I'll only probably be updating the thread when there are major updates to announce, so expect fairly long periods of silence in-between. Things are still rolling, however.
As many others have said, ambitious and cool project. I hope it goes well for you, I like seeing the warband engine pushed to its limits. I don't think it gets enough credit personally.
I might be for a bit. I'm in France skiing over Christmas week, but in the downtime when I'm not on the slopes I quite enjoy doing a little modelling or scripting. It really depends on how I feel at the time