Ultimate Fantasy Fight

“I didn’t want to make a story since I hadn’t made one in my head as I was building this,” Pluto says. “I figured it would be better to let others come up with their own reasons why everyone is fighting.”

Ok! So the ninja and the wizard are fighting because the ninja must avenge his clan. The dragon and the purple wizard are fighting because the purple wizard wants to take an ancient treasure from the dragon’s hoard. While Sauron is fighting, laying waste to everyone and everything, because that’s just what Sauron does. The jerk.

What’s really awesome though is that if you look at this battle from another perspective, the stories and the characters change. That angel could be falling because the phoenix used a super effective fire attack. But change the angle, and it looks like that angel is powerbombing a viking. And since this battle is whatever you want it to be, you’re right!

But for all the fighting going on between dragons and angels and demons and vikings, Pluto had his own epic fight just to bring this battle to life.

“It took a year of real life time and anywhere from 100 to 200 hours just to finish this project.” He says. And one of the hardest things for him was coming up with the motivation to keep going.

“Really, the stress of being a college student was what delayed this the most.”

Pluto, we all can relate to that.

Maintaining the drive to complete this didn’t come easy, but Pluto says it was a combination of finding inspiration in his old work, encouragement from fellow builders, and tackling the project bit by bit that finally helped him complete the fight.

“When I finally started seeing the characters on the land, that really pushed me to finish.”

Having help from friends made a big difference. Builder Skywalker crafted the terrain while another builder, Bedeh, helped with some of the rendering. More than that, having friends around helped keep this project going, and they can mean the difference between a build failing or finishing.

“My suggestion for folks who are looking to get into building is to ask for advice. I do it all the time. Ask for help from friends and your community, but remember to embrace help and never abuse it.”