I'm planning out a game with two of my friends, one plays Orc, the other IG. The IG guy and I will be bravely holding back the green tide in the name of the Emperor. We're aiming to keep it small, so 1000 is the cap, meaning 500/500 for each of the good guys.
On the plus side, I shouldn't have to worry about fielding tanks and large amounts of troops. On the down side, I still have to follow the FoC, so my initial plan to focus on elites and fast attack isn't quite as straight forward.
My main concern is the Orc's nob bikers, which seem to have given a lot of trouble to my IG friend in the past. He's pretty confident he can deal with the mob, so I want to focus on those and mobile objective grabbing.
So, given that, how would you spend the 500pts on the following (and yes, I realize I'm not going to be able to bring a lot. As the IG guy said, "Isn't 500 of marines just 4 guys in a jeep with a lascannon?"):
11 bikes
2 attack bikes
1 chaplain on a bike
3 land speeders
1 land speeder storm
2 dreadnoughts
1 drop pod
2 rhinos/razorbacks
1 unit of 5 lightning claw terminators
lots of scouts (sniper and the other kind)
lots of tacticals
lots of assaults