Hi James,
Good to hear from you. Thank you very much. Crusades are my new period for 2014, I like to have a new project each year and spend about half the gaming time playing in the new period, and half the time playing in the periods that I have collected over the decades. It does not always work as their are always minor projects that deviate me off that path. My new approach to periods is to start at skirmish level and build up to unit based games over the year, so for Crusades we have started with Saga and when I have enough figures will be able to use them for Piquet, Deus Vult and Hail Caesar depending who I'm playing (Lewis likes Piquet, Nick thinks it unfair if the Impetus Clock goes against him!). I'm basing all figures individually on magnetic bases and then making steel vinyl lined movement trays to suit different rule systems.
Saw your post about your Crusades game. That looks awesome, look forward to seeing it at Fiasco, which will be first show Sally 4th has a trade stand at.
Cheers,
Chris