The Comm Guild Maelstrom's Edge

- by Iain Wilson

One of my side-projects lately has been slowly working through updating our old online assembly instructions to a more functional PDF format with proper step-by-step illustrations, and adding instruction documents for those that didn't previously have them, which included the plastic PDG Gaming Gun Carriage - you can find that document on the Assembly Guides page of the website here. Working on those instructions reminded me that I had always intended to add a rules page for the gun carriage to be looted by Broken forces, and so this week I took some time to throw something together, and add in a few other 'missing' models at the same time!




So, on the V2 Rules Downloads page of the Maelstrom's Edge website, you can find a section down the bottom with the current versions of my various homebrew rules docs for each faction. These rules cover various conversions or kitbashes I have assembled over the years using miniatures from the Maelstrom's Edge and/or other miniature ranges, and are intended as a fun way of getting these onto the table, rather than being an 'official' part of the game. If you want to build your own versions of these models to use in your games, by all means do so, but make sure your opponent is ok with you using them!

Most of these were rules previously available, but I have made the following changes:

The Broken

• Gnolti Longhorn - added the Forsaken designator so that he fits into the subfaction command structure.
• Broken Thunderbolt Team added - a unit added to use the PDC Gun Carriage. While the Epirian version is a self-piloting drone, the Broken strip out the drone core and use it as a manned artillery unit with different weapon options!

The Epirian Foundation

• Hornet Drone added - heavy add-on for Firefly units.
• Contractor Pathfinders added - a unit of stealthy Contractor scouts.
• Aurochs Automated Transport added - drone-controlled transport vehicle built from the Mantic Mule.

The Karist Enclave

• Kaddar Noctis added - a new priest unit, fusing Karist tech with Angel DNA.
• New Shadow Walker variants added - the Shadow Stalker, Shadow Dancer and Shadow Weaver.

The Kaigus Pact

A new addition to my unofficial rules collection, that I couldn't resist because the models are so fun to build! I previously shared a Muharis Sentinel conversion, equipped with shields taken from the Orakan Shield Thrall kit and an Alpha staff made from a Proctat Genostaff and Orakan legs, that looked like this:


Muharis Sentinel Bulwark (Previously known as a Sentinel Spearhead)

Obviously, this left me with a few Orakan models with missing shells, and so I threw together some oversized combat thralls using Muharis Ripper Claws and Proctat Genostaff heads!


Dromakin Combat Thralls

Rules for both of these units are now available in the new Kaigus Pact document, which can be found along with all of the other rules PDFs in the V2 Rules Downloads section here!.

Coming up next: Updated Imperial Marine rules! And more updated instruction sheets coming soon...

Grab yourself some conversion fodder or the new V2 rules from the Maelstrom's Edge webstore here!

What are you working on? We would love to see your models and terrain in the Comm Guild Facebook group!

For other building ideas, modeling tutorials, army spotlights and conversion walkthroughs, check out the Hobby section of the Maelstrom's Edge website here. And while you're there, grab a copy of the Maelstrom's Edge V2 Beta rules!

- by Iain Wilson

Alongside the slowly expanding Maelstrom's Edge model range and associated rules, we have from time to time released additional unofficial rules to accompany conversions or kitbashes of models borrowed from other ranges. When we tracked down the PDC Gaming gun carriage and added it to the webstore, we also released some rules to use it in your Epirian force as a Thunderbolt Sentry Drone. This week, we have updated the Thunderbolt rules for use in Maelstrom's Edge V2!




Thunderbolt Sentry Drones add some heavy firepower to Epirian forces, trundling around the battlefield and laying waste to enemy units with a range of different heavy weapons.



You can download the updated rules page for the Thunderbolt Sentry Drone along with the Maelstroms' Edge V2 Beta rules from the website here!

The Thunderbolt is a vehicle, and follows the rules for Large Models. Note that the section on page 27 of the Beta Rules entitled 'DIRECTIONAL MOVEMENT' has been removed from the final version of the V2 rules, so this section should be ignored.



To pick up your own gun carriage of superheavy doom, head over to the Maelstrom's Edge webstore here! You will find the gun carriage in the 'Terrain & Accessories' section.

What are you working on? We would love to see your models and terrain in the Comm Guild Facebook group!

For other building ideas, modeling tutorials, army spotlights and conversion walkthroughs, check out the Hobby section of the Maelstrom's Edge website here.