<h2 id="model-variants">Model Variants</h2><ul><li>No VAE – Requires an external VAE to avoid issues such as color dullness or white blotches.</li><li>VAE-Baked – VAE is already baked-in, so no external VAE is needed in SD WebUI.</li></ul><h2 id="recommended-settings">Recommended Settings</h2><ul><li>Sampler: <code>UniPC</code> / <code>Restart</code></li><li>CFG Scale: <code>3.5</code></li><li>Steps: <code>30</code></li><li>Resolution: SDXL size</li><li>Clip Skip: <code>2</code></li><li>VAE: <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/660673/pony-standard-vae">Pony Standard VAE</a> (for No VAE variant only)</li></ul><h2 id="merged-models">Merged Models</h2><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/617295">Kojono Pony Checkpoint</a> (0.6) + <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/643227?modelVersionId=1207111">MeichiDarkMix_Reload</a> (0.4)

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