AngeliumiX V.5: Merge Workflow & Improvements

🎯 Objective

AngeliumiX V.5 is a photorealistic-focused SDXL merge, designed to move away from the "AI-perfect" look and closer to natural, diverse, and lifelike portraits. The goal is to achieve:

• More natural faces: Realistic skin tones, subtle imperfections, and less artificial perfection.

• Diversity: Better representation of various ethnicities, facial structures, and body types.

• Photorealism: Results that resemble photography rather than 3D renders.

🔧 Merge Recipe

Base Checkpoints (Safetensors)

• Huslyorealism

• CyberrealisticXL

• AcornisboningXL

• BiglustydonutmixNSFW

• Natvis

• TheAramintaExperiment

CLIP/Text Encoder Mixes

• gemmaCLIPFLUXsdxl

• ClipLclipGFullFP32Simulacrum

VAE

• SDXL_vae.safetensors

📊 Workflow Overview

1. First Merge (AngeliumiX Alpha)

   • Load individual checkpoints (Huslyorealism, CyberrealisticXL, etc.).

   • Merge models and CLIP encoders with custom weights (e.g., 0.50, 0.75, 0.80).

   • Save the intermediate checkpoint: AngeliumiX Alpha.

2. Second Merge (AngeliumiX V.5)

   • Load AngeliumiX Alpha as a base.

   • Add additional checkpoints (e.g., RealVisXL, DCLIP safetensors).

   • Merge models and CLIP encoders with refined weights (e.g., 0.50 for balance).

   • Save the final checkpoint: AngeliumiX V.5.

🎨 Recommended Use Cases

• Best for: Portraits, photorealistic people, fashion, lifestyle.

• Works well with: Subtle lighting prompts, cinematic styles, natural photography.

• Sampler: DPM++ 2M SDE Karras or DPM++ 3M SDE Karras.

• CFG Scale: 2.5–4 (for realistic results).

📏 Resolution Guidelines

Resolution

1024 × 1024 1:1 Square Portraits, social media

1152 × 896 9:7 Horizontal Close to 4:3

896 × 1152 7:9 Vertical Close to 3:4

1216 × 832 19:13 Close to 3:2

832 × 1216 13:19 Close to 2:3

1344 × 768 7:4 Close to 16:9

768 × 1344 4:7 Close to 9:16

1536 × 640 12:5 Wide horizontal

640 × 1536 5:12 Tall vertical

1024 × 1280 4:5 Vertical

⚠️ Negative Prompts

• Default: "3D render, octane render, CGI, simplified background, wrong perspective, text, watermark, error."

• For architecture: Add "wrong architecture" to reduce distortions.

• More complete : 3D, CGI, doll, deformed, bad anatomy, blurry, watermark, text, artificial, waxy skin, bad hands, ugly, distorted, unnatural colors, fake, airbrushed, bad lighting, lowres, jpeg artifacts, oversaturated, uncanny valley, instagram filter, bad shadow, floating hair, cloned face

🔄 Workflow Notes

• The ComfyUI workflow is included for easy replication.

• Copy-paste the workflow to comfyui and load the merge and start experimenting.

💡 Improvements Over Previous Versions

• More natural faces: Less "AI-perfect," with realistic skin tones and subtle details.

• Enhanced diversity: Better handling of different ethnicities and body types.

• Photorealism: Closer to photography than 3D renders.

📌 Final Notes

• The merge is versatile and works well for a variety of photorealistic applications.

• Experiment with samplers, CFG scales, and resolutions to fine-tune results.