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Just got back into the hobby (the last time I played was 2nd ed) and I just picked up AoBR to start learning.
I have a few friends willing to play but don't really want to invest in an army just yet, as I used to love playing both Orks and SM (and I just love the DA fluff and look) I want to start and grow two armies side by side.

I have the current Dark Angel Codex and the Ork one is in the post after winning a copy on eBay yesterday.

I've picked up a few bits and pieces but now need to start a plan so my collecting is more concise with a goal in mind.

On a side note, I'm not really into the Ravenwing that much, more straight up marines and some Deathwing.
I think I'd like to play Orks on foot without Trukks, Killa Kans look fun and maybe some artillery pieces for a laugh later. The lists don't have to be ultra competitive, just fun to play as Orks vs DA and be somewhat alright at fighting other armies too.

Here is what I own so far, if anyone could let me have an idea what I should be aiming for list wise, that would be great:

Dark Angels
AoBR Marine Commander
AoBR Dreadnaught
AoBR Tact Squad
AoBR Termies (I've converted these to be more Deathwing and given 1 an Assault Cannon)
1x Tactical Squad (Sarg has a plasma pistol and power fist, special is plasma and heavy is plasma cannon)
1x Vet Squad (although I think I might separate these and make some IC and others Vet Sargs in future squads)
1x Heavy Bolter marine which my mate gave me (thinking of replacing AoBR missile dude with this guy, to make them more of a forward tact squad)

25x Random Marines which are in the post from eBay (got them cheap, from the pic there is some pre heresay missile launchers, might be enough bits to make a 5 man dev squad as well as another tact squad).


Orks
AoBR Warboss
AoBR Nobz
AoBR Slugga Boyz
AoBR Defcoptas
20 x Shotta Boyz (with 2x heavy machine gun dudes and Nob with PK)
4x AoBR Slugga Boyz for some kind of conversion tests.

Any suggestions gratefully received.

Get a nobz box to get leaders for your boyz squad and to give your current nobz a good set up. Otherwise I think you should have a good small ork horde.

The DA is different story however. If you played with vanilla codex and bought some transportation you'll be able to form a reasonable army.
If you really want to use the DA codex get some lasbacks and some more deathwing models. 2 deathwing squads and 2 razorback tactical squads will give a solid enough 1000pt army(with or without Belial[makes deathwing troops.])