Blood Axes revamped

Reading about Straken's performance for MVB over on his blog, I re-examined my first take on the Blood Axe Ork/IG army.  Straken brings a lot to the table, making Guard actually worth a damn in HtH and being very capable of punching out his weight class.  Perfect for my Warboss.

The list I put up before didn't have as much armor as I'd like and was overly reliant on 60 guardsmen getting into HtH.  Orks try that too, and it doesn't work well for them either, does it?

2000 Blood Axes

Ok, first draft of my proposed IG/Orks counts-as extravaganza.

I would really like to have Straken and I really don't want to have to buy much more, preferring to convert/repurpose what I have.

Straken is all about getting in close, so I figure a mixed mech army with emphasis on dominating midfield would suit him.

Possible project? IG counts-as

Hey, lots of good discussion in my new Ork army thread. I feel so loved :D

Magicjuggler made an interesting comment about using his Orks with the Blood Angel rules, Blood Axes.

I saw this over on BoLS, an Ork army using IG rules. Huh, I mused, that sounds sweet. Then I check up on MBG's blog, Spiky Bitz. This and this was enough to get me thinking.

Well, since I don't like the current Ork Codex at all, but I love Orks, I though I could do something about it.