These links helped me with setting up steemd:
https://steem.io/documentation/how-to-build/
https://steemit.com/steem/@tuck-fheman/how-to-mine-steem-in-windows
I came across an issue where steemd would report a parser error with multiple seed nodes in the config file, so I had to delete all but one.
I've been wanting to see this. Thanks!