Femme Fatale 1940 Noir

Model Description

This is a focused style LoRA trained to capture the specific "hard-light grammar" of 1940s Hollywood studio photography and Tri-X film stock. It emphasizes deep blacks, high-contrast "rim" separation, and dramatic shadow cutting (venetian blinds, alleys) while maintaining organic skin texture.

Trained on the Chroma.1 HD base. This means the model achieves high-fidelity texture and sharpness at lower weights than standard LoRAs.

• Golden Epoch: The epoch was selected via blind testing for the perfect balance of "hard noir" lighting and organic skin texture.

• Zero Leakage: Passes the "cross-domain" test (works on male subjects without feminizing them) and the "controllability" test (can be disabled via negative prompting).

✅ Recommended Settings

• LoRA Strength:

  • 0.6 (⭐ Sweet Spot for best balance).

  • 0.55 – 0.7 (Safe range for HD models like Chroma).

  • Warning: Above 0.75, shadows may begin to "crush" (lose detail) and skin texture may become plastic/waxy due to the HD training base.

• Trigger Words: film noir, black and white, hard lighting, chiaroscuro

• Secondary Triggers: venetian blinds, rim light, cigarette smoke, dutch angle

Prompts & Usage Guide

1. The "Hard Noir" Look

To get the signature "Femme Fatale" look with venetian blinds and deep shadows:

Positive: film noir photo of a detective woman sitting in a dark office, venetian blind shadows cutting across face, cigarette smoke, hard rim lighting, deep blacks, high contrast, Tri-X grain, 50mm lens

Negative: soft lighting, flat lighting, color, 3d render, plastic skin, cgi

KSampler Suggestions

The demo images were generated with the following KSampler parameters:

Sampler: DPM++ 2M
Scheduler: Beta
Steps: 20
CFG: 3.5