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    I'll preface this with saying. I don't have a clue what I'm doing. I'm just a dude with too much free time. These are purely experimental merges where I take my favorite checkpoints and try to improve upon one specific aspect or another.

    Description

    My goal here was to get high quality semi-realistic outputs while maintaining the ability to create high fantasy subjects and keep the step count in a mid range. 

    See example images for specific settings. Start with 12step and 2cfg and adjust however you see fit.

    VAE is baked

    FAQ

    Comments (3)

    qekJan 17, 2026
    CivitAI

    "I don't have a clue what I'm doing" I see you used an old SDXL LoRA and the Pony 6 one on IllustriousXL? which are incompatible. I think should've at least don't use any LoRAs for the showcase, they can harm anyway

    achlucious1
    Author
    Jan 18, 2026

    I honestly didn't even realize I had used any LoRAs. These are all from preset prompts I have saved on my forge instance. I just click the name of the prompt and generate, lol.

    achlucious1
    Author
    Jan 18, 2026

    LoRAs removed from showcase, thanks!

    Checkpoint
    Illustrious

    Details

    Downloads
    281
    Platform
    CivitAI
    Platform Status
    Available
    Created
    1/18/2026
    Updated
    7/27/2026
    Deleted
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    Files

    achluciousMerges_semiRealism.safetensors

    Available On (1 platform)

    Same model published on other platforms. May have additional downloads or version variants.