ummm... not sure what the direct influences for this is, but i'd say something about a mechanical spider...

this is an eyeball with legs (6 not 8, it was kind of too crowded with 8)

going the way of mayaniac but clearly not as practiced
started it in zbrush building an armature

ummmm.... is there a reason why the image tags aren't working?

ok... maybe it's just facebook... let's try this photobucket thing
https://i948.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1282637015

doing the sketch
https://i948.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1282636767
not sure if this is right... i've not seen much of these types of pictures before

and a unified skin preview
https://i948.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1282636941
might try the shadow box thing to do the next part of the legs