Helios Mix

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Update - v2.0

• Added Neotron -Welldone to merge
• A little more flexible
• Better
• General probably improved but still very finnicky (tbh I recommend using SDXL/Pony/NoobAI for gens)
• Images feel too dark actually, will try to fix that on the next update

I wasn't sure if I wanted to make an update, since there are way better gay models these days, but I actually still use SD1.5 for img2img so figured I would tinker with my own mix. Got some good results when merging with the Neotron model. Still not perfect when it comes to poses but honestly it probably never will. I wanted to focus on making the model more flexible with the men's appearances and poses while maintaining some realism and skin detail.

Helios Mix is my attempt at smashing some models together to hopefully create something interesting. I wanted to make a male model that focused on realistic faces but with some flexibility and creativity. It can do realism and 2.5D pretty well along with decent poses between two men, though not completely perfect. Been working on this for a few months but still needs some work so I appreciate all feedback.

Recommended VAE:

VAE is baked in but I still recommend this: vae-ft-mse-840000-ema-pruned.safetensors

My Settings:

Sampler: DPM++ SDE, DPM++ 2M Karras, DPM++ 2M SDE Karras, DPM++ SDE Karras

Steps: 20 - 30

CFG: 4 - 8

Clip Skip: 1

Hi-res Fix Settings:

Upscaler:

8x_NMKD-Superscale_150000_G (good for realistic details but kind of washes the image out)

R-ESRGAN 4x+ (good for stylized images that need smoother details)

4x-Ultrasharp

Steps: 15 - 20

Denoise Level: 0.35 - 0.55

Hi-res CFG: 4 - 5 (lower CFG seems to give less detail, which gives younger looking faces and vice versa)

Upscale by: 1.5 - 2

Issues/To-do list:

Fix the usual problem areas (eyes, hands, , limbs, etc.)

Fix some of the weird artifacts (you might notice unwanted necklaces and earrings popping up)

Improve prompt understanding

More realism

Implement more of my own training

Models included in this merge are:

Neotron -Welldone

Airfuck's Brute Mix v1.0

VirileReality v3.0 Beta 3

Muses Erato v4.0

Proteus Mix v1.5

For the example images, I only use three negative embeds, which are:

BadDream & UnrealisticDream

EasyNegative

If you want to support me, feel free to buy me a coffee.

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