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Hehe, would be awsome agiansts hordes, and in city fights. IMO they go well with a mobile army, but thats just me.

Best is usually 'Nid, Ork, and other guard. S6 and AP4 denies most of the units in the army their save, and also wounds on 2+.

Other armies it's still good, but it works best against these.

tau fire warriors and most eldar are fried easily by hellhound, and probably best target are pesky pathfinders with insane cover saves

My turn for questions.

Right, I'm limited to using Stormtroopers from Star Wars for my army, but the only Special wpn they've got is a Plasmagun.
For the Heavy wpn, Lascannon or Rocket Launcher.
No tanks, all Infantry.

I've got hunches, but I'd like things confirmed before I learn the hard way:
Which armies/tactics should I avoid?

If you have no tanks, then stick with laz cannons, you're gonna need them to take down any enemy tanks, if you want a few rocket launchers then put them in your platoon command squads. it makes them usefull but not so dangerous that they'll attact a lot of firepower.

also, any infantry squad with a laz cannon should be packing a plasma gun too, it's worth it to give the squad two AP2 shots if you're not packing any tanks.

also, try to devote a few squads to act as a "speed bump" for assulting armies. just give the squad a heavy bolter or somthing similar, so they can hunker down in cover, but still offer some support.

I'll leave it up to you to decide on how many of each squad you need, but just make sure to take SOMTHING with some mobility. In most cases a tank is your best bet, but sentinals, hardened vets or stormtroopers with infiltrate can be good too.

If you have no tanks, you're going for the pile of guns army.

HQ should only ever cost 81pts (JO w/ Honorific Imperialis, Standard Bearer, Iron Discipline).

For Deepstriking, just take Veterans and Drop Troops. 75pts yields 3 Deepstriking Melta's at BS4. With the three of them, and the command, that's only 306 points. Still have Two choices (Of which, with Stationary Guard, Heavy Weapons is just about a must for one of them, leaving only one left. Cameoline, maybe?).

Same goes for a JO's should stay with their platoons. Use their Ld 8 bubbles.

Always take Lascannons over missiles, always. Higher strength, AP, just as likely to hit, etc. Only reason to ever take missiles is lack of models.

Worse comes to worse, take SOME JO's with Drop Troop and 4 Melta's. Even just two, with the three vet squads, lead to 17 Deep Striking Melta's. If you don't take Cameoline, THESE deepstriking JO Melta guys are the only ones (Besides Lascannon teams) that deserve Sharpshooters. All others, save points.

Infantry Platoons, stock up on 'em. Lascannon / Plasma Gun or Plasma Gun / Autocannon are good combinations. Use them for anti-squad / tank roles. With no upgrades beyond the weapons, a Platoon with both those is only 95pts (While you, in a 2K point game, have 1694pts left after only the HQ and Hardened Vets). Assuming Four Platoons with three each (12), that's still only 1140 points, each Platoon led by a JO with only a Power fist and Discipline, you have 274 points left. Without the P-Fists, 354. Add in the 2 command HB teams (100pts), and two JO-led HB Platoons (180), and then the option for either 4 more Melta's to Deep Strike, or another HB team.

Assuming you choose a HB team, you have the following:

15 Heavy bolters.
9 Deep Striking Meltaguns.
9 Lascannons.
12 Plasma Guns.
3 Autocannons.
100+ Lasguns.

15 shots at 48" or less.
Another 45 Shots added at 36" or less.
Around 140 addittional shots at 24" or less.
Another 140 additional shots at 12" or less.

You also have a 24" Diameter Leadership square with a re-roll, and six Ld 8 bubbles.