IT'S TIME to build my CASTLES!
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- Опубліковано 26 тра 2022
- It's time to begin the epic journey to build my castles!
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*15 years later*
-Tom Scott: "You wouldn't expect a medieval European castle in Australia, but..."
thats such a good commnet, goodjob,
I can already hear him say it xD
And somehow he still looks the same age
@@16m49x3 by then he might have gotten a better robot to do the talking
@@16m49x3 he never did recover from the vaping incident
The massive upside is that given the lack of medieval castles in Australia, the demand for "fairy tale" weddings and events would be massive given Australias cultural heritage.
And theyll have a wedding against a wooden tower, instead
This is gonna be one hell of a tourist atraction.
FR the potential for Shad to strike it rich with tourism on his castles is off the charts
Shad lives down here? Awh fuck yeah son I'm goin!
@@commanderpondscc-4112 Friend, have you heard the man's voice, have you seen his brother, HAVE YOU READ HIS LAST NAME, where else would he live
Most medieval nerds want to collect one of each type of sword. Shad wants to collect each type of castle.
Sounds about right.
He's the king of nerds.
@@marcocollazo9870 nah, the real king of nerds would collect star systems.
He's already collectede all the swords there are
@@KaizerOokami That's the Emperor of Nerds
large cardboard castles though
Shad: "The castle plan has been changed to be more feasible and realistic"
Also Shad: "Anyways im planning to build more than three"
🤣yeah..
I don't watch you as much as I used to, however every now and then I come back and binge a few videos it's really wholesome checking back in on the channel like an old friend
same brotha, his videos are nice to just snuggle up and watch imo
Same. I don't watch as much anymore, but when I do, I never regret clicking on the video 😁
i miss his old, shorter videos on specific castles and stuff from video games too
@@oranjeboven9622 Same. I don't have enough time to watch one hour videos
Same
The fact that your entire family supports you in this endevour is just so beautiful and so wholesome. Love it!
i mean, to be fair. of course the kids are excited about it lol.
They were fine with it once Shad promised to do all the vacuum-cleaning.
ME TOO
The mobile tower set piece should be called the "Tower of Sand", since it has no permanent foundation.
Anakin wouldn't like that
@@krishyana1593 too bad, our tower gives us the high ground
You could put "scaffolding" on one side of the building to imitate that either the castle is not completed, is being upgraded, or is being repair for some reason, and use that as a way to accommodate and slightly camouflage the handicap access
That's a rather creative way, blend into the theme of the land while complying with regs.
I hope shad sees this!
@@NoirMorter Your right, it's a great idea. The regulations exist for a reason, those with handicaps would like to see as much of an almost authentic castle as possible, and the 'scaffolding' idea is a great way to accommodate that.
You could build upon that and have a wooden-looking elevator within the scaffolding if needed, this might also be possible inside maybe
@@VeeryBird That's very possible a little site dressing and it'd barely stick out.
My mans living everyones childhood dream. Absolutely incredible
He's just playing the adult version of the king of the hill. Kids never realize to build a proper castle to control the hill and win the game.
@@riku3716 And then be crowned king, of course
Ikr you’d be lying if you said you weren’t jealous lol
@@StarJester81 I would kill to get a chance to build castles
@@FartReverb_mp3 same. I really wanna build a castle or a hobbit house. I would so love to work for him so I can live there. Maybe he’d let me because I have worked for medieval times before and worked with horses
“Our plan has changed to be more feasible.”
I imagine you’ve scaled down in some ways.
“We’re now planning on building more than three castles!”
Geez Shad, you never settle for less, do you? I envy your ambition and commitment!
its more infeasible to try to stop shad from building more castles than it is to build more castles
@@theaveragepro1749 Truth.
Many castles stand because of ambition. Take Neuschwanstein. It's an icon.
I think it would be better to build one great one rather than compromise on three.
@@jeffk464 build the house, then start Honorguard as a life project. Maybe divert to build a facade if a medieval village and host events to raise money.
Call the 2nd design (Corfe style) Rook Castle, because it looks like the chess piece. Then decorate the inside with heraldry featuring rooks (the birds).
I love this
Shad, You'll never regret building the Castles from "Concrete block/brick" It'll cost more, yes, but it'll be one of those castles that holds up to closer scrutiny and stands on its own far better than you could imagine. It'll be worthwhile to do when you get to that point.
yes - build those big concrete box blocks culverts
you can run all your wiring and plumbing thru them -
ALSO - they have a variety of sizes and shapes
some taller ones could be used as secret passageways within external and internal walls or for underground tunnels...
i used to draw diagrams of large homes built with these types of blocks
with internal wall passageways and underground tunnels leading away to the edges of the property
if you made your own concrete blocks on-site - you could make specialized blocks
with built-in tabs that slot into the blocks when stacking, to help hold them in place....
when pouring the blocks you could have patterns in the moldings with family crests, dragons, trees, etc....
all kinds of things you could do...
