Ponymagine 3.1

https://civitai.com/models/391659/ponymagine-31 PurposeThis model is a merge between a PonyDiffusion v6 mix (AutismMix Confetti) and Animagine 3.1 made possible by using DARE merging.This is a BETA version. It is not meant to be perfect and it is not perfect. The main point of it is to get the word out that Merges between Pony-styled models and other SDXL models is possible without artifacts.The initial purpose of the model was to infuse character/artist knowledge from Animagine into PonyDiffusion without using weird tokens like 'aua' and to be able to use LoRAs trained on either of the models.The end result, while it retained the knowledge, it washed up some of the character/styles however it gets 'close enough' with more tagging. It supports masterpiece tagging structures but adding some 'score' tags doesn't hurt.SamplesAs I am hailing from /vtai/ the samples will focus on vtubers. This doesn't mean the model is not able to do anything else. Post your own creations and I might feature them instead.The Intention of the posted Grid images is not to cherry pick and display the best images created with this model but rather to show the losses in character/style that occurred as a result of the merge. I am sure others can make better merges using this method.The Generation data shows 'Aniamgine-xl-3.1' as the model because I had 3 models loaded at the time of the model merge. Animagine, AutismMix and the resulting merge. The samples have been extracted at the same time as I was testing the merge. ComfyUI is weird in that sense.LicenseAs the license of PonyDiffusion is more strict, the model will follow the same modified version, quoting the following from the PonyDiffusion model:The following modifications have been added to Fair AI Public License:You are not permitted to run inference of this model on websites or applications allowing any form of monetization (paid inference, faster tiers, etc.). This applies to any derivative models or model merges.Merge RecipeTo find out/reuse the merge recipe you require ComfyUI and the DARE extension.After both are installed, you can just drag the model into ComfyUI to load the same workflow I had when the model was merged. (WARNING: very messy!)