heres an idea translating nodwicks gang into 3.5 terms.
I think they published something along those lines (was probably 3.0). If I remember right Nodwick was a fairly high level henchman and all the actual "characters" were very low level (1-4th I think). Not sure which issue it was though, think I read at a store and never ended up buying it. Happens a lot, there was an issue about gnomes that I repeatedly kick myself for not getting.
It was 2e, in Dragon 270 (High Level Characters)
Artax: 7th Level Mage
Yeagar: 8th Level Fighter
Piffany: 8th Level Cleric
Nodwick: 21st Level Henchman
There are rules for the Henchman class in the third Nodwick TPB, "Songs in the Key of Aiiieeee!", but I`m not sure if they are 3e or 3.5...