What are some of the best (lore-friendly and non-slooty) armor mods for Fallout 4? Looking for some cool new armors for my survival playthrough. Already using the Rebel and some Metro armors from Outlawer's armor pack. Thanks.

Vault suit...can't get anymore lore friendly than that...add some ballistic weave and BOOM; instant amazing especially if you add a legendary mod

also...notable mention...NCR armor scavenged NCR armor

I recommend the Brotherhood of Steel kit on the Nexus.. you really want to be a Paladin because of the armor retexture. The B-35C heavy armor(Nexus too) fits the theme quite well too. They make the Brotherhood much more desireable because of the fancy armors and just look awesome overall.

My favorite would have to be the Rebel by LordOfWar it has cemented itself in my load order for how cool it looks, and how well it fits in. There also is the scavenged NCR ranger armor. It is a really nice armor if you feel like roleplaying a NCR Ranger for a bit. Good luck on your playthrough!

The first armor I would go with is the Merc Troublemaker outfit. It's relativly new, but so very cool looking! Then I would go with the NCR Veteran Ranger armor, and finally I would use Commonwealth Survivalist Gear which uses an array of lore friendly armors. Anyway, I hope this helps!

Merc Troublmaker:
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/18516/?

NCR Veteran Ranger:
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/9034/?

Commonwealth Survivalist Gear:
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/7362/?

If you wouldn't mind adding some power armor to that list there is the ever classic and intimidating looking X-02 Enclave power armor. The author did a fantastic job with the suit and hey at least it's lore friendly right?

http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/11017/?

I use Eli's Sleeveless outfits by Elianora:
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/8510/?v

A cool power armor to check out is TES-51 Power Armor -Skyrim Inspired- by EdibleGrenade12: http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/17956/?

Thanks for the replies everyone. Lots of great armor mods I never knew about!

It depends on what kind of armors you are looking for? I always use the special raider gasmask mods since it gives the gasmask a few paint jobs without replacing the default.

There are a couple that I use in my games that have earned a permanent place.

CROSS Pre-War Cybernetics
CROSS Uni BoS Uniform
CROSS Uni Headset
Eli's Rugged Outfits - CBBE
Courser X-92 Power Suit CBBE and PipBoy (Pip-Boy)
Custom Combat Armor
Vault Explorer - Clothing Mashup

The X-92 Power Suit would be a little on the risque side but I don't think it would fall into the slooty category. If you consider it to be though, please disregard..

I'll second the Enclave X-02 power armor, looks even better with all the tesla on it

I personally am a fan of the ARES Appleseed armor, I cant wait till he models Briareos Hecatonchires
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/18209/?

My favorite is the MW3 armor set from Outlawer Armor Pack . I especially like the fact that it comes in separate pieces that can work really well together.

Well there was this armor mod called the Rebel by LordOfWar and it was a really nice lore friendly armor that was really well made. The mod author had his work stolen by other people on Bethesdanet and he requested his account be deleted along with the mods he made. Here are some screenshots of it.

Spoiler:

@"SuperChunkChief" Do you or anyone else have any ideas on how I could get this armor since Lord0fWar deleted his mods? Or should I just be patient and wait for him to rerelease it once the hype of fallout 4 declines and the cancer that is nexus casuals & thieves move on to another game?

You've already mentioned some of my faves, love the Metro clobber and been knocking up texture variants of the Rebel myself for a few months now

Has now been made craftable too!
The Rebel Tex-Edits
The Rebel Tex-Edits All-In-One Standalone Crafting by Griffin aka RafftheSweetling

Elianora has been knocking up some great work:
Eli's Armour Collection Remade - Vanilla and CBBE

Tookie Jones has quite a variety to choose from also
Commonwealth Camper
And
Commonwealth Survivalist Gear