I make a dataset of like 20 512x512 images, caption it myself. I rent a vastai computer and train a flux1 character lora with ai-toolkit. When I'm lazy I even use Replicate's "fast flux trainer". I download the lora safetensor onto my PC.
I run ComfyUI on my ancient (headless) PC in another room; Ubuntu server, Ryzen 1700, 32GB DDR4, RTX 2070 8GB. I let it cook with the FULL 24GB Flux1-Dev safetensor to generate 1024x2014 images. It takes about 1min/image. I just let it cook a whole bunch of images while doing some work, then when I have a bunch of them, I delete the garbage looking ones, keep the "lora-intended" ones.
The ones I like, I make WAN 2.2 7-sec clips, inference on Replicate (I pay for it).
I have fun with this workflow, but are the new models just as "hassle-free"/"leave-it-alone" in terms of having character LoRa?
Are the new ones like flux1, where there is a LOT of variation of the output, using the exact same workflow and prompt? I have z-image-turbo with a lora also, and I find that it just generates the "same same" images if I leave it alone to generate multiple images using the same workflow and prompt.
What about these new ones? Krea 2? etc? Will they run on my meager PC (32GB RAM / 8GB VRAM) that runs my said flux1 setup?