Hundreds of Lulus: Evaluating and Scoring Illustrious Checkpoints 81-90

Intro

You can check out my previous rankings [1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th] of Illustrious Checkpoints. My first article will provide more background on the project.

IMPORTANT NOTE

I've done reviews on the majority of Checkpoints that are frequently available week to week to those of us that generate online versus local. I mention this because some of these models may only be available sporadically. So if you see one that you like in this post my advice would be to generate your images asap and be sure to post them directly to the model to reward the creators with more buzz.

Base Prompt and Settings

So to provide you dear reader with a breakdown of the Illustrious Checkpoints I'm going to step through them using the exact same prompt and settings. The only LoRA I'll use with each of the checkpoints will be Lulu (aka lulu_prime).

Additional Resources:
Lulu_Prime

Prompt:
character sheet ((front view, 3/4 side view)), highly detailed, 
best quality, masterpiece, 1girl(slender, femboy, lulu_prime, 
hazel eyes, pink hair, dual ponytails, small breasts, 
wearing white button down shirt with collar, men's black neck tie, 
red plaid microskirt, knee socks, black patent leather mary janes),
intricate details

Negative Prompt:
lowres, error, cropped, worst quality, low quality, jpeg artifacts,
out of frame, watermark, signature, deformed, ugly, mutilated,
disfigured, text, extra limbs, face cut, head cut, extra fingers,
extra arms, poorly drawn face, mutation, bad proportions, cropped head,
malformed limbs, mutated hands, fused fingers, long neck, logos

CFG Scale: 3.5
Sampler: Euler a
Steps: 24
Seed: N/A
VAE: N/A

Onto the Show

For this article I'll be posting two images from each Illustrious Checkpoint without any Hi-Res fixes or adjustments. I'll give my personal rating of ⭐, ⭐⭐ or ⭐⭐⭐ based on the results and how likely would I use that model based simply off the two images produced. If I encounter a two star model that I'm particularly interested in exploring further I'll add a plus sign (i.e. ⭐⭐+) Where applicable I'll add in any personal thoughts or opinions on the Checkpoint.

