I've built many wheels in the past 40+ years, but only recently got into experimenting with Crow's Foot and Half Crow's Foot lacing, and all of them (so far) have been about the easiest wheels I've ever built. They were easy to lace, and the truing was a cinch. The rear 32 hole Half Crow's Foot (pics 3 & 4 above) didn't need adjusting for dish, it just came up spot on; it took less than an hour to build from scratch (including the truing).
FWIW -
- Wil