You know the one. The dusty bargain bin at the used bookstore. A pile of paperbacks, dog eared and creased, yellowed pages tossed about. You reach down and grab a well worn paperback. You flip it over and gaze upon art itself.

A busty heroine, clad in periwinkle tinged chrome armor that had no business being protective in any way. A bralette made of spikes. A thong panty. An oversized weapon disproportionate to her size. Behind her, a mechanical dragon looms. Amber glow between scales of dripping chrome.

Welcome to 1977 Amber Eclipse. A Heavy Metal inspired style LoRA.

Trigger word: amber_eclipse

Strength: 0.8–1.0 (I prefer 1.0, but it's up to you!)

Sampler: Euler a

Scheduler: Karras / Beta 57

CFG: 5.0

Steps: 28–30

Clip Skip: 2

Useful (but not necessarily needed) prompt additions:

• chrome and bone aesthetic - single most important phrase

• heavy metal illustration, 70s sci-fi - genre anchors

• orange bioluminescence, amber glow -always give the accent color a light source

• organic mechanical details - pulls the airbrush quality

• Pearls stack beautifully with this LoRA - pearl inlay, pearl strands work naturally with the chrome palette
  
  I have not tested this on a wide variety of checkpoints, so your mileage may vary
  
  Example prompt 1

  amber_eclipse, 1girl, solo, female focus, long hair, silver hair, glowing eyes, ornate crown, chrome armor, intricate filigree, pearls, amber gemstone, holding orb, gothic cathedral, looking at viewer, upper body, detailed

  Example prompt 2

  amber_eclipse, no humans, dragon, mechanical dragon, chrome, scales, glowing eyes, full moon, gothic cathedral, reflection, water, from below, scenery, detailed

  Negative (Illustrious standard):

  modern, recent, cartoon, text, abstract, glitch, deformed, mutated, ugly, disfigured, lowres, bad anatomy, bad hands, missing fingers, extra digits, fewer digits, cropped, (worst quality, bad quality:1.2), sketch, jpeg artifacts, signature, watermark, username, simple background

Another Negative Prompt that has worked well for me with Ramthrusts Pink Alchemy AND Dasiwa Checkpoints:

worst quality, low quality, blurry, extra fingers, extra digits, malformed hands, bad anatomy, distorted face, deformed face, render, cgi, glossy, modern, contemporary, 1girl, female, feminine, signature, watermark, artists name