Lately I've found myself more interested in simple, minimalist survivalist type characters. I have a thread about one such character, but he is getting a little tiresome and I am looking for other ideas.

I'm interested in what kind of characters everyone else is making that fit this style. What kind of weapons do you use? What kind of armor do you use? What is the theme behind the character if there is any at all?

I'm not sure what you mean by "survival / minimalist"? Would you expound on that a bit?

I've always liked the idea of playing a tribal (i.e. White Legs) kind of character. Doesn't really fit in with the whole Mojave courier thing, but still...

Melee, Sneak, Survival, and mostly the nature perks (even though most aren't terribly useful). Chance's Knife ASAP, good luck with the cazs. But Melee over Unarmed as then you'll have throwing which will work well with poisons. You won't be a power house, but you might survive.

I just started a cowboy character who's a bit of a survivalist. I'm using JSawyer's mod (which is like harder hardcoe with half the inventory space). This is more or less what I'm doing with the build: