<h1 id="greg-and-tim-hildebrandt-the-brothers-hildebrandt-or-classic-fantasy-illustration-or-lora-(krea2-turbo)">Greg &amp; Tim Hildebrandt — The Brothers Hildebrandt | Classic Fantasy Illustration | LoRA (Krea2 Turbo)</h1>LoRA trained on the joint oeuvre of Greg &amp; Tim Hildebrandt (the Brothers Hildebrandt): the identical-twin masters of 1970s–90s fantasy illustration whose 1976 Tolkien calendar and original 1977 Star Wars theatrical poster defined the visual language of classic fantasy for a generation. The model captures their painterly airbrush realism, jewel-toned palette, dramatic cinematic light, heroic anatomy and the glossy nostalgia of the golden-age paperback cover.Trained and tested on Krea2 Turbo.<hr /><h2 id="about-the-artists">About the Artists</h2>Greg Hildebrandt (23 January 1939 – 31 October 2024) and Tim Hildebrandt (born 23 January 1939), identical twins born in Mount Clemens, Michigan, worked for decades as a single artistic unit — the Brothers Hildebrandt — often painting side by side on the same canvas.<ul><li>1960s — formed their studio; early career in advertising and commercial art</li><li>1976 — the legendary Tolkien calendar (Ballantine): twelve paintings that defined Middle-earth in the popular imagination before the films</li><li>1977 — painted the original theatrical Style A one-sheet poster for Star Wars, the "circus-style" poster that became one of the most collected movie posters in history</li><li>1980s–90s — hundreds of fantasy and SF paperback covers, Conan, heavy-metal album art, and the iconic 1992 Marvel Masterpieces trading cards</li><li>Heirs of the American illustration tradition — Howard Pyle, N.C. Wyeth, Maxfield Parrish — and contemporaries of Frank Frazetta, with whom they share the throne of classic fantasy art</li><li>Greg died in 2024; the brothers' joint body of work remains the benchmark of painted fantasy</li></ul><hr /><h2 id="the-manner">The Manner</h2><ul><li>Painterly airbrush realism: smooth luminous gradients (airbrush) fused with confident visible brushwork in highlights — the signature 70s–80s cover finish</li><li>Jewel-toned palette: deep crimson, royal blue, emerald, molten gold, amethyst — saturated, glowing, never muddy</li><li>Dramatic cinematic light: rim light on heroes, glowing magical sources (orbs, swords, dragons' fire), theatrical chiaroscuro</li><li>Heroic anatomy: muscular barbarians, noble knights, voluptuous warrior women — the Frazetta lineage softened into romantic glamour</li><li>Fantasy pin-up: beautiful heroines in chainmail and silk, tasteful cheesecake within epic framing</li><li>Mythic iconography: wizards, dragons, elves, dwarves, ringwraiths, valkyries, unicorns, phoenixes — the full literary bestiary</li><li>Dynamic diagonals and central heroic figures: compositions built like movie posters — one iconic silhouette, readable at a glance</li><li>Nostalgic gloss: the warm, slightly airbrushed sheen of the classic paperback — instantly recognizable as "that 70s fantasy feeling"</li><li>Team-painted finish: two hands, one vision — a density of detail and polish that single painters rarely match</li></ul><hr /><h2 id="tested-generation-settings">Tested Generation Settings</h2>ParameterValueBase modelKrea2 TurboVAE<code>qwen_image_vae</code>Text encoder<code>qwen3vl_4b_fp8_scaled</code>Steps8SamplerEuler aSchedule typeBong TangentCFG scale1Resolution1536×2048 (vertical — the paperback cover format); 2048×1536 for poster-style horizontalsLoRA weight0.9–1.0 (epoch 10)Negative prompt not required at CFG 1.<h2 id="versions">Versions</h2><ul><li>Epoch 10 (current) — captures the airbrush gloss and jewel palette; keep weight 0.9–1.0.</li></ul><hr /><h2 id="rights-and-ethics">Rights &amp; Ethics</h2>Greg Hildebrandt died in 2024; Tim Hildebrandt is living. Their paintings are protected by copyright. This LoRA is a non-commercial fan-art and style-study tool. Note: the artists' style is what the LoRA learns — avoid trademarked characters (Tolkien names, Star Wars logos) in public samples; use generic fantasy descriptions instead.

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