A specialized Illustrious merge focused on high-quality anthro furry generation, with particular strength in elephant anatomy and overall anthro coherence. This is my first attempt at a merge, enjoy!<h3 id="merge-recipe">Merge Recipe</h3>Checkpoint Stage:<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/503815/nova-furry-xl">Nova Furry XL</a> </li><li><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/2312202/yiffy-dreams-illustrious">Yiffy Dreams Illustrious</a> → Intermediate result</li><li>Intermediate result </li><li><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/827184/wai-illustrious-sdxl?modelVersionId=2883731">WAI-Illustrious-SDXL</a> </li></ul>Baked LoRAs:<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/2540770/eleptors-furry-anthro-lora-animaillustriouspony?modelVersionId=3046373">Eleptor's Furry Anthro LoRA (Anima/Illustrious/Pony)</a> </li><li><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/2542454/furry-anthro-lora-elephants">Furry Anthro Lora: Elephants</a> </li><li><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/2598082/eleptors-furry-anthro-ocs-danica-phant">Eleptor's Furry Anthro OCs: Danica Phant</a> </li><li><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/618752/shiny-nai-style-for-pony-illustrious-or-goofy-ai">Shiny NAI Style for Pony / Illustrious</a> </li><li><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/1060551/illustrious-style-pack?modelVersionId=2211883">Illustrious Style Pack</a> </li><li><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/1949537/cherry-gig-western-style-animaillustrious?modelVersionId=2206450">Cherry-gig Western Style (Anima/Illustrious)</a> </li></ul><hr /><h3 id="strengths">Strengths</h3><ul><li>Strong anthro anatomy and species coherence across a wide range of animals</li><li>Particularly solid elephant features (trunks, tusks, ears, body structure, and fur/skin detail)</li><li>Good NSFW / yiff performance inherited from the Yiffy Dreams and Nova Furry bases</li><li>Cleaner, more polished rendering from WAI + Shiny NAI</li><li>Mild western comic / illustrated influence from the Cherry-gig style LoRA</li></ul>This model is intentionally biased toward anthro content rather than being a general-purpose Illustrious checkpoint.<hr /><h3 id="recommended-settings">Recommended Settings</h3><ul><li>Sampler: Euler a or Euler</li><li>Steps: 25–35</li><li>CFG: 3.5–5.5 (4–4.5 is a good starting point)</li><li>Clip Skip: 1 or 2</li></ul>Suggested positive prompt base:text<pre><code>masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, absurdres, 
furry, anthro, detailed fluffy fur, detailed face, expressive eyes</code></pre>Additional LoRAs generally work well in the 0.4–0.7 range depending on strength.

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