Photonic Pony Fusion is my first Pony checkpoint model with a heavy focus on "Realism" and of course with an added male twist.
On A1111 for realism I recommend Euler a with Automatic, (DPM++ SDE + Karras is also good),
Steps 25-40
CFG: 5-7
Size: 512x768 or 768x512
Hires: Denoising Strength: 0.30-0.50, Hires upscale: x2, Hires steps: 15-20, Hires Upscaler I highly recommend: 1x-ITF-SkinDiffDetail-Lite-v1 (R-ESRGAN 4x is also good).
I rarely ever use ADetailer on this model but it could also help bring about some extra realism, which I have seen in a few test images but can also sometimes bring you to the uncanny valley if using Adetailer I suggest you have your settings to save the before and after image to be safe.
This is my second publicly available model and first attempt at riding the Pony. My first model can be found here. I used to use MageSpace exclusively so I have three models Photonic Fusion 1, Photonic Fusion 2 and Photonic Women that are exclusive to MageSpace and will remain that way for the foreseeable future. But I have since moved on to home generations hence the public models.
I have put a lot of time and effort into creating what I feel is a near perfect merge of checkpoint's and lora's with lots of trial and error and re-merging and tweaking (again specifically with a focus on realism). I hope you enjoy and please give a like, leave a comment and add to the gallery... have fun!!!
