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Hi im new to dakka and thought the best way to introduce myself was to show everyone the army im workin on right now. It's 1000 points but when i get some money i want to beef it up to 1500.

hq: warboss, PK shoota, 'eavy armor, cybork body, atk squig 120pts

troops: slugga boyz x20 2x bigshoota 130 pts
slugga boyz x20 2x bigshoota 130 pts
slugga boyz x14 rokkita launcha, nob, bosspole, PK 124 pts
Nobz x5 waagh banna, 'eavy armor, bosspole 145 pts
fast attack: deffkoptaz x3 TL rokkit launchas, 135 pts
deffkoptaz x2 buzzsaw x2 120 pts
Heavy support: looted wagon, boomgun, red paint job, reinforced ram, armor plates, 'ard case 145 pts

the army total is 1049, which flys as 1000 pts at my FLGS

basically my plan is to drop the boomwagon, (im scratch building some killa kans), break the 54 boyz into an 11 man squad of ard boyz, 1x 11 man mob and 3x 12 man mobz all in trukks. i'm thinkin about cutting the nobz hands of and replacing with PKs and stickin 4 of em with the boyz.
Really what i need to know is should i put all 5 mobz into trukks? maybe some in BW? should i leave a mob 20 strong or so? should i convert my warboss into a big mek with KFF or just wait to buy one? and is it better to have a nob mob or have each mob of boyz lead by one?


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nobody? dang i could use some help on this...

Alright so your going for a fast attack kind of army where everything is in trucks racing accross the table correct? If thats the case, you want something like this

11x Slugga Boyz
1x Nob w/PK, Bosspole 152
Trukk-red paint

11x Slugga Boyz
1x Nob w/PK, Bosspole 152
Trukk-red paint

11x Slugga Boyz
1x Nob w/PK, Bosspole 152
Trukk-red paint

11x Slugga Boyz
1x Nob w/PK, Bosspole 152
Trukk-red paint-red paint

11x Slugga Boyz
1x Nob w/PK, Bosspole 152
Trukk-red paint

11x Slugga Boyz
1x Nob w/PK, Bosspole 152
Trukk-red paint

Now i would prob take a KFF Mech along with a crap ton of Nobs in a trukk or a BW. I would go with the BW but if your trying for a 1000 points list then just take another trukk.

The best HQ for something like this IMO is Ghazzy. Throw him into a BW with 5 other Mega Armored Nobs and you have yourself a really scary unit. You can also run the KFF mech as well as Ghazzy. If your going to run both, i would advise dropping 1 Trukk mob and replacing it with 11x Shoota boyz w/ KFF Mech. Or burna boyz since they can flame from inside the trukk...Its a neat idea.

Ghazzy is def something to look into though and i would HIGHLY recommend him. Hes expensive but def. makes up for it on the table.

Drop the Coptas completely...their not that good.

You commented on Kans which are awesome but are only really useful in a footsloggin army. Since your going speedy, i wouldnt worry about them. Your boyz are going to get stuck into CC on turn 2 and your Kans wont have much to shoot at.

Dont waste the points on Ard boyz. Orks are cheap and expendable...keep them that way.

I hope this helped.

yeah that did help thanx, i wasnt too sure about ard boyz. im glad not to pay 10pts a pop.
my main issue with the trukks: is it better to bonk them in the face turn2, or buy more boyz? i wouldnt mind 180 orks footsloggin down the road as long as im not suffering without the trukks. all the ork models i own at the moment were in the first list. so i'll have to buy/scratchbuild trukks, BW etc.

Bad sheep, A good competitive army...
but its sooooooooooo boring. I suppose that dosent bother you.

Im not to sure how that list would be boring...please enlighten me.

@Norw:
Its really up to you. I play a foot sloggin army and with Ghazzy, i assault on turn 2 almost every game. I find it just as effective as running transports such as trukks. If you have your heart set on trukks then by all means run them but it is awesome seeing 180 Boyz just eating the table.

If your interested in a greentide style army, check out my most recent Ork army list. Its extremely competitive and i find it fun as hell to play. Even if it does get tedious moving 180 Boyz its still amazing to sit back and look at.

Here is my 1000pt list that so far has yet to be defeated. I've had a couple draws, but I normally just wipe the enemy...

HQ

Warboss
power klaw
shoota/skorcha
attack squig
cybork body
eavy' armor
120pts


TROOP

18 boyz + Nob
power klaw
bosspole
154pts

19 boyz + Nob
power klaw
bosspole
160pts

19 boyz + Nob
power klaw
bosspole
160pts


HEAVY SUPPORT

Battlewagon
3 big shootas
deff rolla
red paint job
grot riggers
135pts

Battlewagon
3 big shootas
deff rolla
red paint job
grot riggers
135pts

Battlewagon
3 big shootas
deff rolla
red paint job
grot riggers
135pts

Total 999pts

Drive up and roll them, hop out after the rolla and mop up. You'll want the Warboss instead of the Big Mek with KFF as a 14 armor killer.

That looks solid man.

Have you played against a foot sloggin ork force yet with that list? It would be something like this.

Big Mek KFF

30x Boyz
1 Nob w/PK

30x Boyz
1 Nob w/PK

30x Boyz
1 Nob w/PK

30x Boyz
1 Nob w/PK

Im wondering how that would work out. I myself am a fan of the foot sloggers but your list looks awesome. I would say you have the upper hand if you stay in the BWs for a couple turns. Just keep them moving each turn or your going to get assaulted against the rear armor and the BW will def. go down during that assault.

All in all. amazing 1000 point list. what do you plan on doing for 1500, 1750, 2000, 2500?

At 1500+ I run a completely different type of army. I usually play 2000pts and run full squads of burna boyz (in battlewagon), lootas (in battlewagon parked in terrain), and kommandos (with snikrot and burnas), another battlewagon packed with boyz, Warboss, and Big Mek KFF. Then it's boyz boyz boyz and more.....boyz

i cant wait till i can afford a BW or 2. Do you guys think its more competitive to run 10 nob bikers with different war gear (to abuse wound allocation) or run 10 nobz with different wargear in a BW?

Man you have to go with the Battlewagon. Its just an awesome Piece and throw on the Deff Rolla. Its just insane. Plus you can assault out of it...so you can get as close as you want to the enemies lines and deff roll their asses then assault out of the BW...awesome

How are you going to deal with armour? Rokkits will only do so much. Lootas are good for medium armour vehicles, armour 14 needs a good up close and personal power klaw

A nobs mob is alright, especially if they all have different equipment. Nob bikers are neat too. Either one has to take a bunch of wounds before a single nob dies. Nobs on bikes have cover, and can give cover to units behind them (I think a bunch of nob bikers and warbikes could have a place in a footsloggin list) Nobs in a battlewagon can't be targeted until your opponent cracks it open...so it's up to you.

However, a nob in a mob of boyz is VITAL. that gives you a Power Klaw, and a bosspole for when the fighting gets rough. Any mob of orks that can take a nob with a bosspole, should in most cases.

I personally like the Kult of Speed idea, 5 trukks full of boys rolling around delivering hurt. Paint the trukks red and they can move an extra inch.

If you really want a battlewagon, you should see if anyone will let that boomwagon "count as" a battlewagon with a killkannon.

Oh, and with trukks on DoW you can sometimes assault on turn 1 :O and just alpha strike them, need lootas though, to break the rhinos everyone hides in nowadays.