Starting a freebooters

[djhumber]

Im starting a ork army this is what im picking up the question being what am i missing and what can i do without im thinking of dropping the tankbusters and 1 of the battlewagons for a home made one any thoughts would be appreciated stuffs expensive and i wanna make sure i have what i need thanks for any help (looking to push up the field with battlewagons and mop) also gonna run the ghaz snikrot combo nastiness

2X battlewagon
2X battleforce
1X ghaz
1X snikrot
1X badrukk ( for the look)
1x grotsnik
2x box nobz
2x boyz
1x gretchin
2x big mek
2x kommandoes
2x loota
1x tank bustas

[Xander]

As always with Orks you need MORE BOYZ! If not more Boyz ( and i would say they are always a must) i would add a couple of Trukks in there to get them boyz up the front for some killin'. Burna Boyz are always a decent addition as they negate a cover save and can fry all-comers.
I (personally) wouldn't lose the battlewagons. I would also consider some fast attack options. Everyone has a different view, but either Deff Koptas or Stromboyz (with Zag) will add some swift punishment (if the dice gods are looking down on you) to any army.
Other than that, more boyz, more boyz w/ shootas, more boyz, a looted wagon, more boyz and well....more boyz!
Xander

[djhumber]

Do you think I need more than 60 boys? and do I,need more than the 2 trucks from the battleforce I was gonna make a scratch built battlewagon

[Architech]

Need...is a strong word. 60 boyz can easily build you some good lists. It all depends on how you want to play

[Skyy9432]

If your building freebooters, a looted wagon or two may be nice They fit perfect with the fluff, and the boomgun is actually a pretty damn good weapon!

[Xander]

Ok, so as Architec said...need is a very strong word. First off you haven't mentioned how many points your aiming for, or what sort of opposition you're going to be facing regularly. With this in mind; any advice will be subjective.

For me ( and i am trying to build a kind of Uber-Deathskulls army) i have added loads of vehicles and anything tecy. I would imagine that this is not that dissimilar for Freebooters, just more blingy! If you are traveling the freebooter path then i would add in anything big and shiny; meganobz, vehicles, looted wagons etc...and would decorate them accordingly with loads of gold/ silver/ bling. This is more modelling though.
For a competitive force you need to decide on an amount of points you want to work towards then start to build the army around that number. To make the army well rounded, you need to think about who you may end up fighting and what style of army you want to feild (footsloggers, mek-tastic etc etc)
Although i dont do this, you could look at the Force Organizational Charts and build a force that fits in with that, this should help with building a well rounded army with all options covered.
In the end, the look of your army (Freebooters in this case) will really be down to how you paint it. You can have all the same models as any other Ork army but; paint 'em blue and their Deathskulls, paint 'em red and their evil sunz, bling them up and their Freebooters.
As for trukks/ battlewagons/ bikes etc...if you sold your services to the highest bidder and robbed off anyone you came into contact with, you would probably have loads of these (as well as stolen Imperial tanks etc etc)
Hope this helps a bit
Xander