Create Your Own Legendary Weapons and Armor - Manually

FOR THOSE INTERESTED, TEALZ CREATED A LEGENDARY MOD WORKSHOP FUNCTION SO YOU DO NOT NEED TO RELY SOLELY ON THIS TIME-CONSUMING METHOD.  SEE IT HERE.

With that said, I will leave this up for others who may still use this to customize a weapon or armor on the fly, away from a bench.  Be sure to keep reading through the comments for methods use to troubleshoot some problems others have had if you intend to still use this mod.

Q:  First off; what is a Legendary Mod you ask? A:  It's the little prefix that goes before the armor or weapon name that you may find at random off legendary targets or out while scavenging.

Q:  What do these Legendary Mods do? A:  They just grant your weapon a special mod that's equivalent to named legendary weapons or armor, such as the Deliverer or the Mantis' armor, but with a more general name like Piercing .  Conveniently, you can rename your weapons as you see fit.

Q:  Can I add more than one Legendary Mod to an item? A:  No.  You can override an existing Legendary Mod by following the steps below to change the existing mod to a new one.

Q:  Why did you even create this mod? A:  I and a few friends got sick and tired of crappy "Legendary" gear with stats lower than actual armors we've gotten and improved via crafting.  So instead of walking around like a hobo with mish-mash of low-stat armor pieces, we can stand out in our favorite armor, made Legendary.

This "mod", if you will, is just simplifying a step by placing what I considered to be the most likely used Legendary Mod prefixes in bat files so instead of having to remember the full console command and ID, you can just type up "bat attachmedic" or "bat attachincendiary".  Pick and choose the bat files you want and place them into your Fallout 4 folder.  Default would presumably be \Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Fallout 4.

READ UP BEFORE MODDING THE PATH TO LEGENDARIES IS CURRENTLY NOT SHORT AND SWEET, WITH PLENTY OF TRIAL-AND-ERROR. 1.  First, you must obviously have a weapon or armor you want to customize in your inventory.  Drop it on the ground.

2.  Open the console (English users; default is the ~ key), and click on the weapon or armor.  If an item string pops up, such as 00######, you can likely add the mod to the item.  If the console says you picked a non-ID target, you have to customize the weapon or armor before you can turn it into a Legendary.  More on that later.

3.  With the item selected while in the console mod, type in the bat file of the mod you would like to use.  For example, type "bat attachmedic" to turn a Minigun into a weapon that