Architectural guardians in seven materials -- stone, bronze, crystal, ice, jade, clockwork, and coral. A style LoRA that transforms any subject into grotesque sculpture perched on gothic architecture.
Gargoyles & Grotesques is trained on 20 diverse gargoyle archetypes spanning creature types (dragon, wolf, eagle, bat, toad, ram, serpent, mantis, monkey, fallen angel), materials (stone, crystal, ice, jade, brass, coral, wood, bone), and architectural settings (Gothic cathedrals, medieval fortresses, castle ruins, crypts, bridges, temples).
The training dataset was synthetically generated using OpenAI's gpt-image-1 API, with detailed natural-language captions describing each gargoyle's creature anatomy, material properties, architectural context, and lighting. This gives the LoRA strong concept understanding -- it knows that a gargoyle is an architectural guardian creature perched on a structure, not just a generic monster, and it renders appropriate material textures, weathering, and environmental context for each variant.
The LoRA generalizes well beyond its training data. Prompt for materials (clockwork brass, amethyst crystal, rusted cyberpunk metal) and settings (steampunk factories, Chinese temples, arctic glaciers, underwater reefs) not in the training set and it adapts naturally.
Available for five base models: Flux, Illustrious, Klein9b, Zimage, and Chroma. The v2 versions (klein9b, zimage, chroma) bring improved material rendering and architectural detail at lower step counts.
100% SFW -- dark fantasy architectural creatures, no human figures required.
Recommended Settings
- Trigger: None required — the style applies automatically
- Strength: 0.7–1.0
More Models
Full gallery + prompts: https://thalis.dev/models/gargoyles
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