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I'm new to the game and building an Ork army. My local game shop has been having a 20% off GW sale so whatever their stock of Orks was basically became the start of my army. As I move forward (still have a lot of painting to do), what should I be looking for next? I figure these dudes need some transportation so I am thinking of getting a few trukks. I don't really know strategy yet, especially other army types, I just like painting cool, mean, dirty Orks!

HQ
Warboss - 60 pts
Big Mek - 35 pts

Troops
10 Boyz + Nob x 4 - 240 pts
10 Gretchen - 35 pts
10 Nobz - 108 pts
6 Meganobz - 120 pts

Fast Attack
5 Stormboyz - 45 pts

Heavy Support
Mek Gun - 18 pts
5 Lootas - 70 pts

Total - 731 pts

MegaNobz and nobz are elites

Nobz aren't really good tho.
I would suggest mega nobz in squads of 3 in a trukk (so that would make your next buy 2 trukks) They can't ruz cuz of their mega armor, making them really slow if they aren't in a transport.

You can add 1 Nob with each squad of boyz.
So take 11 boyz and 1 nob with a bosspole and powerklaw all in 'eavy armor and in a trukk (if you want your boyz in trukks)

I would suggest another 5 loota's. (the box give you all the weapons and heads for burnas so with another boyz box you can make some burnas, problem is they aren't anny good.

take some bikers. 6+ bikerz are good, specially if you fit a painboy on a bike.

Make some mek gunz. there is a youtube video how to make 4 mek Guns from 1 mek gun kit and 1 trukk kit (save you a lot of money) an maby buy some extra mek gun bitz on ebay of an online bit store (i got some of the armor plates, chasis and random bitz + grots from ebay and made 5 mek gunz from 1 kit + a trukk kit and some bitz i got in my bitz box)

and i would take more Boyz. maby 10 or 20 more.

My List for 900 points is something like this:

hq: Painboy 9with more point i take a warboss instead)

Elites: 5 tankbustas in a trukk with ramm (2 of these)

Troops: 11 boyz + nob with bosspole and powerklas eavy armor in a trukk with ramm (2 of these)
or 19 boyz + nob (+ the painboy) and 10 gretchin

fast:
5 bikers + nob with Big Choppa (2 of these)

Heavy: 5 Lootas
1 Kustom mega cannon with 2 extra grots and 1 ammo runt (2 of these, or i take 5 extra lootas instead of the mek gunz)

With more points i just take more taknbustas or mega nobz
more boyz
More bikerz + warboss and/or painboy on a bike.
More lootas

I personally really like the painboy. for 50 points (75 if hes on a bike) anny unit get an extra 5+ save.

Thanks for the advice (and correction)! Trukks it is. That video is awesome. I will definitely give that a shot.