03/07/26: v5! 🐯 Because why not - I need a break from the insanity of reality. Any early access purchases will go towards keeping the model on site generation.Enjoy!<hr />Celebrating my 200th model posted to Civitai by going back to the first model roots with a realism/semi-realism furry focused Illustrious checkpoint merge from a family friendly name you can trust for your furry/scaly/feathery needs.Recommended positive tags (beginning of prompts):<ul><li>masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, high resolution, absurdres, newest, photorealism, realistic,</li></ul>Recommended negative tags:<ul><li>3d, anime, 2d, bad quality, worst quality, worst detail, sketch, censor, simple background, jpeg artifacts, low quality, watermark, unfinished, displeasing, oldest, early,chromatic aberration, signature,artistic error, username, scan</li></ul><hr /><h2 id="works-best-in-combination-with-kft-furropean-extreme-(illustrious)-at-low-weights-(0.2-0.6).">Works best in combination with <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/1010673/kft-furropean-extreme-noobxl">KFT Furropean Extreme (Illustrious)</a> at low weights (0.2 - 0.6).</h2>That way you get the full KFT FE² experience!Gallery images show examples using Checkpoint + LORA as I feel the combination of the two is where the sweet style spot is (strengths of 0.1-0.3).<hr /><h3 id="recommended-settings:">Recommended settings:</h3>Sampler: DPM++ 2M Karras / DPM++ 3M Karras (GPU seeded) / DEIS<ul><li>SGM Uniform / Karras</li><li>(Euler A gives much worse fur quality with most tested checkpoints)</li></ul>Steps: 25+Extras:<ul><li>Hi res fix recommended!</li><li>As mentioned before, recommend using this checkpoint in combination with <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/912632/kft-furropean-extreme-pdxl">KFT Furropean Extreme</a> (at low weights: 0.2 - 0.5)</li></ul>

KFT Requiem Fur a Dream [Illustrious Semi-Real Checkpoint]

07/24/25 - v4VAE: Even more merging with a few of the more recent realistic IL checkpoints (~20%) and additional refinements with a newly expanded <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civitai.com/models/1010673/kft-furropean-extreme-noobxl">Furropean </a>dataset. Nothing too crazy, but adds a bit more detail/clarity and style. Works best combined with <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civitai.com/models/1010673/kft-furropean-extreme-noobxl">Furropean Extreme</a> at low strength (0.1 - 0.4) to keep style with proper prompt adherence of checkpoint.

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