REBORN EMPIRE (Belisarius campaign in 533 AD)

I have been replaying again Rome Total War, and now that I have free time I am starting to think about making a second part of my mod. I have been studying the different possibilities and I am thinking of making a submod starting in 533 AD (year of the start of the Vandal campaign by Belisarius).

The main changes would be that the Rugians, Alamanni, Kingdom of Odoacer and Western Roman Empire would be gone. 

The new faction for sure will be the Eastern Roman Empire. I am studying the possibility of including Visigoths Rebels, maybe Gepids, and a Avar horde invasion. 

What are your thoughts about it? I would require help on some scripting and some unit creation, the rest I could handle myself.

I have some doubts, for example, if the Jutes should still be a faction or make place for somebody else, or if I should add Danes.

The map would maybe be made a bit bigger to show the territories of the gepids.

You can follow the progress in this thread: 

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?596070-RUINS-OF-GLORY-REBORN-EMPIRE-(Belisarius-campaign-mod-starting-in-527-AD)-FIRST-IMAGES-PREVIEW&p=12769502#post12769502