CrimsonMix XL is a three-way anime checkpoint merge built for dark crimson intensity - blood-red palettes, dramatic contrast, warriors, blades and burning battlefields - while keeping the stable anatomy of the Illustrious ecosystem.
Recipe: 0.45 x Hyphoria (v0.02) + 0.30 x WAI-illustrious-SDXL (v17) + 0.25 x Illustrious-XL-v1.0, applied to the UNet only (VAE and text encoder inherited from the first model).
What you get:/n- The intense crimson, high-contrast dark fantasy mood of Hyphoria
Stable anatomy, posing and prompt adherence from WAI-illustrious
- A clean, broadly compatible Illustrious base that keeps compositions sane
Suits dark fantasy key visuals, warrior and samurai characters, battle scenes, crimson-lit dramatic portraits, action illustration and moody cinematic art. Add lighting prompts (crimson glow, embers, blood moon, rim light) for the best atmosphere.
[Recommended settings] Sampler DPM++ 2M or Euler a, 28-32 steps, CFG 7, 832x1216. Danbooru-style tags work best. Use bf16 where possible - fp16 can soften output.
[License] CreativeML Open RAIL-M, inherited from the base models. Please credit the base models if you redistribute. Part of the merged-checkpoint series.