Aeshete - I know how you feel.
The Prof, Grimm and Agis are among those personally responsible for an increase in lead and decrease in bank balance javascript:emoticon(':mrgreen:')
I've a Grimm inspired Tremors Graboid\Purple Worm repaint that I'll post at some stage too.
Re: Holmes goes West - I'm a big fan of genre-crossing a la Wold Newton and Kim Newman (Anno Dracula etc) in fiction as well as games.