Raider armor ( Fallout 3 ) The raider armor are various pieces of armor in " Fallout 3 " . Characteristics . Worn by raiders , raider armor consists of scraps of clothing fabricated both before and after the Great War , armored with scavenged pieces of metal . Each variant of raider armor in " Fallout 3 " can be repaired using any of the other raider armors . The helmets can only be repaired with other copies of the same model ; they cannot be used to repair each other . Armor . Raider badlands armor . A bandolier is draped across the front of the apparently leather overshirt ( vaguely resembling a tank top ) , and on the left knee there appears to be some sort of colander being used as a knee pad . The outfit also includes shorts made from either leather or some variety of canvas - like material . A screwdriver is secured near one boot , presumably to be used as a makeshift boot knife , despite the fact its only function is for aesthetic value . It ' s also feasible that it is the screwdriver used by the player when picking a lock . Raider blastmaster armor . It appears to employ a tire of some kind as the shoulder pad and has a pair of roman sandals as footwear . Around the waist appears to be a mattress or quilt for a bed , and the back of it is a bit burnt . If you look on the right forearm there is the arclight helmet nailed into the leathery sleeve , perhaps used as guard , and the shins are possibly the remainder of baseball shin guards . The female version is vaguely similar , but without a tire shoulder pad , a forged metal bra and a piece of brown fabric covering the left breast under the breast cup and the shoulder . Raider painspike armor . On the male version , the torso part seems to be a radiator of some kind from a car or motorcycle . The female torso consists of two metal strainers which form a bra . Under the strainers , you can faintly make out white breast cups cut from a bra . The left shin guard bears some resemblance to Enclave shin guards and the right leg consists of a medical bandage that is also used as a foot covering . Raider sadist armor . The armor consists of a corselet or bodice of stiff brown leather and studded trousers . Long leather gloves cover the arms up to halfway between elbow and shoulder . An armored pad is strapped to the left shoulder , the other is bare . Two severed hands hang from the hip . The male version bares the chest completely , the female one leaves some cleavage exposed . Helmets . Raider arclight helmet . The raider arclight helmet resembles a welding mask . Interestingly , this item does flatten the character ' s hair as if they were wearing a normal helmet ( with the exception of the back ) . Raider blastmaster helmet . The raider blastmaster helmet is the headwear component of raider blastmaster armor . Comprised of a firefighter ' s helmet worn on top of a gas mask and possibly a fire - retardant covering , the blastmaster helmet confers a ( + 5 ) bonus to both Big Guns and Explosives skills . Raider psycho - tic helmet . The raider psycho - tic helmet could be described as a leather skull cap with goggles and handlebars jutting out of the sides of the head . Raider wastehound helmet . The raider wastehound helmet appears to be constructed of several pieces of heavy burlap crudely stitched together . It also includes eye protection that looks like it was torn from a gas mask , and tufts of hair . There are some visual differences between gender versions of the item , as the female version ' s hair patches go in a straight line down the middle of the skull , similar to a mohawk , whereas the male version consists of three tufts : two on the sides and one on top . Variants . Pitt raider armor . Nine raider armor models are added in the add - on " The Pitt " and are randomly worn by the raiders in The Pitt , except for the Leather Rebel , Bombshell Armor , and Metal Master Armor , which are Mill Worker quest rewards . Behind the scenes . The designs of the various raider armors are influenced by the " " movies .