Awesome pics Lopov.

Joe is wasting his 'talents' in NV. He should have been the male lead in Two Moon Junction. Lol.

BIG thanks to all.

He's probably one of the tallest men in the Mojave.

Wait until he finds a rebar club.

Probably because of Hall of Face mod which makes faces and eyes HiRes.

Though in general faces differ a lot when viewed at different kinds of light, sometimes they look great but sometimes outright horrible. Light in Doc's house is fortunately appropriate for taking screenshots.

I'm not familiar with the movie but I'll check it out.

EDIT: I just checked the cover and I already lol-ed.

Well, yesterday's session was shocking in its own way because a cazador came to Goodsprings! For those not familiar with FNV, cazadors are a high-leveled flying menace, probably the most deadly creature after deathclaws. They can easily kill a low-to mid level player and are a challenge even at higher levels, especially in packs. Not only they have a powerful bite, they poison you and tear your armor apart. It happened for the first time that one came to Goodsprings since they normally don't leave their hills north of the town but UESP mentions a possibility of them attacking the town.

As soon as we spotted it, I knew that Joe will have to kill it else the beast would slaughter the entire town. It already killed one resident and one bighorner. Though by the time the fight started, I was grateful for two things:

1) that Joe's strength is 9 and that I boosted his Melee when he leveled up

2) and that he had around 10 stimpaks and one super stimpak, freshly looted from the abandoned schoolhouse.

Nonetheless, the fight was still difficult. Caza of course poisoned him immediately but Joe's hands are heavy so he managed to bring Cazador down so it didn't fly up for some time and then whacked at it like mad with his shovel. He injected the Super-Stimpak and then visited the Doc to cure him of poison but while the old Doc could save his life by removing a bullet from his head just a few days ago, he couldn't cure his poison nor did he have any antivenom for sale. Still, he restored Joe's health and when the poison finally wore off, Joe had about 1/4 of his full health. And now enough talking:

Caza comes to town

Eye to eye

Flying menace gets killed

This smart bighorner saved his own life by hiding inside the house

"Yup, that's my work."

Wow, a Cazador at low level! That is a death sentence. Joe is lucky to have survived that!

Eye to Eye! Even my high level characters never want to get that close to one of those!

The Bighorner got in the house! Is that a Mole Rat carpet? Or did the Bighorner flatten it?

Sunny looks so tiny next to Joe.

That sounds like a pretty scary fight! Glad that Joe and his shovel came out on top. Ugh, giant bugs!

Oh man, cazadors, I am already shaking from the memories of battling those nasty critters.

If I encountered those guys in Goodsprings I would just leave the game right there. I regularly had a Giant Radscorp pop up there and lay waste to the town, and that was bad enough. Cazadors, no thanks!

Loved the Bighorner inside the house! Sleeping would be hard with the sound they make.

If that Bighorner stays in his house, Joe is going to need to use that shovel for something else soon...

Yes, he's lucky, as said, I was grateful that his STR and Melee were high because he was able to perform the Grand Slam attack which knocks enemies down and incapacitates them for a while.

Shovel can be useful not just for digging but also for killing flying bugs and raiders, it seems.

I had Radscorpions arrive in Goodsprings too though mostly it was my fault because my way too self-confident characters shot at them from the graveyard.
Joe, on the other hand, didn't do anything to provoke Cazadors.

See, it's a multifunctional tool as I said above.

After the cazador was no longer a threat, a different kind of pests attacked Goodsprings - Powder Gangers, ex-convicts that took over the prison they were incarcerated in. Needless to say, Joe Burg put his shovel to good use again:

Joe Burg vs Joe Cobb
Big Joe and little Gangers
"Gonna shovel all of you!"
Last one bites the desert dust

The next day Joe came upon "desperate" Barton Thorn. His GF was apparently kidnapped. Joe immediately headed up the ridge to find the girl, got bitten in the ass while doing so, but in fact Barton tricked him. Betrayed, Joe showed no mercy for Barton and shoveled him to death.

Fun to see as Joe puts his righteous shovel of doom to use vs gangers, geckos and tricksters. One nice thing about a shovel I should imagine is that it doesn't run out of ammo.

Joe Cobb = "And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand
Sent a Nevada fellow to the Promised Land, Big Joe"

Joe is really shoveling out the sheite in Goodsprings! He needs a construction hat. I think one of the dlcs adds one.

Many things annoy me to death in NV, and one of them is the start of the game. However, the little side quest to help out Barton was really neat and I always enjoyed the change-up at that point.

