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TheDrummer

4 models built

TheDrummer is an independent fine-tuner, not a corporate lab — no funding history or founding date to report, just a body of work on Hugging Face. The lineup is four text-to-text models: Cydonia, Rocinante, Skyfall, and UnslopNemo, all built for roleplay and creative writing rather than benchmarks or enterprise tasks. There's no free tier here; every model carries a small per-token cost. The newest release, Cydonia 24B V4.1 (Sept 2025), pushes context out to 131,072 tokens, well beyond the 32,768-token ceiling on the other three. If you want a sense of TheDrummer's trajectory, it's roughly: start small and short-context (Rocinante, UnslopNemo), then scale up size and context (Skyfall, Cydonia) while staying in the same creative-writing lane.

Lineup

For long-form roleplay or anything needing more context, go with Cydonia 24B V4.1 — 131,072 tokens, $0.30/$0.50 per million input/output tokens (on OpenKey: $0.309/$0.515 after the 3% fee), and it's the newest of the four. If budget is the priority, Rocinante 12B is the cheapest at $0.25/$0.50 per million ($0.2575/$0.515 on OpenKey). UnslopNemo 12B sits in between at a flat $0.40/$0.40. Skyfall 36B V2 is the largest parameter count but capped at 32,768 tokens for $0.55/$0.80 ($0.5665/$0.824 on OpenKey) — pick it if you want the bigger model but don't need Cydonia's extended context.

  • Cydonia 24B V4.1 ctx 131K · in $0.309 · out $0.515
  • Skyfall 36B V2 ctx 33K · in $0.567 · out $0.824
  • UnslopNemo 12B ctx 33K · in $0.412 · out $0.412
  • Rocinante 12B ctx 33K · in $0.258 · out $0.515

Prices per 1M tokens, flat 3% fee included.

Questions

What's the price range for TheDrummer's models on OpenKey?
Input prices run $0.25–$0.55 per million tokens, output $0.40–$0.80 per million, across the four models. On OpenKey that's provider price × 1.03: Rocinante 12B is the cheapest at $0.2575/$0.515, and Skyfall 36B V2 the priciest at $0.5665/$0.824 per million input/output tokens.
Which TheDrummer model should I use?
For most roleplay or creative-writing tasks, Cydonia 24B V4.1 is the strongest pick — newest, largest context window at 131,072 tokens, and mid-range pricing at $0.30/$0.50 per million tokens. If you're on a tight budget, Rocinante 12B at $0.25/$0.50 is the cheapest option in the lineup.
Are any TheDrummer models free on OpenKey?
No. None of TheDrummer's four models — Cydonia, Rocinante, Skyfall, or UnslopNemo — are free. All carry per-token pricing, with OpenKey adding a flat 3% fee on top of the provider's list price.