Hi Alan,

yup... it's a great movie... some nice CG spiders they have made... there is a bit behind the scenes info here... -->
https://eightleggedfreaks.warnerbros....s/spiders.html

here is a scheme for a spiderwalk... -->
https://www.hash.com/users/threechickens/Spider.htm
how the walk looks like... -->
https://www.hash.com/users/threechickens/swalk.gif
doesn't seem that realistic but could be a begining...

regarding displacement maps Olivier Renouard has made a plugin to work with it in maya... -->
https://www.drone.org
here is an example of it which Dave Cardwell (from Weta) has made... -->
https://www.drone.org/tutorials/rayDi...erGallery.html

btw. what is the purpose of the masterproject?
(e.g. what are the rules... what do you have to make etc.)

regards

Strarup