Did you ever feel like the Raider Power Armor was just acompleted wasted opportunity?  The firsttime I played Fallout 4 on my Xbox I was carting around T45 suit and came across the Raiders on the way to Diamond City and looted my pieces. I noticed back then before accepting mods into my life that Raider Power Armor is not useless, It’s plentiful, cheap to upgrade and easy to maintain. I hated that it was lacking upgrades and had that damn rebar sticking off of it.

The first Mod I ever released was a texture replacer for Raider Chop Shop and Raider Overhaul.  I always felt like AWKCR havedone a good job overall but their Mods are driven towards a particular immersive playing style that a lot of players find to be too much of a grind. I decided to do a ground up overhaul and replacement for the Raider Power Armor to give it the treatment it deserves.
At it’s core Raider Power Armor is a testament to human ingenuity, to take burned out and broken power armor frames and armor pieces then restore them to full working order with Scavenged Materials found in the garbage.
“Tony Stark built this in a cave with a box of scraps!”.

This Mod actually replaces the default Raider Power Armorand breaks it into 4 tiers on the full version, with a bonus set of Power Armor added for shits a giggles. The set based directly off the Standard Raider Power Armor is now the first Power Armor you can acquire and is equivalent to T45.

The next tier is the bonus armor, a Chinese Prototype in the Yangtze built from Power Armors scavenged from the Battleground mixed with notes from plans stolen by Communist spies.  It’s a bulky clunky mess of a suit but it does have its own advantages as well.

The next tier of Armor is the Scavenger Power Armor which is made to look more like it’s made of burned out Power Armor Pieces, it also adds a boost to carry weigh under the logic that a Scavengers main purposed for Power Armor would be to enable them to carry as much junk as absolutely possible.

The following tier is the Underboss Power Armor which is a predecessor to the Overboss Armor.

The Final Tier being the Overboss Power Armor which is comparable to X-01 in the vanilla version of Nuka World. 

Every VanillaRaider has had their Power Armor Frame replaced, the Raider Overhaul Patch expands upon that. Raiders added by other mods may spawn with the Vanilla Raider Armor but al the paints and upgrades will still work on them.
Among other things I added some crafting tables, weapons and armors that will improve he Raiders even without using Raider Overhaul.  The conventional Armors and Weapons arecraftable by default or with minimal perk investments. The workbenches, Power Armor Pieces and some of the Paintjobs require plans which are all located in the commonwealth. There are videos on my YouTube to guide you to these or, there is a box full of al the plans in a secret room in Nuka World. There are 5 new locations added by this mod. The North Raider Camp that is due West of Vault 111, the Scavenger Overpass Camp and three Power Armor Shops that can function as Player Homes. One shop is located in the Commonwealth at the Roadside Pines Hotel, another in Far Harbor in the Trapper held Southwest Harbor, and of course in the plaza for Nuka world Market. 
The Plans have to be opened and read to activate the Perks for crafting.
The Overboss Armor has the fewest Paintjobs due to parts of it requiring the rebar to be visible, my Raider Overhaul Patch adds additional Paints for the Overboss set. I also made patches for other Power Armor Paint mods and a patch for the Horse Power Armor.
I was ready to release this Mod a couple of months ago but a major update broke my Mod almost entirely and I had to do a ground up overhaul
to fix it. There are some instances where I have bugs appear that I can’t solve and can’t replicate on other Characters. I’ve tested this one multiple characters on three different PCs and for the most part the bugs are mainly vanilla issues I’ve tried my best to work around. 
The Full version includes some things I have cut from my Minutemen vs Gunners mod I am working on as well as some of the special request weapons I added for fun.  There is a slimmed down version of this mod in the download area intended for the X-Box crowd. The Ultra Immersive version of this Mod is the same as the PS4 version that switches the meshes with each level of lining added to the armor allowing the Vanilla Paints to be used and make the armor seem more like it’s made from Broken Pieces of other Power Armors.

If you want to use the default Raider Overhaul, AWKCR andArmorsmith you are more than welcome to. The mods will coexist but with a lot
of duplicate entries. Raider Overhaul needs to be loaded below this mod whether it’s the original AWKCR Version OR my AWKCR-Free Version.  This is a play at your own risk scenario, I have made a replacement/patch for AWKCR, Armorsmith Extended and Raider Overhaul those are what I recommend. Raider Power Armor Improved and the Raider Overhaul Patch DO NOT REQUIRE AWKCR.
If you gave any serious issues with this Mod that can’t be solved from my YouTube videos it is better to reach me on Discord as I don’t
check my Nexus comments very often.  If you want to help make some additions or changes I’d love to hear about it. If you fucking hate my Mod and think you can do better, then go for it, have a blast. Use my mod as a base to make your better version of what you think it should be. I welcome all forms of creativity and I am not threatened by anyone using this mod as a steppingstone to realize their vision.  This is a form of Art and Art has no right or wrong answers.
 
Q&A

• Will you make a Non-DLC version?  No that’s more work than I want to do, you can used xEdit to do it yourself if you want just credit me for my original work. Just make Dummy ESMs for the DLCs and remove/replace whatever you need.
• Will you make a VIS-G or Horizon Patch for me?  I haven’t tried either of those mods and I have too much on my plate to go down that part of the rabbit hole.
• Who is that companion on the profile pic where is her armor?  That is generic Companion I generated with Cheat Terminal and used an armor from my Pirate Mod on her, the only purpose of her was to be Nexus Bait, mods with scantily clad women on the picture do better on Nexus.  I may add a Raider Companion to this Mod later or include her in my Pirate Mod.
• Did Epstein kill himself? No, he sure as shit didn’t. That Bitch Carol Baskin killed her Husband. Taiwan IS NOT part of the CCP. Hong Kong and Tibet are also Independent.  I use Tabs instead of Spaces when programming. I also like Hot Dogs with Ketchup and if I see you cook Chili with Beans you belong in the darkest part of Hell with people who waste good Scotch.
  

 
Credits
Credit goes Kazeite’s Streamline Raider Power Armor for providing the original template for the
replacement Texture which removes the Rebar from all the Power Armor Pieces.
Big tip of the hat to MadMAX713 for his original Raider Chop Shop and Raider Overhaul, my first Mod I posted was a remix of those Mods with
the Rebar Removed from all of his Original Paint Jobs.  My Mod Author Skills have improved significantly sense then and this MOD is light year ahead of that first Mod, but really I wouldn’t be here if I hadn’t been able to start there.  It’s a shame that he/she isn’t active anymore but we all have other Hobbies we move onto from time to time.
Special Thanks to MeepTheChangeling for taking care of the Operator Paint Job for the Raider Armor, I was overwhelmed at the time and that
one Paint Job was holding me back. Honestly I probably would have abandoned the whole Mod without his help.
Thanks to Thuggysmurf for putting up with my Shenanigans on his Discord Server, Love You Buddy.
Thanks to jet4571 for his unique meshes.

Plan Locations:
North Raider Camp (Due West of Vault 111)
Concord (House beside the Church Next to the Museum of Freedom)
Lexington (High Rise with the Cannibal Power Armor Raider)
Scavenger Camp (North of Mass Pike Gunner Camp)
National Guard Training Yard (Inside ruins next to Cooking Station)
Saugus Iron Works (Next to Entrance to Slag’s Lair)
Hub City Auto Wrecker (Next to Upper Crane Terminal)
Paladin Brandis Bunker
Crater House (North of Kensington Light House)
Yangtze (Armory Cage)
Poseidon Energy (Near Glory’s Throne)
Glowing Sea Pentecostal Church (Looted from Synth)
Fizztop Grill
Or loot the Master Box full of Plans in the Power Armor Shop at Nuka Town USA.

Walk Thru Videos; [Spoilers]
Plan #1Power Armor Station & Weapons Forge
Plans #2 & #3Raider Power Armor and Armor Forge
Plans #4Commie CCP-100 PA
Plans #5Scavenger Power Armor
Plans #6Underboss Power Armor
Plans #7Overboss Power Armor
Plans #8Enclave Paint Job
Plans #9Gunner Paintjob
Plans #10Forged Paint
Plans #11Children of Atom Paint
Plans #12Institute Paintjob



If you have Questions or Suggestion you can reach me on the Discord 
channel for upcoming Minutemen vs Gunners Mod/DLC.
Minutemen vs Gunners

Check out my Other Mods
Vault Looter
Institute Field Kit
Beverage Workstation
Institute FieldPistol(AWKCR-Version)
The Impaler Rifle
The Baby Boomer
HeatherBeverageStation Patch
Kit Alt Outfits
Minutemen vs Gunners [Preview]
Navy Stealth Suit


I helped onTheMachineand Her, and I help on other Mods from the various Discord Servers I'm on.
MMvsGR is my main focus but I'll help with Meshes or Trouble Shooting
whenever I can.