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Hello Dakka ladz, Very new to 40k, and this is my first list (Please critique!)

HQ:
Warboss w/ PK & 'Eavy Armor
Big Mek w KFF & Grot Oiler

Elites:
7 Lootas
8 Lootas

Troops:
11 Boyz w/ Slugga Choppas & a Nob w/ PK & BP///In a Trukk w/ RPJ
23 Boyz w/ Shootas & Nob w/ PK & BP
23 Boyz w/ Shootas & Nob w/ PK & BP
Nob Squad 5 Nobz w/ Painboy and Grot orderly (1 nob w/PK, 1w/Eavy armor, 1 w/ Waagh Banner, 1 w/shoota/skorcha) fer dat ded killy wound allocation if I'm not mistaken
Deff Dread w/ DCCW & Skorcha


Fast Attack:
1 Deffkopta w/ tw RL & Buzzsaw
1 Deffkopta w/ tw RL & Buzzsaw

Heavy Support:
Deff Dread w/DCCW & Skorcha
3 Killa Kans w/ Grotzookas
3 Killa Kans w/ Grotzookas

Well that's it, lookin' for some real criticism. I know trukks aren't fully capable when you field one(supposedly) but a friend bought it for me for Orkmas and I really want to keep it in the list.

P.S. will be fightin a lot of Space Pups, Nids, and Chaos Daemons

Not bad at all for your first list.

Since you want to keep the trukk I won't argue. just a piece of advice is that trukks really only work in bunches. And definatly not in a kan wall. It will fly ahead of your troops and get picked off with ease. You want to avoid attacking in waves.

I think you are better suited with more boys than the nob squad. Drop the oiler on your mek and keep in plain.

Lootas work best in groups of 5 or 15. there are a number of links to tell you why I wont get into it. So just make it one big group or 2 groups of 5.

Will you see a lot of vehicles? If so find a way to upgrade your kans to rokkits.

To be fair I think you are throwing pts away with that trukk unit. But if you want to test it and keep it go for it.

Either way things to consider:
Maxing out those boys mobs
Adjusting the loota squads
rokkits on kans
Dropping the nobs for more boys
Adding a grot mob to hold objectives

just my 2 cents

And for the Space Pups, depending on how many Termies they field, maye try some KMBs on your Meks and Kanz. AP2 is fun!