So... before I actually shell out a reasonable amount of cash for a new army, I might want to check what others either think of it and/or if there's any advice from people running a similar army (or themed list).
I'm thinking about doing a Ork biker list @ 1850 points. I'm fully aware of the low model count, but my other armies are Deathwing & a "draigowing" list so compared to those, even this is "more". I do have Ork models around (can field about 1000 points in a random assortment of Ork models), and just need to buy a lot of bikes (as in... 12 boxes or so; already have a few bikes around).
I'm not a competitive player (Draigowing was a cheap army modelswise ) so it's more for a fun, themed list than anything else. I might visit my local gaming store here or there, but mostly play at home against my friend who currently only has vanilla marines.
So far, this is my idea of a list;
HQ;
- Wazdakka Gutsmek 180 pts
- Weirdboy (Warphead upgrade) 85 pts
Troops;
- 10 Warbikers (Nob w/ Powerclaw & Bosspole) 290 pts
- 10 Warbikers (Nob w/ Powerclaw & Bosspole) 290 pts
- 10 Warbikers (Nob w/ Powerclaw & Bosspole) 290 pts
- 10 Boyz w/ Shootas + Trukk w/ Big Shoota & Reinforced Ram 100 pts
Elite;
- 5 Nobz (Warbikes, 2 bosspoles, 3 Powerclaws, 2 big choppas) 300 pts
- 5 Nobz (Warbikes, 2 bosspoles, 3 Powerclaws, 2 big choppas, 1 Waagh Banner) 315 pts
Total 52 models + 1 vehicle. And if Battlescribe told me correctly, this is 1850 points.
In general, the bikes are fine I think, just not to sure about the Boyz and the truck. But I have those around. Also, the plan was to let the Warphead join the Boyz for a decent boost for psychic powers... and to not be on his own getting shot up (well, Orks get shot up, but now he could benefit from Look out sir).
Anything that can be moved around in terms of themed and somewhat effective list (the argument of "bikes aren't good" is moot, since I could just as well try a different army then).
For exchanging stuff a bit around, I still have;
- 3 Deffkoptas w/ rokkit launchas
- Another 10 boyz w/ shootas
- 40 boyz w/ sluggas
- 2 Boyz with big shootaz
- 1 Warboss w/ Powerclaw (the Black reach model)
- 7 nobz (3 powerklaw, 4 big choppa)
- 4 Burnaz
- 4 Lootaz
- 1 mekboy w/ rokkit launcha (actually a boy, but it substitutes fine)
So it's not as much that I want to get rid of bikes, but just eventually adjust it a bit eventually with what I already have in terms of models.
So anyone?