Smacking everything with a shovel looks like heaps of fun. Smoking Joe!

Most times I just throw dynamite around everywhere when those Powder Gangers turn up. Give 'em their own medicine. Lol.

These are so great, I can't get over him still using the shovel - he is the Molly Hatchet of the male set! These are awesome shots, I didn't remember that quest till you posted these! Did Joe get the stash? Lol. Great update!







HOLY CRAP! I have never seen a Cazador come into Goodsprings, that is horrible! I can't believe you were able to kill it with a shovel! That is amazing !!!!!

I think they are deadlier than Deathclaws, because they usually roam in packs! How long will their poison last?


These shots are amazing, I can't believe you were able to take screens while fighting for your life!!!!

Stranger in town

I have something for you!

Winding up

Cutting down

Lost his head

A future Skyrim guard

Yay, Persephone made it! Gosh, she looks great – love the armor and sword.

And as ever, she knows how to deal the damage.

Any chance she’ll link up with Darryl there?

What is going on here? First a shovel wielding character in Goodsprings and now a sword wielder in Springvale.

Looks like awesome fun that I am missing out on. And here I am playing the illusion-drain speed bow combination in Oblivion. It now seems tame compared to you folks.

Great pics Sub Rosa. High on the gore factor there!

Definitely, that's one of its biggest advantages. Joe's Ammo section in his PipBoy is completely blank, he only uses guns to blow up mines but then he puts weapons back or sometime sells them.

Great epitaph for Joe Cobb.
I think that construction hats are available by default, workers in Sloan wear them.

I agree, I like the mini quest involving Barton. I still vividly remember it when I did it for the first time with my very first FNV character Dyvanche. I was a total n00b back then, I didn't play FO3 before FNV so everything was new to me, I was barely getting used to the game when Barton came up and started shooting, I was both fascinated because of the plot twist but afraid that he's going to kill me.

He took some food from the stash up the ridge but he left weapons and ammunition untouched.

I don't know how long their poison lasts but it seemed very long to me as Joe's health was slowly lowering.

I dared to take the pics because I had a good feeling about the winner.

Yes, it's Persephone!

She looks good in Springvale, though somewhat lost. But she quickly found her way around it and found the place in need of cleansing.

Screenshots when we show our characters and enemies behind the corner, are among my favorites, glad you pictured winding up and cutting down.

The headless raider probably wasn't any prettier when he was still alive.

Did the girl in the last pic really think that she can beat Persephone with her lousy Chinese pistol?

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Having left Goodsprings behind, Joe headed to Primm, stopping along the way to admire some pre-war panels. Peace didn't last for long, though, since Primm was taken over by convicts and the NCR wasn't in a shape to protect them, though there were plenty of soldiers marching around, hoping for nuclear winter. Well, unlike the NCR, Joe couldn't just stand and watch as convicts control Primm and endanger its residents, so he took the shovel from his back and the party began!

Unfortunately convicts killed Daniel Wyand, a fellow courier whom Joe knew for a long time. In the end he brought law back to Primm (the town's sheriff was killed by convicts) and he chose someone devoted to the town and about as intelligent as himself. Residents of Primm weren't exactly thrilled because of the new sheriff but in the end any law is better than no law.

Right is the way to go

"That's good to know" thinks gigantic Joe

"I wish I had this car"

"Now I'll shov...show you!"

"And all of you!"

Convict beware! Someone's behind the dumpster.

Well...you've been warned.

R.I.P. Daniel Wyand

Primm's new sheriff

When I first read "peace didn't last long" after Joe was reading the pre-war billboards, I was thinking you meant peace before the Great War.

A new sheriff who is no more intelligent than it's residents? Did Joe make Primm Slim the new lawman?

I love the pics of Joe admiring the billboards, especially the car. Then it was shoveling time!

Does that dead courier outside the Mojave Express have a name? I guess I must have forgotten...

Yee-haw, Primm Slim is the new sheriff! I never made him sheriff in any of my playthroughs. My characters always went to the prison and got a pardon for the other sheriff.

Persephone in the Wasteland !!!!! Awesome !!! She looks great, the hair is beautiful! And she is going melee all the way! My favorite has to be the Skyrim "Arrow to the knee" one, lol.

Big Joe roaming the desert, then sorting out Primm. First thought that entered my mind when I saw the RIP shot was the idea that Joe should rip that stop sign out of the ground - you know, as an upgrade for the shovel.

Neat robot for sheriff!

