hey everyone been awhile but im back been busy here lately with life etc. But anyway i have been working on concepts for a power armor mod im working on at the moment for fallout 4 and iv sorta hit a wall so leave your thoughts on the idea thanks everyone

Neat image I scooped up::

Assuming you're up for doing your own custom modelling and texturing...
Hoses, Hood ( Hooded Power Armors are a drastically under-used concept. ), using radioactive material as armor: Eg. Cut up nuclear waste barrels, pipes, uranium rod somewhere? If you can manage it, throwing a coat over a set of power-armor seems like a neat Idea in theory. Other than that... Barnacles comes to mind, you know the ones that spew out lethal doses of radiation when you walk by them in the vanilla game? Well, not sure how you'd do it, but sticking them to the armor seems like one of those 1+1=2 ideas.

At any rate, you asked for Ideas, you got 'em!
They might not be the most possible, or easiest to implement, but you didn't exactly tell us /not/ to think big. =p

I don't have 4 so I don't know how they are in it, but I know them from 3. Maybe have the armor have rags covering it and having a radioactive glow surrounding it. Maybe attach mini-nukes to the shoulders or turn a mini-nuke into a helmet.

A rad pouch would be rad..(hehe), putting it either on the back or hip would be awesome. Also @IIHawkerII's suggestion is pretty much on point so try to consider his suggestion.

I'd say something along the lines of @IIHawkerII's suggestion. I cant see the Children of Atom in anything that wouldnt be covered in rags as well. Like something simple and homemade.

One of the bonuses of the armour could definitely be an extended fusion core lifespan. Aren't Fusion cores powered by Nuclear energy that the CoA worship? That would definitely make sense.

Also it could have the endurance legendary effect to stop radiation affecting you as much.

Power armor that has a constantly leaking fusion core seem like something the coa would do.

I think that having mini-nukes for pauldrons or for knee protection would be pretty cool. Implementing some sort of cowl would be pretty cool too, like the one on the white death variant of the T-49 storyteller PA.

Imagine a power armor with the special ability to explode like a nuke.
I reckon you could make the suit itself from the remains of a "megaton" bomb that did not explode.
A core reactor on the back of the armor accompanied by a makeshift look that yells Children of Atom.
I could definetly see some glowing armor plate on this armor.
I think that the eyes of the helmet should be extremely bright also.
The helmet itself could have a logo on the back the shape of a nucleus.
Good luck on this project!

You have to make it less protective against radiation, so you need it to be radiation friendly. That means putting everything and anything that has irradiation on the the power suit.

@IIHawkerII Hey thanks for taking the time to read the post and iv always been told to swing for the fenses so any and all ideas are great to read! I was inspired by the Tesla armor and seeing the Atoms judgement hammer after thinking to myself i said "hey wouldn't it be cool to replace the Tesla coils with cracked fusion cores always fuming?" and that's how it started at the moment im still in the concept art stage ov the armor because i never like to start something without a solid idea first as for the effects/stats/armor rating would be that ov the T-60 i am digging the robe idea and that will most likely make it into the final way going forward and the idea about the barnacles is for sure a unique way to go but as @rojok2 mentioned in their post "Power armor that has a constantly leaking fusion core seem like something the coa would do." that's been a idea from the start the armor would have a A.O.E mod dealing deadly RAD damage over time that also deals RADs to you as well but not nearly as deadly @TheLegendWhoFell thanks for adding in on the post i like all your suggestions im keeping the makeshift look in mind as well as the glowing "runes" that the C.O.A have on their marine armor the helmet is just going to be a T-60 helm just with the aspects ov the inquisitor hood and it will have the same legendary effect as the hood as well and from looking at the posts on here it's given me a idea that fusion cores ejected from the armor will have a much larger blast.

@"shocktrooper666" Hey man, good luck on your project! I look forward to seeing it when it is done! I can only imagine the epicness!

@TheLegendWhoFell thanks im thinking the down on paper part aka concepts are done im planning on starting this on Monday if im up to it after my neurologist appointment. Im also working on a Frank Horrigan companion idea although i doubt that will get off the ground but it's a pipe dream and im going to give it my best.