Since getting the classic miniatures today is both quite expensive and very difficult, I'm thinking about to custom Imperial units for a proper Dogs of War. And also I got a threat reasonable concern from my wife regarding the huge amount of grey miniatures, so reusing models seems smart, at least until I paint the rest!

My current project for the Empire includes assigning the coat of arms and colours of the swiss cantons, one to each, so each unit represents one of them.

For the Elite infantry (we are still talking about the Empire here) I thought about the Reiksguard on foot, painted with the colours of the Swiss Guard of the Pope. This also fits as bodyguard of the Archi-lector...

Well, now DoW. I've been playing the whole summer (since I came back to the game) and some of the battles I played them with DoW. But as I do not have the proper models I either borrowed the models or proxied with Empire units. And it worked quite well, if you allow me.

So now I need to think how to convert units from Empire to DoW. We'll need:

• Pikes! so far I can still using lances... I have some old imperial lancers that ahve broken lances, so I can repair them longer than they were. Easy to fix.
• Crossbows!: I got enough bits from the State Troops of the Empire to build models with crossbows. The basic tilean crossbowmen do not need shields nor anything fancy.
• Duellists! the Free Companies are quite the men for the job! I know they will look as "germanic" as the rest of the army, missing the "tilean" touch... which is part of the beauty!
• Heavy cavalry: The Knightly Orders of the Empire going rogue and serving the best paymaster sounds relatable to me. The miniatures are perfect.
• Light Cavalry: Now this is where the problems begin. I would rather using Kislevite ungors, as they are archers on horse. Another option may be bretonnian mounted yeomen?
• Cannons: The empire have them covered!
• Ogres and Dwarfs and Haflings: these can be reused from OgreBulls/Ironguts, basic Dwarfs with CC weapons or crossbows (of course, crossbows!)
• Paymaster's bodyguard: Now this is a pain in the ass! Because the common sense tells me to use either Greatswords or Reiksguard... but both are using Longswords! And the Bodyguards use Halberds... I have a little obsession with WYSIWYG. And the imperial Halberds feel not Elite enough for the job.

For the mounts of the Characters: horses o pegasi, not a problem! I plan to magnetize some bretonnian pegasi for this matter.

And for the Paymaster... I though about making a chess to put UNDER him (in 20mm square or 25x50mm for the horse-mounted version), so it is clear for everyone WHO is the paymaster... and if he gets captured the victor can attach the paychest to their unit.

What do you guys think??