What a brilliant idea! There is a Rebar Club, that is just a piece of steel rebar with a chunk of concrete still on the end...


Interrogating Mr. Burke

Wasteland Justice

Persephone disarms Sam Warrick

Persepone teamed up with Robbie the Robot to clear out the Super Duper Mart

Taking out the trash

Thanks to Lopov, I had to take at least one pic of a billboard

I found the perfect gun for Persephone, a Winterized M1014 Benilli M4 Combat Shotgun

I like having Primm Slim as Sheriff too, lol! Oh, that girl's outfit was adorable! I'm going to hunt her down in game and take that outfit from her!

These shots are great, I am loving seeing the Mojave again! Thanks, Lopov!








Persephone's hair is beautiful! But those shots with Mr. Burke had me rolling,

Is that a pool cue she is wielding? Wait, I've never seen that stash before !!! Where is it? Or is that part of a mod? It is so exciting to see you back in the Wasteland! I'll be leaving Point Lookout soon, I'm on my last quest there and then will be coming back to find Persephone!

By the way, I did something particularly for you and Acadian - or maybe I should say Persephone and Buffy - Maxical went to the cave and posed with that goblin in the barrel, lol. I'll post it as soon as I get caught up on commenting all the posts I've missed the last few days, lol.

Awesome update !!!!

More great shots of Persephone. I very much like the silvery sheen to her hair and the high ponytail style overall. Heh, as soon as I saw ‘Persephone’ and ‘disarms’ in the same sentence, I knew exactly what to expect. Yay for Robby the Robot! I always love the billboard shots from Fallout. Oh my goodness, when you said you found the perfect gun for her you weren’t kidding! Perfect indeed!

So good that Wasteland Justice reached Mr. Burke, if Simms had to take care of him alone, he'd be dead.

Persephone did more than just disarm Sam Warrick, she dismembered him.

Nice to see her sneaking with one of Primm Slim's East Coast relatives.

Persephone blends well with the billboard - the adventures of Captain Cosmos, the Space Monkey and the dead girl from the past.

That shotgun sure is big! What's the story with all those crates behind her?

Yes, he has a name and his body never disappears so I used the "markfordelete" command on him, pretending that Joe buried him.

It happened rarely that Primm Slim was made sheriff in my games too but it just seemed right for Joe to do it. The robot was really kind and told him the entire story of Vikki and Vance so Joe had to return the favor.

That's actually what happened later on, Joe switched his shovel for a rebar club when he found one at REPCONN.

The outfit is Merc Adventurer Outfit.

Makes me wonder how Persephone is not spotted from a mile away with hair that color. It almost seems to glow in the dark as well. Ghouls would be attracted to it like a beacon. Lol.

Joe extends his personal way of up-front introductions to Primm as well. Look out the Legion, you guys are next!

I love that hair!



Nice ones, peepz!

Vanilla? That is Awesome, most def going to snag that when I play next! I have filled that ammo box in Victor's shack with cute outfits for Misa to wear when hanging out in town,

Thanks Lopov!

Which is exactly what happened.

After he brought law back to Primm, Joe Burg continued south where he came upon a diary of some Mayor Steyn from Nipton, who apparently conspired against the NCR with the Legion. Joe wanted to warn the NCR of the imminent danger, so he hurried to Nipton, fighting raiders along the way, but it turned out that he came too late - Nipton was hit by the Legion and they hit it hard. Joe loses his temper rarely but after he saw what the Legion had done in Nipton, it was time to use his trusted shovel.

Joe is in the air
Joe is on the ground
"What a view!"
"I dunno."

To Nipton with haste
Nuisance along the road
"Your head's gonna hurt!"
To Nipton with haste 2

The bull was here
Hit by the Legion
"Your crimes are unforgivable."
"Who won't feel a thing, Mr Fox?"
His two- and four-legged followers joined him soon after
Cause of death: hit by a shovel
"Done & done."

Holy Cow! You killed Vulpes Inculta with a shovel? Where is a bowing down emoticon !!!!!!

That road over to Nipton - I've been killed on that road so many times - not by that gang in the building, but by the darn ants and radscorpions that attack in a swarm along that road between the two dry lake beds.

This was an Awesome update! I can't get over how much Joe is able to do with just a shovel - and still in his Vault uniform, which has no protection rating at all, does it? Amazing !!!

I love the Vanilla Merc Adventurer outfit. There is also a Merc Adventurer Armor mod, based on it, with bits and pieces of other merc outfits.



Joe is in the Air makes me think of an Asian action movie, like House of Flying Daggers!

