Built off the same Illustrious SDXL base as Copper Thyme, Nickel Saffron trades the stylized strokes and sketch-driven grit for a cleaner, more grounded visual style. This merge focuses on natural lighting, smoother skin rendering, and believable textures across fabric, hair, and materials.
Where Copper Thyme leaned into illustrative flair — line work, stylized shading, and more aggressive silhouettes — this one softens the edges. You’ll get better balance in anatomy, more lifelike lighting, and cleaner contrast without losing creative flexibility. It’s tuned for portraits, fashion, fantasy, and semi-erotic renders that want polish without overbaked effects.
If you liked the structure and prompt control of Copper Thyme but wanted something more realistic
Recommended Settings:
Steps: 24–32
Sampler: Euler a or DPM++ 2M Karras
CFG: 5–8
Resolution: Standard 1 MP SDXL sizes (e.g., 1024x1024, 768x1344, 896x1152, etc.)
VAE: Default or the model's embedded VAE
Negative Prompt:
worst quality, low quality, displeasing, text, , watermark, bad anatomy, text, artist name, signature, hearts, deformed hands, missing finger, shinny skin, child, children, loli, monochrome, bad framing, poor framing,
