Ahoy!
After getting inspired to train something a bit out of the ordinary again, and after trying out the Elite/Sangheili lora from Zoochman, I decided to give a non-human a shot, and what better non-human to train than the silly little grunts from halo? Pretty small but varied dataset, looks like it gave good results.
Once again, tagging is key. This is V2, I allowed the WD Tagger to do its thing with V1 and once again it turned terrible with a lot of bleed. I highly advise anyone to take the time and manually tag or heavily prune WD Tagger outputs, it's worth it. Armor, backpack and gas mask are removable.
Use realistic, photo in POSTIVE prompt to get a digital painting look. Avoid 3d tag in general as it creates really ugly results outside of photorealistic models, they look like bad 3d renders - Depends on the model though, some pony derivatives give great results.
As a more general tip, use score_9, score_8_up, score_7_up, score_6_up, score_5_up, score_4_up, (the full string) for details. If you a put realistic, photo in NEGATIVE prompt it will give you a more anime look, and if you put in score_9, or score_4_up, alone, you will get a more flatcolor sort of look. Don't be afraid to play around with it.
Despite tagging it in every image, the weapon might persist as it bled a little bit into the concept (no idea why, but I noticed other people have had that problem), so don't forget to put weapon in NEGATIVE to get rid of it if it becomes a problem.
You can take the armor off from the grunt by not prompting (color) armor, backpack, gas mask, but the results may vary.
Note! The tag is different in the training data, it has the testing epoch number behind it. Edit it if you want to replicate my results.
I never thought thick grunt thighs would get me acting unwise...
Enjoy and post your favorite results!
General use prompt: score_9, score_8_up, score_7_up, score_6_up, score_5_up, score_4_up, halogrunt, 1boy, lizard, alien, yellow armor, backpack, full body, gas mask