WAI illustrious SDXL

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193,007 downloads · 9,802 likes on Civitai

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WAI0731

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by Wai731 - tips - Recommended settings: Steps: 30 CFG scale: 5-7 Sampler: Euler a Not very necessary to use ADetailer correction Positive Prompt masterpiece,best quality,amazing quality, Negative Prompt Base:bad quality,worst quality,worst detail,sketch,censor, Optional:simple background,transparent background

Creator notes

If you want to use more my checkpoint online generation, please visit here. Character Select SAA This is a Stand Alone App with AI prompt, Semi-auto Tag Complete and ComfyUI/WebUI API support. Now supports 5058 (includes multiple costumes) Character list. One-Click embedded package In case you don't know how to build your own Python enverment, try the embeded_env_for_SAA Down and unzip to your computer Db-click #run_XX.bat 下载解压到任意目录，运行 #run_CN Download and extract to any directory. Run #run_CN or #run_EN Online Quick search character Please do not add too many quality and aesthetic-related tags, nor overly long negative prompts, as this will actually reduce image quality and make it more blurry. v17 - Fixed issues where some characters had inconsistent color tones with the background. - Attempted to fix the issue where the background had low relevance to the characters. - The overall coloring in this version is slightly smoother and cleaner than before. - Attempted to improve the high-resolution fix’s ability to correct limbs; using it has a high chance of automatically fixing issues with arms, legs, and hands/feet. - If you're not satisfied with the default character age, try adding (aged up:1.0–2.0) or (mature female:1.0–2.0) at the beginning and adjust as needed. ps Regarding model updates: I create models purely as a hobby, not as my main job. So I work on them in my spare time, and the update frequency depends on my availability. Recently, my computer suffered hardware damage—both the GPU and hard drive were affected. As a result, updates will likely be slower for quite some time. Thank you for your understanding. Recommended software: forge-neo. Recommended settings: Steps: 15-30 CFG scale: 5-7 Sampler: Euler a The VAE is already integrated, please do not ask such questions anymore. use size larger than1024x1024 for the original dimensions. Example images use 1024×1344.Hires upscale: 1.5, Hires steps: 20, Hires upscaler: R-ESRGAN 4x+ Anime6B,Denoising strength: 0.35~0.5 There are four safety rating tags: general, sensitive, nsfw,explicit. Users are expected to consciously add "nsfw" to negative prompts to filter inappropriate content. Positive Prompt ,masterpiece,best quality,amazing quality, Negative Prompt bad quality,worst quality,worst detail,sketch,censor, V5-V15 User Manual V1-V4 are outdated,please do not download them anymore. This is a list of characters that have been tested and are implementable on V11. These are just temporary and not all tests have been completed yet; more will be added subsequently. Recommended settings: Steps: 25-40 CFG scale: 5-7 Sampler: Euler a The VAE is already integrated, please do not ask such questions anymore. use size larger than1024x1024 for the original dimensions. Hires upscale: 1.5, Hires steps: 20, Hires upscaler: R-ESRGAN 4x+ Anime6B,Denoising strength: 0.35~0.5 There are four safety rating tags: general, sensitive, nsfw,explicit. Users are expected to consciously add "nsfw" to negative prompts to filter inappropriate content. Positive Prompt masterpiece,best quality,amazing quality, Negative Prompt bad quality,worst quality,worst detail,sketch,censor,

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WAI illustrious Popularity Trend

Heat score since 23 Apr 2026

Heat score

9,061°

This week

▲

1.2%

9,061° then, 9,061° now

This month

▲

5.7%

9,058° then, 9,061° now

Past year

n/a

Wasn't released/tracked

7,000°

Floor

The scale runs from 0° to 9,999°. Everything below 7,000° is kept for models no source reports on yet, which carry a stand-in number there so lists stay complete. 7,000° is where measured data begins: a model with real data but almost no downloads sits at the floor, and the measurements fill the degrees above it. The floor says nothing about the model; only the degrees above it do, and they are what separates one model from another.

+1,609°

Civitai downloads

193,007 downloads of this exact version on Civitai. Downloads are the heaviest ingredient and are counted on a log scale: ten times the downloads adds the same 300°, so a model with a million downloads is not a thousand times hotter than one with a thousand. The six download sources share that one term, split between them in proportion to their counts.

+599°

Likes

9,802 likes and thumbs up across the sources. A like weighs half a download, on the same log scale.

+200°

Adoption rate

About 469 downloads a day, measured between two readings of the sources, never guessed from a lifetime average. Speed weighs a quarter of the download term, so a fresh surge shows without letting a one-day spike outrank years of use.

+150°

Full model

+150° because this is a full model: a checkpoint, the weights themselves. A LoRA or an embedding is an add-on to someone else's weights and does not outrank a checkpoint of equal popularity.

−497°

Age

−497° because the SDXL weights came out in 2023. Every model inherits the age of the weights it is built on: 150° a year, up to 750°, and it keeps growing until then. Without it the top of the list would be 2022 and 2023 checkpoints on the strength of downloads that had years to pile up.

Show detailed breakdown

Every number on this site can be checked. This model's heat score is 9,061°, and here it is built one ingredient at a time, with the running total after each: the floor, the degrees each source adds, the bonus for the kind of model and what the age of its weights takes away. The colors are the bands of the chart above. The glossary at the end defines every term.

