Fantasy Warrior
VoteA character-portrait test focused on fine materials. It checks how well a model renders engraved metal under warm torchlight, layered textures (leather, cloth, braided hair), and lifelike eyes and skin without drifting into a plastic, over-smoothed look.
Voters judged on
Material & Metal Detail
Skin & Eye Realism
Torchlight & Bokeh
Texture Fidelity
Prompt
“Close portrait of a battle-worn paladin in ornate engraved plate armor, hair braided with small beads, faint scars and dirt on the skin, warm torchlight reflecting off metal, shallow depth of field, bokeh sparks, lifelike eyes, highly detailed texture on leather straps and cloth underlayer.”
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Challenge rankings
60 models · ranked by blind vote
Through time: how it evolved
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score -0.7
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Head to head
4 matchups
Notable battles
The matchups worth a second look from this challenge's blind voting: the closest rivalries, the biggest upsets (a lower seed taking down a favorite), and the clashes at the top of the board. Each bar shows how the community split its votes.
GPT Image 1 Mini
ImagineArt 1.5 (Preview)
50%
50%
FLUX.2 [pro]
GPT Image 1.5
50%
50%
Z-Image Turbo
Recraft V4
0%
0%
Grok Imagine Image Pro
Nano Banana 2
50%
50%
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The archive
Through time
How Fantasy Warrior has evolved, release by release.
2022 to 2026·
6 reigns·
60 models
The Reign Chain
6 reigns
How the crown changed hands
Every model that has held #1 on this challenge, in order. Click any era to travel through time.
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R01Inception
DALL-E 2 Apr 2022 → Oct 2023reigned 1.5 yrs -
R02
DALL-E 3 Oct 2023 → Oct 2024reigned 1.0 yr · overtook DALL-E 2 -
R03
FLUX1.1 [pro] Oct 2024 → Oct 2024reigned 1 mo · overtook DALL-E 3 -
R04
Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large Oct 2024 → Aug 2025reigned 10 mo · overtook FLUX1.1 [pro] -
R05
Lucid Origin Aug 2025 → Nov 2025reigned 3 mo · overtook Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large -
R06Current
ImagineArt 1.5 (Preview) Nov 2025 → todayreigned 10 mo · overtook Lucid Origin
Generation history
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Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image 1 take
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Recraft V4.1 3 takes
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Recraft V4.1 Pro 3 takes
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GPT Image 2 3 takes
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Wan 2.7 3 takes
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