NL VIBE ILL

NL VIBE ILL revives NL Vibe Pony on Illustrious base. It shifts seamlessly from neo-grunge romance to clean, vivid clarity. Faded glamour or crisp elegance, subtle scars or flawless glow, heart-shaped traces or pure light — every frame holds tactile depth and emotional resonance. Versatile intimacy, vintage soul to modern poise.

The model has issues with fingers — a recurring trait in nearly all Illustrious-based checkpoints for realistic and semi-realistic generations I’ve tested. For some reason, anime versions handle hands with minimal artifacts. Therefore, complex hand poses may require extra attention: inpainting or ControlNet to achieve clean results.

For the face, it is necessary to use ADetailer

🎞️ Watch video example:
https://civitai.com/images/70459219

📸 For full-length works or long-range plans:
The examples use Img2img - Inpaint

🧪 Samplers:

Recommended:

• Sampler: Euler a / DPM++ 2M + Karras

• Sampling Steps: 25–45

• CFG Scale: 5–7 (For portraits: 5–6)