That is some view! And I notice that Joe is lacking a holster for his weapon...

Nipton is one of those places that none of my characters have ever been able to walk into without immediately going on a killing spree. I don't think I could ever play a pro-Legion character. I am glad to see that Joe decided to put his shovel to good work, shoveling out the crap.

Oh Thank you so much! I love the Merc clothing - wish it had better armor ratings; Misa would wear it all the time!

Lopov, great shots as I see Joe is still diggin’ the desert. The old flying shovel sneak attack! I love the billboard signs in Fallout. I get the impression that ‘Cause of death: hit by a shovel’ is happening a lot with Joe around. 'Done and done' (the last shot) is a wonderfully imposing shot of Joe.

Ha! Fantastic!

I just had a vision of Joe losing it once he saw the crucified civilians and taking to them with the shovel. And that is exactly what happened. mALX is right- Holy Cow!

The only problem with your playthru is that it would be so much fun smacking people that it would be boring to 'upgrade' to a small gun weapon. I could see myself just using one melee weapon and missing out of everything else. Lol.

Is that first screen from the Nevada Highway Patrol Station?

The way it is dug out against that dirt hill makes flight so possible. The Wright brothers would be proud.

After years of playing New Vegas, I allow myself to cheat a little. I'm not a big fan of any kind of armor, I prefer ordinary clothes for my characters, that's why I increased Joe's Damage Threshoild & Damage Resistance with the console to make him more durable. It's similar with boss characters like Lanius, Joshua, Ulysses and some others - all of them have increased DT and some have even increased SPECIAL, especially Ulysses that has 10 points in everything.

Nonetheless, the fight with Vulpes and his goons was challenging, Joe used a lot of stimpaks and had to hide behind buildings a few times to heal himself, because there were too many of them attacking at once, not to mention their dogs.

I usually leave them alone at this point because it automatically makes you Shunned or worse with the Legion, which means that their hit squads come after you. But since I use a mod that makes squads attack every 21 instead of every 3 days, I don't have problems with killing Vulpes anymore.

This is the second to last set of screenshots with his trusted shovel, afterwards it'll change to Cause of death: hit by a rebar club.

Yes, it is.

I'm pretty sure that Joe won't ever use any other weapons, but it'll be problematic to fight deathclaws or some insanely powerful creatures that can easily tear you apart. But maybe I'll solve it by boosting his DT.

What a fight that must have been! How I'd love to see a vid on that!

I learned that problem with taking on the Legion too early with Lonesome Dove. Those constant death squad attacks forced her to upgrade from a Cowboy Repeater to the Anti-Material Rifle. So when later I played Annie Ley Oak I made sure that she gave Nipton a wide arc until I she was up to higher levels. Now thanks to that mod, it's no longer such a big deal. I am sure when Persephone gets to the Mojave, she won't be holding back when she arrives in Nipton...

Sword fight

Persephone tries to blend in...

One grenade + lots of nuclear-powered cars = Fun!

I have never seen these on the highway before

Adventure in sight

Relaxing by the water

Not hard to tell who’s going to win that sword fight!

Blending in? Um. . . not gonna happen for the Pale Lady.

That’s a serious explosion!

Damn cows always holding up traffic!

Jefferson Memorial adventure. I’m guessing the cherry trees around the rotunda didn’t survive?

Persephone can relax – her ship finally came in.

That raider sure looks high on drugs in the Sword Fight pic, love the sky in the background.

She looks great in Badlands armor, it's my favorite raider apparel, since it's the least "sadistic".

Well, judging from how Brahmin look at Persephone, I think they've never seen her on the highway before either.

The Jefferson Memorial! A good place for adventure even without the MQ activated.

As long as mudcrabs mirelurks don't get too close, Persephone can relax safely. The weather got better too compared to the previous pic.

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Welcome to Nevada

Goodbye to California

Final headache (Joe's intervention saved the caravan of traders from the Legion)

Joe joins the caravan as a guard...

...scouting areas ahead...

...and clearing ridges of potential danger.

Joe signaling that it's safe to pass

Traders rewarded Joe with a brahmin steak, some purified water, two stimpaks and...

...sunglasses!

Joe comes to Novac

In dinosaur's mouth

Time for a new old outfit

Joe joining the caravan is just RP stuff, you can't officially join them in the game but you can travel alongside and fight with them or instead of them as Joe did. I gave him rewards with the console.

The Badlands Armor is one of my favorites. It looks like ordinary cast-offs that someone might gather up.