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Imagine having shad as a dad and him telling you that you’re moving into a castle. Now that would be amazing
And after he gives you tools, a hardhat, and tell you "Get building now !!"
And then kid grows up, becomes a technology nut and go "Dad! I don't care about castles, I care about space rockets!" which ofc will not stop Shad from starting to rant about elves in space.
@@nicolaspeigne1429 Well, part of having children is for the future laubor they can provide……
Well, the kids would be adults and probably married with their own families by the time the actual castles even start building. This is a Legacy project, and someday grandfather Shad could call the family home as patriarch of the family for reunions and Christmas gatherings and such.
@@chillax319 Then a bigger alien empire invades that now grown kid's space empire and the fight in space goes great at first because they invested in rockets, but they are greatly out numbered.
The battle then takes place on the ground and he's like "You know, I have no on ground defenses at all. I guess I die."
In a thousand years after the nuclear wars Shads old property ends up being the staging grounds for several post apocalyptic tribal wars over the ancient Australian castles left by a mysterious kingdom of old.
It will be the last line of defense against the emu's
@@michaelreyes9283 Shad really thought about his people.
That house design looks like a medieval abbey... with a three-car garage. That's _brilliant_ and I love every part of it.
Okay, just started but directly after the "I wanna make the castles authentic" part I need to ask if you've contacted archeologists? There are many that are specialized on medieval buildings.
I was part of an University team that reconstructed castles, ruins and houses in 3D and made them available on the spot where they stood via AR.
There are still many misconceptions about how castles and keeps really looked like, for example the "stone-look". We think keeps looked like that that because fantasy movies are shot in ruins and what's left of those are just stony walls. Like with Egyptian ruins, in their time those buildings were very colorful.
Anyway, from your other videos I trust you did your research and am very much looking forward to the project! :)
Guedelon castle in France for example will be whitewashed.
That makes sense.. I grew up with images of this cold, white marble-faced Greece.. that we now know was painted :P
A good thing about starting with a watchtower is that when you later get to build bigger castles, the watchtower could quite easily be converted to a motte-and-bailey castle by adding a wall and a gatehouse
or it could become part of the bigger castle by adding a wooden wall connected to the bigger castle and making a walled courtyard inside, hell, maybe even a small city for the reenactment folk.
Except, motte and bailey castles were the least practical when it came to defensibility. Number one, because they were made of wood, and number two, if an enemy took the lower enclosure, they could easily use it against the defenders of the upper one.
@@scientchahming5 It's not like Shad is going to be defending it against medieval invaders lol. He just wants to showcase the history of castle designs. The motte-and-bailey, despite its weaknesses, is part of that history.
Remember Shad, even historically castles were build in stages.
Shad is just building medieval Disney world. He’s really out here living all of our childhood dreams. Crazy to imagine the first video I saw of him years ago he was just doing this UA-cam thing as a hobby.
Shad, if you ever need a clever handicapped access rout for a more complicated castle, you should consider a siege tower. :P
that's actually a brilliant solution
Lmao
That’s actually, unironacially a brilliant idea. They could hide an elevator shaft within to keep authenticity.
I recommend that too, it's the perfect solution!
Mega Chad Shad has a loving wife and children and is making himself a Castle .He has officially won the game of Life .
He literally is the king of his castle.
Ultra Mega Chad Shad of the Land
Once built I expect at least a yearly larp attack and defend event with the castles.
. . . put pads on the ground around the walls, so there can be an escalade, and the defenders can shove the attackers off the ladders. Does LARP have fall damage?
@@skjaldulfr depends on the group, i would wager.
@@skjaldulfr even with padding, yes, it is enforced by gravity.
@@skjaldulfr You can still fall on somebody else or a fallen ladder and padding only helps so much. If you fall from a big enough height, youre gonna get hurt. It would also make walking near the walls extremely awkward.
@@Likexner
I would sign anything needed to enjoy a real life wall scaling seige.
People bungy jump and skydive ffs. I can handle a 15' fall!
The seventh one reminds me of a castle that is on a large candle my family got in West Germany back in the 80s. I often referred to that castle as Candlestein, and I figure that such a name is a good one for the seventh one on the list.
