Well, it's mid-month, and I thought I'd throw my hat in the ring and talk about my successes and failures with transports.
When I really started playing orks, back in the dark ages, there weren't any transports available from GW. FW had a few, but who could afford those? When the GW ork trucks became available, I was like a little kid at his birthday; excited to see something new, but then disappointed that the box with the red bow wasn't a pony or an alligator...yeah, I know, it's still wierd. Anyway, after putting together a GW truck model, I couldn't get my head around the size. How could something that small possibly deliver 12 + orks/nobz/a warboss? So, I built my own:
I have had a modicum of success with this truck. It was primarily used to deliver my WB and Nob retinue (old codex) into battle. Red paint helped get it to where I was going and the reinforced ram didn't hurt either. As per the usual transport gods, I often experienced this truck being turned into a wreck and therefore cover, obscuring terrain, etc...but, it accomplished the job it was created for, delivering rampaging, CC death to stunned SM, IG, E, DE...I still use it today, though not as often. There's something less than gratifying in seeing your dedicated transport vaporized by lance shots, targeted by a plethera of storm bolters, etc, in turn 1 before you even get out of the gates.
Now, I also have the infamous BW. Again, I began scratchbuilding this prior to the release of the official BW from GW. This is my transport of choice. I use it to deliver my WB and Nobz into combat (imagine that). I find it gets the job done and usually stands a better than average chance of actually getting across the board, disembarking, and going off to either cause mayhem or contest an objective. I opt for the hard case variety, reinforced ram, kannon, and big shootas. Red paint is a must, never know when that extra inch might actually work out for your plans.
Recently, I enjoyed a lot of success at my lgs using this BW. It was the Tanksgiving event in Nov, and I came out the winner. I notched up 5 baneblade kills, and a couple of other elder tank kills as well. Using a reinforced ram and tank shocking/ramming never felt so good...Just something about destroying something exponentially more expensive than yourself that makes it worth getting up in the morning...
I had also used a looted vehicle, more extensively with the last codex than our current one. I enjoyed the looted rules more. I had a looted chimera and (with the last codex), had it full of burna boyz. My favorite tactic was to roll around the table for about 3-4 turns, then turbo boost to a table quarter and sit. Next turn, disembark burna boyz to seize or contest an objective. I actually won a game in tournament play using that simple tactic; of course my opponent was less than pleased and gave me low marks for sportsmanship...evi
dently I was suppose to just roll over and play dead for other players...Go figure. Unfortunately, I have no pictures of this vehicle, which was a chimera chasis with a rebuilt, orky turret, and large plates welded to the sides. Someone at a local tournament event a couple of years ago decided that they liked it more than I did and it sprouted legs and waltzed away all on it's lonesome.
Anyway, for the past couple years, I've been primarily an infantry based force, mostly due to economics and time; but, after reading and re-reading IA8 and 6th ed, I think it's time to give all this transporty thing a go again.