1
Start at the floor.
Why 7,000° and not zero: the scale runs from 0° to 9,999°, and the part below 7,000° is reserved for models no source reports on yet, which carry a stand-in number there so the lists stay complete and never outrank a model with data. 7,000° is where measured data begins. A model with real data but almost no downloads sits here; everything that follows is measurement, and the room above the floor holds ten tenfold steps in downloads at 300° each. The floor is the same for every model, so it decides nothing; the degrees above it do.
7,000°
running total
2
Add the downloads.
193,007 download-equivalents in all, from Civitai downloads. Ten times the downloads adds the same 300°, so size matters but never runs away with the score.
+1,609°
8,609°
running total
3
Add the likes.
9,802 likes and thumbs up, at half the weight of a download.
+599°
9,208°
running total
4
Add the adoption rate.
About 469 downloads a day right now, measured between two readings, at a quarter of the weight.
+200°
9,408°
running total
5
Bonus for a full model.
A checkpoint carries the weights themselves; add-ons do not outrank one of equal popularity.
+150°
9,558°
running total
6
Take off the age.
The SDXL weights came out in 2023: 150° a year, up to 750°, growing until then.
−497°
9,061°
running total
=
The heat score.
Where this model stands on every list of this site. Nothing else adjusts it.
9,061°

Glossary: the terms used here

Heat score: One number for how much a model is used and wanted right now, from 0° to 9,999°. Every list on this site that says hottest is sorted by it and nothing else.
Floor: The 7,000° every model with real data starts from. The scale runs from 0° to 9,999°; the part below the floor is reserved for stand-ins (models without data), so that a model with data always ranks above one without. The floor is the same for everyone and decides nothing; the degrees above it are the measurement.
Download-equivalents: Everything the score treats as a download, added up: downloads themselves, each torrent seeder as 1,000, each AI Horde image and each run on a generation site as one.
Log scale: Counting by tens, not by ones: going from 1,000 to 10,000 downloads adds the same degrees as going from 10,000 to 100,000. It keeps giants from crowding out everything else.
Likes: Thumbs up and likes from every source, worth half a download each on the log scale.
Adoption rate: How many downloads a day a model gets right now, from the difference between two readings of a source. A quarter of the weight of the download term.
Measured and estimated: Measured means two readings of a source exist and the difference is real. Estimated means only today's total is known and the past is spread over the model's life; the site says which one it is showing.
Seeder: Someone who keeps a copy of the weights online for others to download over a torrent, or a hosted mirror doing the same. Each one counts as 1,000 downloads.
AI Horde: A volunteer network that generates images for free on donated computers. The number of images it has made with a model is public, and each counts as one download.
Generation sites: Sites that host their own copies of a model and let people generate with it, such as PixAI, SeaArt and Yodayo. Their downloads count like Civitai's and each generation run as one download.
OpenRouter tokens: A text model served through an API, such as Claude or GPT, has no weights to download, so its usage is measured in tokens: the pieces of text it read and wrote through OpenRouter, a gateway many apps use, over the last 30 days. Every 10,000,000 tokens count as one download. Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings), CC BY 4.0.
Full model (checkpoint): The weights themselves, the file that generates on its own. It gets a bonus because add-ons depend on it.
LoRA and embedding: Small add-on files that steer someone else's weights toward a style, a character or a concept. They cannot run alone.
Family and weights: The base a model is built on, such as SD 1.5, SDXL, Flux or Wan. Every model inherits the release date of its family's weights.
Age: Degrees taken off for how long ago the family's weights came out: 150° a year, up to 750°. It keeps old downloads that had years to pile up from freezing the top of the list.
Family boost: A small, bounded nudge for LoRAs of a family this site is pushing forward right now, always listed in the breakdown.
Stand-in score: A stable number below the floor given to a model no source reports on yet, so lists stay complete. It never ranks above a model with data.
New! (grace period): A model less than 7 days old shows New! instead of a score and holds no place in the rankings. Its score is computed from day one, but a model one day old grows faster than anything, so without the wait the week's #1 would always be whatever came out yesterday rather than what held up for a week.
Trend: How a model's growth over a period compares with the typical model's growth over the same period. Faster than typical reads as a rise, slower as a fall.
Typical model: The middle of the catalog: half the models with a figure grew faster over the period, half slower.

How this model's popularity has moved against the rest of the catalog: its growth in downloads, likes and usage over each period, measured against the typical model's growth over the same period, with its heat score at the time. Above the typical growth reads as a rise, below it as a fall. The past is reconstructed from today's totals, the model's first day and its measured download speed where two readings exist; a model that did not exist at the start of a period shows n/a.

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Settings

Sampler

Euler a

Steps

Guidance

Seed

1391003618

Size

832x1216

Clip skip

Weight used

Prompt

masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, absurdres, (scenery:1.2), gothic architecture, night, foreshortening, low angle, cathedral, garden, moon, dark clouds, ethereal atmosphere

Negative prompt

worst quality, low quality, lowres, bad anatomy, bad hands, signature, watermark, censored

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What is ComfyUI? A beginner's guide to nodes, workflows and the first graph

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Dec 17, 2025

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