01: WAI-NSFW-illustrious-SDXL ⭐⭐⭐

02: Hassaku XL (Illustrious) ⭐⭐

03: Illustrious-XL - v0.1 ⭐

04: Prefect illustrious XL - v3 ⭐⭐+

05: Plant Milk 🌿 - Model Suite - Walnut ⭐⭐⭐

06: JANKU v5 NSFW Trained + NoobAI + RouWei Illustrious XL ⭐⭐

07: Nova Anime XL - IL v11.0 ⭐⭐+

08: iLustMix - v9 ⭐⭐⭐

09: Nova Furry XL ⭐⭐+

10: Illustrij - v18 ⭐⭐+

11: One obsession - 17_RED ⭐

12: Unholy Desire Mix - Sinister Aesthetic (Illustrious) ⭐⭐⭐

13: CyberIllustrious | CyberRealistic ⭐⭐

14: Illustrious Realism by klaabu ⭐⭐

15: Citron Anime Treasure [Illustrious & NoobAI] ⭐

16: Nova Orange XL - RE:v2.0 ⭐

17: Hoseki - LustrousMix [IllustriousXL/NoobAI] ⭐⭐++

18: Nova 3DCG XL - Illustrious v6.0 ⭐

19: Hyphoria [Illu & NAI] - v0.01 ⭐⭐

20: Ultimate Hentai Anime RX - ( T-Rex ) ⭐

21: Nova Cartoon XL - v5.0 ⭐⭐⭐

22: Nova Reality XL ⭐

23: Nova Animal XL ⭐

24: Banana Splitz XL ⭐⭐++

25: RAMTHRUST'S-NSFW-PINK-ALCHEMY-MIX ⭐

26: Madly Mix ver NightNoob ⭐⭐

27: Illustrij EVO ⭐

28: Nova Asian XL ⭐

29: Babes Illustrious By Stable Yogi ⭐

30: Yiff in Hell ⭐⭐

31: XAVIER ⭐⭐++

32: Oops! All Toons - Illustrious v1.0 ⭐

33: Nova Unreal XL ⭐

34: A-mix [Illustrious] ⭐

35: Nova Anime3D XL ⭐

36: Nova Flat XL ⭐

37: richyrichMixIXL ⭐⭐

38: Nova Kemono XL ⭐⭐+

39: IffyMix XL ⭐⭐

40: Nova Cross XL ⭐⭐

41: PerfectDeliberate ⭐⭐

42: Realism Illustrious By Stable Yogi ⭐

43: FurryToonMix ⭐⭐++

44: Animij ⭐⭐

45: One obsession Branch (Mature.NoobAi.Vpred) ⭐

46: Jib Mix Illustrious Realistic ⭐

47: Pie - Models 🥧 ⭐⭐+

48: Smooth Mix (Illustrious2 + NoobAI) ⭐⭐

49: IllustriousNXT_XL by klaabu ⭐⭐+

50: Vixon’s NSFW Milk Factory ⭐⭐

51: Dutch ⭐⭐+

52: Astraali_DemonCore ⭐⭐

53: Artofura | Furry mix - Illustrious++ ⭐

54: Azure & Crimson Mix ⭐⭐

55: CelestReal - Anime / semi-reality fusion ⭐⭐

56: iLustRealism ⭐⭐++

57: CyberRealistic CyberIllustrious Catalyst ⭐⭐++

58: AniMayhem - Pale Rider ⭐⭐++

59: Hexer Minimal Toon | Mexes ⭐⭐

60: Pohjolantaika ⭐⭐

61: Crave Pulse - v1.0 ⭐

62: Illustrij-GEN ⭐⭐

63: Praeclarus IllustriousXL ⭐⭐

64: Noctivus ⭐⭐⭐

65: CyberRealistic CyberIllustrious Semi-Realistic ⭐

66: CapsMergeMix ⭐⭐++

67: Illustrious "PixelArt" from HaDeS ⭐⭐+

68: SmoothMix Realism ⭐⭐+

69: Hyphoria Real [Illu] - v0.9 ⭐

70: ChrisMix Toon - Illustrious ⭐⭐

71: Illustrious Renaissance ⭐

72: iLLuSTRiouS from HaDeS ⭐

73: KawaiiAlluxAnime ⭐⭐

74: BlenderXL Illustrious ⭐

75: Bismuth Illustrious Mix ⭐⭐

76: MiaoMiao Harem ⭐⭐+

77: Illustrious XL personal merge ⭐

78: Ri-mix - [PONY + Illustrious] ⭐

79: Amanatsu (Illustrious) ⭐

80: Galena CAT - Galena Citron Anime Treasure ⭐⭐+

81: Kyaa - FlatAnime ⭐⭐

82: Flatbread - IL ⭐⭐

83: Bridge Toons Mouse Mix ⭐⭐⭐

After looking at sooo many Checkpoints I've begun to notice how indistinguishable they can start to appear from one to the next. One thing I enjoy about Bridge Toons is the face that it stands out from the rest not only in appearance, but overall quality. One damn fine model like the rest of his work.

84: Shadow Shift ⭐⭐++

I feel like I would need to play with this model some more, but I do really like the fact that the Lulu illustrations don't appear overly stiff. It would be great to experiment and see if that more dynamic looking posing will carry through to other images.

85: Smooth Mix (Illustrious) ⭐⭐

86: Nlxl ⭐

87: Kageillustrious (Illustrious XL) ⭐⭐+

Sometimes it is the little things, but what caught my eye with this model was the fact that in the two images I produced the pattern and style of the skirt stayed consistent. I'll have to play around some more this week and see what the results are like with more complicated images.

Hundreds of Lulus: Evaluating and Scoring Illustrious Checkpoints 81-90 [SFW-ish]