My friends Happy New Year!,
After 250+ hours of testing, breaking things, fixing them, re-testing, and screaming at my GPU at 3 a.m., I finally did it.
I built the definitive, no-bullshit, from-absolute-zero LoRA training course for 2026 using the AI-Toolkit + Z-Image-Turbo workflow that is currently eating every cloud service alive.
98 minutes of pure concentrated knowledge.
No fluff. No sponsorships. No “maybe this will work”.
Just the exact pipeline I personally use to train amazing LoRAs on my local machine in 2026.
This is the course I wish existed when I started.
Now it does — and it’s exclusively for you, my paying members.
What You Unlock Right Now (By Tier)

🥉 Tier 1: AI Apprentice
The Foundation. You are ready to get your hands dirty and start training on your own hardware.
Video: Installing AI-Toolkit and Using AI-Toolkit to train Z-Image-Turbo.
Software: The AI-Toolkit Installer Workload.
Workflow: Epoch Test Workflow for Z-Image-Turbo.
📺 The Video (Unlisted Playlist)
These are not public. Keep this link safe.
https://youtu.be/XO0BpJD-McQ
Testing Workflow:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/stop-guessing-i-143954248
Software:
https://mega.nz/folder/5NgDmIKb
🗝️ Key:
3r0d4Tpp_LweUMWWuEo_hA
🥈 Tier 2: AI Art Collector
The Refinement. You know how to train, but you want to know how to train well and share it with the world.
Everything in Tier 1, PLUS:
Video: Epoch Testing (The secret to perfect LoRAs) + Publishing properly on Civitai.
Video: Course Conclusion & Best Practices.
Asset: All Training Epochs (See the progression).
Find more knowledge here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/beyond-basics-z-147273863
🥇 Tier 3: AI Art Architect
The Creator Suite. The ultimate access pass. You don't just want to train; you want to engineer datasets and build custom workflows.
Everything in Tier 1 & 2, PLUS:
Video: Dataset Generation from Scratch & Annotation, Tagging, and Captioning Masterclass.
Assets: Raw Dataset & Upscaled Training Images + Captions.
Assets: LoRA Training Image Group Test Results.
Exclusive Workflows: Batch Upscale, Batch Auto-Caption, and my ComfyUI custom save image + caption node.
VIP Perk: Priority Support for my Workload Installer and Dataset generation.
Find the most Knowledge here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/thats-how-you-in-147268439
While the good stuff is only available for AI Art Architect's up, I don't leave anyone out. Here are the links to the Videos I recorded as base videos regarding LoRa Dataset generation and Annotation / Captioning.
My already established - Base Training Videos
https://www.patreon.com/posts/your-lora-begins-138872516
Testing Workflow
https://www.patreon.com/posts/stop-guessing-i-143954248
The Public Version?
Yes, I’ll drop a “mainstream” version about AI-Toolkit LoRA training for Z-Image-Turbo on my public YouTube eventually. It will be good but it will lack the depth you get here.
Welcome to the new era.
Much love & maximum power,
Chris