I know that spot where the caravan was. I have seen two of them there sometimes, and there is always a Legion ambush to the north.

Joe's shovel looks like a toothpick in Dinky the Dinosaur's mouth!

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I love this "Sword fight, I've never really seen a raider attack with a sword, though I've been hit by a raider and found a sword in their inventory after they were dead, lol. I love this shot because it looks like the raider is running her mouth while she fights, lol.

That, and - really not sure what she is wearing, but it reminds me of that armor you get in "The Pitt" with the ballistic missiles on your chest,


Persephone blending in is adorable!

Oh, you managed to get an explosion on film! I somehow always miss the shot, and I have tried and tried !!! That whole bridge full of cars going into "The Pitt" - I set it off and spammed the "Prnt Scrn" - got the screens when I stopped playing and all I got was some black smoke, lol. Just not fast enough.


Holy Cow what a sword !!!!!


I love her sitting on the bow of the boat! That little business there is one of my favorite little spots; have thought about modding it into a little business for my game.

I love the welcome to Nevada sign screen, have passed that so many times (in game).

I've been attacked in that same exact overlook spot; but it wasn't the Legion, it was either Vipers or Jackels - one of those smaller gangs.


Joe looks great in his sunglasses!


Ooh, I wonder if Joe will visit Annie's place in Novak (SubRosa's Girl)


Love the shot in the dinosaur's mouth' but my absolute favorite is the last one of Joe in the new wardrobe - not because of the clothes, but his pose/facial expression, etc. That shot looks so real - it is spectacular!


Awesome shots!!!

Lopov, seems like Joe got himself a good gig doing caravan escort duty. And looks like he scored some new shades and duds for his efforts!

Doh! I forgot to answer! That is the European Greatsword mod. It adds a zweihander with a straight blade, and another with a wavy blade.


Those crates are all at the entrance to Vault 101. Whenever I make a mod for an item, or modify someone else's (which is almost all the time), I put it in a respawning container at the Vault 101 entrance. That way my characters can use it once they leave the tutorial. Or I can easily get to it if I am adding it to an already existing character.

What a great idea! And it looks vanilla the way you have them scattered and sunk in! Oh, what a great idea to re-spawn them too; so you have a way to repair a mod weapon! I wouldn't have thought of that!

Whenever I have a weapon or armor from a mod, I make a custom repair list for it, and then add in things like wonderglue (for weapons), or scrap metal (for armor). I will typically also add in other similar items. For example, Persephone's Winterized Recon Armor can be repaired with any of the Raider or Merc armors, as well as Recon Armor, and scrap metal. Her Benelli Shotgun can be repaired with any regular combat shotgun, another Benelli, or wonderglue.

Oh boy do I ever wish Recon armor could be repaired with Raider armor! I could keep my armor repaired at 100% all the time and cut out so many "emptying out" trips to Megaton and Rivet City!

@Lopov - New Vegas is soo yellow!


Old pic, but still funny

You scared him with the gun and poor guy almost dropped his rifle.

BWAAHAA!!! Are you killing the Outcast?


One game I made the mistake of picking the lock into their headquarters; and even though I wasn't caught, they knew somehow, and from then on they targeted me and tried to kill me everywhere they went (in groups of 3 and with power armor).

Well, Maxical figured if she had the bad rep with them she might as well earn it - she robbed their armory and dorm rooms - and offices. Took every thing they had that wasn't nailed down, lol.

After that I've never picked their lock again, I hate having those guys mad at me, lol.

Lol about the toothpick!

Since I use a mod that makes merchants stronger, they usually survive the first attack from the Legion but they get butchered later on because they're attacked two times more, once by raiders, then again by the Legion. If it weren't for Joe, they'd be dead.

I like changing outfits from time to time.

Sunglasses aren't that easy to find in NV, that's why they were given to him with the console.

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"Morning, Teddy."

Washin' up

Hold up, Rocketeers!

Ghouls. Lots of them.

At this point Joe realized that his trusted shovel is getting more and more useless and conveniently, he found a rebar club on a mutant's corpse.

Big toy

Rebar club in action

More action

Rebar vs Rebar

Lastly, some shots if you piss off the guy on the other side of the Intercom in the REPCONN factory. This happens if you ask him for his location three times in a row, which Joe did. And then when you find him, you have to talk over the Intercom again, he unlocks the door for your immediately but if you want, you can still activate the Intercom, but he's not very happy about it.

Now it's hammer time! Those ghouls can't touch this...

Ewww, explodo-head!