/DeepGHS](<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://huggingface.co/animetimm/convnextv2_huge.dbv4-full">https://huggingface.co/animetimm/convnextv2_huge.dbv4-full</a>) — Danbooru tagging model- [RedRocket](<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://huggingface.co/RedRocket/Hydra">https://huggingface.co/RedRocket/Hydra</a>) — E621 tagging model

MageTrail (MageFlow 4B Dannboru/E621 Finetune)

First undertrained version (30 epoch)

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