Hello my dear AI enjoyers!
It has been a while, right? And a lot has changed. I feel there is no point in commenting, as one of my models would say "It is what it is".
I've been debating what to do next since the Celebrities section got nuked (which was my main category) and finally, I have an answer.
As some are aware, my nickname comes from Malcolm Reynolds who is the main character of one of the best sci-fi shows of all time: Firefly (which was canceled in its prime). Then there was a movie called Serenity (which is the name of my main SD 1.5 model, of course no coincidence there).
And in "Serenity" there was a character called Mr. Universe who was helping the crew. They wanted to uncover something and Mr. Universe said "You can't stop the signal".
So, here I am today, making sure that the signal is not stopped. I am very grateful to Civitai for allowing me to host models, I am happy I was here from pretty much the start and I'm happy for all that we had together. I do understand that I cannot host those types of models here, but I can host them elsewhere.
I'm happy to say that there are two places where you can get those models.
One is, of course, my MEGA upload page that you can access by donating the smallest amount (1 coffee) here: https://buymeacoffee.com/malcolmrey
But there is also a free option. I was never a "train for profit" guy. I do appreciate tips but I always had in mind to share everything with you for free.
Starting from today, I am hosting my models (loras, lycoris, and embeddings) on HuggingFace.
Some keen followers know that I have had a HuggingfFce for quite some time, since my Serenity model is available there in the Diffusers format. But starting from today, I will be uploading my other models.
The link is: https://huggingface.co/malcolmrey
I have uploaded A-B celebrity loras for the Flux Model.
In the upcoming days/weeks - I will upload the remaining Flux loras (of which I have 300~), as well as all the LyCoris, Embeddings, and "Small Loras" (of which I have 1100+ each).
I have a lot of missing Flux models to catch up. If you are still interested in seeing some of my creations migrated to Flux - just let me know :-)
I have also dabbled in Hunyuan and let me tell you - those models are glorious. They also take much longer to train so if you would love to see someone trained in Hunyuan - leave me a tip on my BuyMeACoffee and I shall make that model then :-)
I am still passionate about all things AI so I keep tabs on what's going on. I will be for sure training models on new architectures as soon as we figure out which ones seem nice to use :)
Lastly, I have made a subreddit where I will also be sharing news and where you can leave comments (and also - you can leave some samples using my models :P). Let's grow that community :-)
https://www.reddit.com/r/malcolmrey/
Cheers, and have a great day!
p.s. I would love to read comments on what you think about this :)
p.s.s. Also, if you know where the title comes - do leave a comment as well :-)
p.s.s.s. We won't stop the Signal!