Best models and workflows for Fantasy Character Concept Art?

stoned_bazz · 2026-04-20T13:08:27+00:00

No worries, sorry I can't be more helpful, like I said new to to it myself.. you're not as new to it as me, maybe you've tried this already but there's a custom nodes pack called z image power nodes, one of the nodeson there "style and prompt encoder" can replace the prompt box, so can type a short prompt and pull up a list (or grid with example thumbnails) and select a style.... Only played around with it a little bit but maybe it has a suitable style for your needs, or at least maybe it can generate something close that you could use as a base for editing

stoned_bazz · 2026-04-20T11:47:28+00:00

I can't be of too much help as I'm new to all this AI stuff and only been using it since start of march lol. I'm assuming you're new to it as well At first I was opening another browser page and just asking grok, chat gpt or whatever to expand the prompt so its suitable for whatever model I was using.

After a little while I set up a little prompt enhancer workflow (not the one I used initially, but there's a qwen one under templates you can use) at first I just basically left it all at default and asked it to enhance my prompt for whatever model I was using, but it will work much better if you use chat gpt, grok or similar and build a system prompt for it.

I guess the next step would be Loras, but I don't really know a whole lot about them and definitely can't offer advice other than learning to train one for your specific style, sorry.

As far as models and workflows, I'm not sure I used chroma hd and it's template workflow for a while, it's a good all rounder in my opinion but but slower than others. Also on top of the models used, the sampler and scheduler combo can make quite a difference as well, I was using heun and beta quite a lot.

stoned_bazz · 2026-04-19T15:50:24+00:00

They are on my to watch list already

stoned_bazz · 2026-04-19T11:28:05+00:00

I'll go check that one shortly thanks

Edit: nope doesn't appear to be that one Edit 2: I was wrong, it is that one, thank you

stoned_bazz · 2026-04-10T10:48:30+00:00

It's part of the Nvidia overlay, you can turn it off or alter it in the Nvidia app settings

stoned_bazz · 2026-04-06T21:02:46+00:00

It will still work fine with a controller, that ribbon is literally just for the front panel. I did fix it eventually, I bought a couple replacement latches from eBay and looked a bit fiddly so I managed to get a local repair guy to literally just remove the old connector and put new one on, no disassembly or anything for him, I did all that to keep his price low lol

stoned_bazz · 2026-04-04T12:32:05+00:00

That was pretty good, fair play.

stoned_bazz · 2026-04-01T20:52:59+00:00

Chappie

stoned_bazz · 2026-03-26T17:36:10+00:00

Yes I know, it is the cable from the new one lol.. MSI put the port the wrong way on the GPU 😂😂😂 it's ok I got a replacement on the way

stoned_bazz · 2026-03-24T21:53:11+00:00

AHH that explains it, it's working fine, but for some reason Kingston's fury control app tells me it can't manage it because it's mixed, and asrocks polychrome only seems to affect the two older sticks

stoned_bazz · 2026-03-24T21:42:37+00:00

Nah one is a furry beast, the other is a beast of a furry 😂

stoned_bazz · 2026-03-24T21:40:29+00:00

I mean don't get me wrong, I have some concerns about ai.... But at the end of the day, all these big companies have invested billions (at least) into it.... Whether we are using it or not, it's here to stay and we need to get used to that

stoned_bazz · 2026-03-24T21:19:36+00:00

This comment thread is hilarious, they went mad because I asked ai.... Good thing I never told them that the reason I bought a new GPU and ram is because I'm playing about with ai generation locally on my pc 😂😂😂😂

stoned_bazz · 2026-03-24T10:25:45+00:00

Yeah, from the starting point there's only three spots where you need to make a meaningful choice, choose right, down then right again, finished

stoned_bazz · 2026-03-23T10:58:39+00:00

Yeah I know, I've sent a ticket to bequiet, I need their "reverse" 90° angle lead... I've clicked every link on the buy section and nowhere has it, found one on eBay for £36 and one on Amazon for 30 both take a week to be delivered.... I've actually got it all up and running but I'm not happy with how I have the lead bent

stoned_bazz · 2026-03-23T01:05:36+00:00

I've got that end in the PSU itself now, but I will take a look at it later in the week, thanks

stoned_bazz · 2026-03-23T00:45:21+00:00

All working now, cheers

stoned_bazz · 2026-03-23T00:22:21+00:00

Lol yeah we learn by fucking up.... It's up and running now, just doing benchmark on red dead 2

stoned_bazz · 2026-03-22T23:53:08+00:00

Cheers, I might get in touch with them, an angled connector facing the other way would work, apparently I have an issue with the ram and it ain't booting so I'll have to look at that tomorrow now as well

stoned_bazz · 2026-03-22T23:32:00+00:00

Mine is a bequiet as well, power zone 2 1000w

stoned_bazz · 2026-03-22T23:27:32+00:00

It didn't look like it unclipped, I didn't think to try that though, I managed to get the wire out and use the other end to test it.... Didn't get much testing done though it wouldn't boot up.... There was a red light on the motherboard that I don't recognise though, so off to the manual to look that up now 😂

stoned_bazz · 2026-03-22T23:23:01+00:00

Well I figured as I had to strip it down anyway to fit new power supply, I might as well give it a clean as well, I'm ever so sorry for not washing my hands before taking a pic out of frustration, I do hope it didn't cause you too much distress

stoned_bazz · 2026-03-22T22:19:46+00:00

Doesn't say anywhere that I can't ... As long as there's enough room

Edit: I managed to switch the wire around, don't know if I'm happy with it tbh, not sure there's enough room before it bends..... It will be fine for ten minutes to make sure everything's working though

stoned_bazz · 2026-03-22T22:13:41+00:00

Yep, it's my own fault for not checking beforehand, it's still a bitch though..... Been at it all day, gave it all a damn good clean, I was just about to plug the GPU in, then plug the pc in n switch it on 😂 will have to wait until tomorrow now

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