Nova Orange AM: big shoutout to OrangeMixes, the skin texture and depth are what make it stand out

Yo, so Nova Orange AM is this anime-focused checkpoint. The description says it’s all about smooth skin textures and image depth—basically the Anima version of Nova Orange XL. They straight up say it’s a tribute to WarriorMama777’s OrangeMixes.

The example images were generated using diffusers with custom png tags. The recommended settings are pretty specific: Euler a sampler, 20 to 30 steps, CFG 4 to 6, Clip Skip 1 to 2, and denoising at 0.4 to 0.6. The positive prompt template has all those quality tags like masterpiece, best quality, score_9 to score_7, year 2025, newest, and the negative prompt is the usual long list of worst quality, bad anatomy, bad hands, etc.

Over on SeaArt, there are usage rules: you can’t use generated images commercially unless they’re unedited (or just converted to black and white); non-profit sharing is unlimited; and they actually encourage promoting the model. If you’re after good skin textures, give these settings a shot.

The skin texture is so smooth, that’s what really got me. A lot of models have that plastic-looking skin.

CFG 4-6 is a bit low, results will be softer.

Man, OrangeMixes really carries that legacy. Old-timers will feel it.

Here’s the full prompt template, makes it super easy to just copy and paste.

Gotta keep using the score series quality tags, I’m just too used to it at this point.

Yeah, dropping CFG to 4 does make things softer, but if you go too low, the details fall apart. I usually stick around 5—it balances skin texture and depth pretty well.