'Ardboy

'Ardboyz (also called Ardboyz or Ard Boyz) are a kind of elite specialist Ork Boyz. These warriors have survived many battles and equipped themselve with a Karapace, the Orky version of Carapace Armour. These well-protected warriors often forms the center of an Orkish army army, boldly striding forwaird trough hails of fire to get to grips with the enemy.

History
The life of an Ork is one of constant fighting. Luckily for all the other sentient races of the Milky Way Galaxy, Orks most often fight amongst themselves. Battle between Orks always devolve into brutal bouts of close quarter fighting. It always has been; is and always will be the Ork way: the best fighting is close and personal, chopping the other to bits. When an Ork faces most of other races of the Galaxy for the first time, he will be surprised that his opponents will do everything possible to avoid close quarters, and remain at a safe distance shooting at him with everything they've got. This "Un-Orky" behaviour will infuriate the Ork, and he will search for a way to get to grips with his opponents. This leads to the apparition of many "specialized" warbands of Orks, each with their own inventive solution to the problem; be it a fast transport vehicle, warbikes, Deff Kopters, being "kunning as Mork" and infiltrate the enemy's position or crude Jump Packs.

'Ardboyz take the most straightforward approach to the problem, deciding that if the enemy fires at them, they must simply be able to withstand it. They will thus bully, barter or scavenge for plates of metal and ceramite, and have those bolted to their bodies by one of the Painboyz. Combined to an Ork's natural tolerance for pain and wounds, this crude form of armour is surprisingly effective against small arms fire, such as the Lasguns of the Imperial Guard.

On the battlefield, 'Ardboyz will congregate together in warbands, and simply charge forwards, trusting in their armor to keep them alive long enough to get there and chop the enemy to bits. Other Orks quickly see the merit of their armoured comrades, and often, the 'Ardboyz will spearhead the assault with the other bands close behind, both providing support to and using the 'Ardboyz as living shields.

Equipment
A typical warband of 'Ardboyz is composed of a number of Orks between half a dozen and a score, more often than not lead by a Nob. All of them are equipped with their Karapace, and each Boy wields either a Shoota or a combinaison of Slugga and Choppa. 'Ardboyz are often equipped with Stikkbombz and a couple of them will wield either a Big Shoota, Rokkit Launcher or Burna to add more punch to their band firepower. The Nob wil have his own personal equipment, often a large Power Klaw to rip through anything that tries to resist his Boyz.