I'm RPing a very loyal BoS Paladin type with my character Yelena in the Broken Steel portion of the game. Now, I've got SIX fully repaired sets of Hellfire Armor in a footlocker back at the Citadel, but can't make myself use it. Why? Because Yelena dammed well earned her Lyons Pride T45b PA the hard way. didn't even do Operation Anchorage because it makes a character almost too powerful too early in the game.
Another reason is that it's still got all the markings of Enclave armor! Wear something with enemy markings on it in a firefight? No thanks.
However, I've overheard several times from other Paladins that the BoS is reverse engineering Enclave tech, so that made me wonder. It would make sense for the BoS to let it's elite and more experienced fighters make use of captured gear, including Power Armor, if it's been retooled and remarked to their specifications. That in mind, I can easily see some scribes sandblasting the black lacquer off Hellfire Armor, buffing the armor's now flat gray exterior smooth again, and clear coating it after putting a BoS sigil on the left shoulder and back.
Is there a mod that does this?