Starting a new New Vegas character, I'm not that creative . If anyone could give me ideas based on characters from books/movies/tv shows, or basic archtypes, please do!

Requirement:

Female

Preferable:

Stealth

Any perks, looks, armour or weapons I should go for with them, please go ahead and give me your suggestions

How about the character Ellen Ripley from the movie Aliens? She'd be a pretty neat stealth type character, seeing as though most of the film she has to sneak around LV426 or be Alien food. She wears no armour during the movie, only a jumpsuit of some descrption. She uses a flametrhower taped to a pulse rifle, so perhaps perks that increase fire damage on weapons and a character that specializes in guns & energy weapons.

EDIT - Oh yes, she also has a grenade launcher on the pulse rifle so explosives too.

Well for that it wouldn't quite be that useful, like what purpose would she serve in the wasteland? She doesn't seem like a hunter, scavenger, assassin, or anything of that sort

Na, she isn't any of those. She's a flight lieutenant in the Marine Corps so she does have skills in combat. Given that she's one of about 15 people sent to this hostile planet, and is only one of 3 and-a-half that returns (and that's after battling a mahoosive Alien queen at the end) I'd say that's pretty hard! Besides, if the sneak skills are high like you're planning, having armour won't matter as much as you'll never be seen!

Sneak and energy/flame weapons don't seem like they'd go together xD I was thinking more western type

Fair point........... The only female western type I can think of from any kind of media is Calamity Jane - a 'frontiersman' who was reputed to be an aly of Wild Bill Hickok.

If anyone else has any ideas feel free to comment ;P

^{I'd like that. Sadly, roleplaying characters have never been my strong point......}

I prefer roleplaying, but it's hard to get a good build for me I need a good character and I'm just out of ideas at this point.

You could do a spy type like http://archer.wikia.com/wiki/Lana_Kane of Archer

Or go wild west with http://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/12-renowned-women-of-the-wild-west.htm.

Lana Kane is an interesting idea, what kinda stuff would I be able to do with that character though ? And all those historical ones can blur together for me.. I just love guns like teh cowboy repeater, .357 magnum, etc.

I've made a rather successful sneaky character that I originally made as a tribute to my dead pet praying mantis named Alexis lol!

This character would be female, be very sneaky and wear light armor, have high luck, take all the crit perks, and either specialize in high crit chance melee or unarmed. With GRA I suggest Ghenna for melee with the pyromaniac perk, or the embrace of the mantis king until you get fist of Rawr in lonesome road.

This character would also have explosives as a secondary skill and mainly specialize in laying mines to blow up unsuspecting enemies.

It's a lot of fun sneak killing with melee and laying mines . Mines are also useful when sneaking through a place with multiple routes. You use mines to cover side paths to alert you to enemies popping up behind you from alternate paths. Mines can also be useful in areas with a single path as you can lay mines as you go, and if you get in deep trouble you run back through the mines and the enemies get blown up. I first learned that in FO3 clearing a cave full of yao gui.

I love mines... Which guns and mines would that character use, and what would she look like?

no guns, just melee or unarmed. If you really need a gun make it a silenced sniper rifle. Sneaky melee is a lot more fun than sniping though.

As for looks I usually go for a blue eyed brunette with dark eyes. Kind of a shadowy mystique about her. Taking black widow can make for some fun conversations too. ex.

She probly wouldn't be what you're looking for if you really want to use revolvers. She uses smgs and sometimes rifles.

Maybe do a female John Marston? Former criminal turned straight who gets forcefully pulled into a bloody series of events. He used revolvers and repeaters.

Well what hair style then, that's an interesting character sort of.

So just rule 63 John Marston ? What kind of stuff would I even do though..

here is a good stat spread for the character I mentioned

Strength 7

Perception 6

Endurance 7

Charisma 1

Intelligence 6

Agility 6

Luck 8

With an implant and the reinforced spine perk after OWB you get 10 strength.

As for perks you want finesse, better criticals, silent running, super slam, piercing strike, unrelenting force, light touch, travel light, and slayer as far as key perks go.

As far as hair style either something smooth and classy or longer slightly messy hair. I forget the hair style names.

Still not into melee, so meh xD