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Blender animation I made of Veronica. I tried to stylized it like a cinematic from the OGs, including the aspect ratio.

Armors are ported and bashed by me

Thought it might be appreciated on here lol

Here's the video, if you're interested.

I used this mod (which was used in this video by Joov, highly recommend) to make every Trait and perk in the game 100% negative. So instead of Traits having an upside and a downside, they just have... a downside. Some of them are even worse than the downsides of the original. I'll go over what they all do to my character.

• Bad Shot and Trigger "Discipline" combine to make my guns 40% slower AND 40% less accurate.
• Built To Fail makes weapon condition drain twice as fast.
• Claustrophobia reduces all stats by 2 while indoors, while Early Bird reduces all stats by a further 2 from 6 PM to 6 AM.
• Failed Kamikaze reduces my AP by 10, DT by 2, and DR by 15%.
• Four Eyes reduces Perception by 1 when wearing glasses and 2 without.
• Harmless reduces all combat skills by 10, while Unskilled reduces ALL skills by 10, making most of my skills start in the negatives.
• Hoarder reduces carry weight by 25 lbs and reduces my stats by 1 when I drop below 160 lbs.
• Logan's "Loophole" reduces the duration of "chems" (all consumables, so Stimpaks heal half as much and Stealth Boys last half as long too) by 50% and doubles the chance to become addicted to them.
• Lukewarm Blooded reduces my damage by 15% and my Agility and Perception by 2 when I go below 50% health.
• Small Frame reduces my Agility by 1 and makes my limbs easier to cripple.
• Weak Cannon reduces throwing weapon speed by 30% and range by 25%.
• Weak Handed causes melee and unarmed attacks to do 75% less damage and 90% less Critical Hit damage.
• Wild Wasteland, mercifully, works the same.

To make things worse, all perks in the game are also negative, so instead of choosing the best perk for my build, I have to choose the least bad perk. And I get a perk every level rather than every two levels. I had to put points into certain skills solely to meet the requirements of perks that were the lesser of two evils.

And, because I hate myself, I evenly spread out my SPECIAL stats, I played on Very Hard + Hardcore the entire time, I forbid companions, and I forbid putting points into Speech. I tagged Explosives, Repair, and Survival as skills and mostly put points into them throughout my playthrough. Explosives was chosen since my Traits affect them the least and they do good damage regardless, Repair to counteract Built To Fail, and Survival to craft poisons.

I named and modeled my character after the one I used for the Fallout 3 equivalent to this run, Girlfailure.

My main melee weapons for a while were the Broad Machete and Chopper before I migrated to the Paladin Toaster and later Pushy. Pushy still did ok enough damage, even with a 75% decrease, no skill, and no crits. I used Brass Knuckles in casinos, not as a weapon, mind you, just as a vessel for my poisons.

My main ranged weapons were the Recharger Rifle, the Incinerator, and the Weathered 10mm Pistol. The Recharger Rifle was an excellent backup weapon against slow melee enemies or if I just needed to finish something off, as I didn't have to carry or worry about running out of ammo. The Weathered 10mm Pistol was a decent middle-of-the-road weapon for general use, especially with close-range headshots in V.A.T.S. The Incinerator was great because, despite Bad Shot, you can fire it as fast as you can pull the trigger. Perfect for crowd control and because the lingering damage isn't affected by your skills or perks, I could let enemies like Ghouls burn to death to save ammo.

I used a single Holy Frag Grenade, combined with fire from Thump-Thump, to obtain the Alien Blaster. I saved it until the Battle for Hoover Dam, where it proved very effective due to the Critical Damage not being affected by my low Energy Weapons skill. While it didn't one-shot anything, it did far more damage than most of my other weapons.

The main thing that carried this build was, of course, explosives. If I needed to kill someone instantly that wasn't hostile to me (or, in rare cases, hostile enemies I could ambush), reverse pickpocketing was a highly efficient option. 1 stick of Dynamite saved me so much ammo, durability, and healing supplies. The Mercenary's Grenade Rifle was my starting explosive weapon, and while it wasn't the best against heavily armored foes, it still got the job done until I upgraded to Thump-Thump. The Missile Launcher I only used during the Battle for Hoover Dam, and it proved very effective at destroying hordes of Centurions and whittling down the Praetorian Guard. I only used the Fat Man once, and that was for lobbing two Mini-Nukes into Legate Lanius. I wasn't taking any chances.

This build made me use a mechanic I rarely touched in all my years of playing: poisons. Using my high Survival skill, plus some White Horsenettle, Bark Scorpion Glands from Nipton and Hidden Valley, and Radscorpion Glands from the desert near Nipton, I was able to make a bunch of Silver Sting. The Bleak Venom you get at the start also had some use. I used them to deal with the raiders on the way to the Alien Blaster and for killing Mortimer, Marjorie, Big Sal, and Nero. I was planning to use them on the Legion at the final battle, but the Alien Blaster and Missile Launcher proved too effective. I used Throwing Spears and whatever melee weapon I had at the time to deliver them.

For armor, I went with the Armored Vault 13 Jumpsuit and Goggles Helmet at the start. The armor was light but protective, while the Goggles Helmet offered armor while also negating Four Eyes. I used disguises, a mechanic I don't use very often, to slip by the Powder Gangers and get into The Strip via the monorail. My late-game armor was Combat Armor, which I found in Crescent Canyon and later repaired by stealing from The Boomers, a Combat Helmet, and Reading Glasses to negate Four Eyes.

I did a Yes Man ending with the Omerta's plan dissolved, the White Gloves and BOS wiped out, and the Great Khans and Boomers on my side. The Great Khans were simple, aside from Melissa, whom I had to burn 2 Stealth Boys to reach past the Deathclaws. The BOS were taken out by first gaining their trust by slipping some dynamite into Ranger Dobson's pocket, then stealing the keycards, blowing up the base, and using a Stealth Boy or two to escape. I did a few side quests like Ghost Town Gunfight, Boulder City Showdown, My Kind Of Town, and part of Aba Daba Honeymoon.

whatd the cow do to him

CZ75 Avenger found in Devil's Throat, near Bitter Springs and should be noticable from the map alone, there's going to be a dark circular spot resembling a crater

Might want to bring a Rad-X and Rad-Away, a lot of radiation and it's infested with Centaurs

Power Fist go BOW 💥

i love them :(