Moria is a very flexible and fun force. There are often large numbers of Goblins available online via ebay and probably for sale or trade at your local hobby shops. The forces that have been out and in circulation a long time get like that. What is also great about them is you can branch out in several directions with them.
Cave Trolls, Giant Spiders, Spider Queen, Bat Swarms, Warg Riders, Wild Wargs, Balrog, Dragon, Cave Drake, Watcher...all these mix very well thematically with them and gives you a lot of options based on how you want to play. There is also nothing wrong with adding in some Mordor Orcs or Mordor Uruk Hai as I believe Gandalf made reference to Orcs from Mordor while traveling through the Mines ( I will have to check my Nook later for a quote ).
If you pick up the EfGT Hobbit starter set there is nothing wrong with mixing the unarmored Goblins from that with your armored Goblins as well. I'm going to deviate from the standard and paint the skin of both sets the same so they blend better, but it's perfectly fine in the current format to mix the two forces as long as you follow the Warband rules properly and make the force a little more motley and represent the 'civilian' (?) mob as well as armored force.
As for the Rangers, as mentioned the models can represent different forces in ME. Luckily if you paint fairly neutral you can use them for several armies in the game based on which Heroes you add in. The Men sourcebook is really helpful here so you can see each option and make some choices. Where you may have problems is getting many models though. They don't seem to show up as often, probably because there's just not as many of them out there.
Hunter Orcs are very new and you will pay full price premium for them. Consider them as an add on force for your Goblins initially perhaps unless you have some good fortune in life and can pick up the boxes without much concern.
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