Ah. I finally finished the first page. I was hoping that while I was on vacation I would have time to work on it but I couldn't find a comfortable place to work so I just left it until I came back. That being said, I didn't have time right away to work on it when I came home so it sat for another 3 weeks before I was able to pick it up and work on it again. I got a buzz on last week and worked on it nearly every day and I just finished the first page tonight. Not bad, I think, considering I've never worked on anything even close to this size.
Will post pictures of the first completed page later on.
-Narneh