Here we go again with another punny pop culture mashup, of course we are still using our all time favorite subject: Dogs. But this time we are going to freaking Mordor!
I wanted to see how close I could get to what I wanted without using reference images, Spoiler Alert: I used reference images for 1 of these gens.
Something I’ve learned is that keeping your prompts concise may give you more control over complex hybrid subjects, In other words, a small amount of intentional and hyper focused trigger tokens helps the model concentrate on a narrow slice of its training data, hopefully deterring gens that seem totally out of left field.
Tip: If you want something out of left field on purpose use the chaos command, —c, and start slow, start with —c 1 or —c 3 and go up from there if you want to get really crazy with it.
Side Note: This idea actually started as “Lord of The RIGS”, which I thought rolled off the tongue better. My vision for that was a mix of Lord of The Rings and Ice Road Truckers, Discovery Channel’s mega-hit show that somehow is still trucking along (pun certainly intended). Here’s an example of that direction 🤣
FYI: I only generated a portion of the LOR characters, I’m hoping one of you keeps it going!
🥳 Lord of The Leash Prompts:
Gollum
if gollum was a dog holding a ring --ar 4:5 --v 6
Gandalf
This one is interesting because my favorite generation actually came from a careless mistake I made in this prompt:
if gandalf the wizard was a dog--ar 4:3 --v 6
I accidentally left out the space after “dog” and the —ar command didn’t take and became part of the prompt instead. It used the 1:1 ratio I had set as default and then created this live-action version that I really liked. Unfortunately I couldn’t get anything else close to it again, while keeping the prompt super short.
So,
Here’s another version that is hopefully more replicable and still somewhat epic
movie still of gandalf the grey wizard as a dog --ar 3:4 --v 6
Gimli
This was the generation that I used a reference images for (and some in-painting to get the helmet looking a little more accurate).
Also, keep in mind that I seldom stop at one run/roll. I am usually rolling each prompt in multiple model versions, then I choose my favorite gen and vary it a few times until I get what I love. At that point I will choose to maybe edit or re-master to a different model (more on that later!).
https://s.mj.run/KeB-vREMljA Gimli from lord of the rings as a dog wearing the helmet --ar 4:5 --v 6
Sauron
This brings me back a little bit to this older Armored Dogs post that was focused more on the armor itself, but it just goes to show you how many different ways you can execute the same concept!
if sauron was a dog --ar 4:5 --v 6