Well I have had this army sitting around on the Battle Plands forum getting little attention, so I figured I would try it here.

Formation:
Summoner U 76
Shaman * 21
Shaman ** 23
Shaman *** 28 -or- Orc Slaver U 55

Loners:
Heavy Stone Thrower ** 114
Half-troll Behemoth U 120
Akhar Butcher *** 45
Akhar Butcher *** 45
-and if the Orc Slaver is not being used-
Fodder ** 14
Fodder ** 14

500pts/499pts(Orc Slaver version)

Terrain:
Long Blocking walls

Anyway the army plays fairly straight foreward. The HOST tosses boulders at stuff, occasionaly getting a double ME boost if it happens to be near the Summoner's group, the Summoner blasts stuff with his double ME MB, and the guys on the Ankhars kill whatever was shot. If I have Fodder they become mobile walls for my Summoner. If I have the Slaver he plays body guard, and tries the capture then go berserk trick if he has to.

Tell me what you think, and if you have any ***Cave or ***Ankhar Butchers PM me.

I agree that there are some nice things one can do with an orc army and this one certainly looks like fun.

I don't know if you have the figs
but for 500 points you might consider this formation

**Launcher -25
Snurga Longstrike -31
Chaos Mage -45
Summoner -76
***Shaman -28

The first three allow you to shoot in formation.
The shaman should enhance of course Snurga (in the middle), CM (on one of Snurga's sides) and the Summoner ( next to the Shaman)
For this formation , and with your army total in mind , I would prefer the ***Shaman for his higher attack/healing value.

Good luck with your green guys.

that's a big point investment, borg. you'd need to be real careful about their facings.you'd want them facing different directions, ideally, other wise, you'll easily be outflanked.

Oh my, Borg actually commented on something of mine. I'm not worthy (bows to the ground groveling in the dirt).

Anyway, yes I do have those figures (every orc unique and working on the Heroes) and I usually use the Summoner and the Chaos Mage together in Conquest, but in lower point games I think they would fight each other over supremacy ("Ha I'm more stable then you!" "Ya well lets see you pull a rabbit out of your hat every third sunday of the sixth month!").

Besides all those points on the formation would make it so my Butchers and Behemoth couldn't all be there busting stuff up (que biker gang music). I appreciate your comments but I kinda wanted to use the Butchers I have.

Anyone else's opinion? I'm just trying to build some confidence in this army, I think its fairly solid.