UnholyMix XL is a three-way anime checkpoint merge built for dark, sinister aesthetics - gothic horror mood with elegant rendering, without losing the stable anatomy of the Illustrious ecosystem.
Recipe: 0.45 x Unholy Desire Mix - Sinister Aesthetic (Illustrious) v9.0 + 0.30 x WAI-illustrious-SDXL (v17) + 0.25 x Illustrious-XL-v1.0, applied to the UNet only (VAE and text encoder inherited from the first model).
What you get:
The sinister gothic mood of Unholy Desire Mix - candlelit scenes, moonlight, vampires and dark elegance
- Stable anatomy, posing and prompt adherence from WAI-illustrious
- A clean, broadly compatible Illustrious base that keeps characters and compositions sane
Suits dark fantasy key visuals, gothic character art, Halloween and horror-themed illustration, vampire and witch designs, moody cinematic scenes.
[Recommended settings] Sampler DPM++ 2M or Euler a, 28-32 steps, CFG 7, 832x1216. Danbooru-style tags work best. Use bf16 where possible - fp16 can soften output. Add lighting prompts (moonlight, candlelight, rim light) for the best atmosphere.
[License] CreativeML Open RAIL-M, inherited from the base models. Please credit the base models if you redistribute. Part of the AniFusion / merged-checkpoint series.