I can imagine having a "The Great Shadlands road" which will start in the entrance of the Shadlands and it will go through, every time you arrive in a new castle/village around it there would be a sign "Welcome to -name of the castle-, typical early medieval castle, etc..."
Finally, after all this time this channel has grown so much, actually doing what we all want to do. Glad i'm here to see it happening
@Kim Possible © "finally its here" 🤓🤓🤓
Name one of them Corrigan Hold. i had a teacher named corrigan who was OBSESSED with medieval literature and it's such a medieval name.
An even cooler idea to me would be name 1 of them after King Brien Boru or Queen Boudica or some other famous good King/Queen.
@@morrigankasa570 Clontarf Castle would be good too
@@morrigankasa570 Boudicca 💀
@@CrazyNikel I went with the common American spelling.
@@morrigankasa570 No I wasnt commenting about that. But all good lol.
Your enthusiasm is adorable! Here's some name suggestions:
1. The forified manor: Witten Hus (modern lower saxon tongue for "White House")
2. The tower: Blankenstein (essentially the same: litterally "bright rock", but more in the sense of "White Keep", if IDR there is a castle in now Hungary of this name)
3. The roofed tower: Altavista "High Viev", there are many watchtower and watchout places with names like that, this one has an alpine vibe to me, there are similar styled places all over the southern alps, so an italian inspired name)
4. The big castle: Chateau Romanaise (For similar reasons, interestingly, this one looks more like the romantic chateau renovations of the 19th century, which tried to emulate the original "romanic" looks by incorporating as much elements as possible and in the end mostly going wildly overboard, distorting our image of knights' castles forever. This adaptation, which is quite decent in comparison, though, strongly resembles the chateaus of the french Loire region, hence the french name.)
5. The smaller reminiscence to Honorgard:
Ehrenberg (german translation of "Honorgard" - now THiS strongly looks like something that might actually be found somewhere nowadays in the Rhine valley, in Bohemia or elsewhere in the lands of the medieval Holy Roman Empire. "Ehrenberg" - or "Ehrenfels", "Ehrenburg", "Ehrenstein", if your aussie tongues finds those variants more pleasing" - is a name that is not so uncommon indeed.)
6. The feasting hall: Shadfrid Hall (The normannic aesthetics of this one is crying out for a norman name, and I guess you should have yourself honoured for your dream, somewhere ..
Learned almost everything of stationary defense from Lord Shad, and seeing that he’s finally started building his castles makes me very happy for him.
From mall ninja, to sword nerd, to husband, to father, to youtuber, to author, to *CASTLE OWNER*
80 years from now, the "Absolute Madlad" on Shad is gonna be great
I've visited over 15 castles around the UK. They are marvellous and I 100% support your endeavor to build your own. What an adventure.
Well you're about 10% there!! Only about 90 more to go. 😏
@@walterroche8192 mafs
Greetings from the natural habitat of castles, or as you modern folks may say: Germany
My name sugestions:
Ranger's Tower of Goldwood
Fort Greywind
Fouroaks Manor
Abercron-Castle
Fort Moren
Highhall-Castle
Hawkhome-Castle
Fort Whitechapel
All in order with your presentation in your really nice video.
(Please ignore any grammar mistakes 🙈)
Good luck and farewell my friend 😊
Shad I know of a company in the US that builds pretty accurate Castles called Castlemagic Castle Builders they have been doing it since the 1980s they can build Drawbridges, Masonry Heaters Arched barns, Battlements, Keeps, Portcullis, Stone Towers, Arrow loopholes and more. Maybe you can get some tips and tricks from them.
As a future medieval archeologist who wants to renove an old french castle and to live in it and to make full historial event in it (artisans, medieval fights and more), I will watch carefully this video! I hope that my dream will come alive, and I'm happy to see that others people do that kind of kid's dream for real!
Good luck in your adventure!
That’s what I want to do too
I hope you invite me! I would like to be architect for classical and traditional orders. And also interested in gothic and castle architecture. Gonna see you there hopefully!
@@rao2398 Yea I hesirtated between architecure as well! We can stay in touch if you want to!
There was a show on PBS about a family that did something like that and it talked about the costs as well as problems that need to be resolved in doing so. Maybe check it; was called Escape to the Chateau (something like that).
I would also love to live in a castle. If not an actual surviving one, maybe a symmetrical fortified manor house, something like the one Shad showed in this video. Thats a design i find very appealing.
I love Shad's enthusiasm! You are an inspiration, sir.
I think it would be cool if you built a gate house near the front of your property if it is feasible. Ether way, I can't wait to see how this turns out!
Can I just say shad: you've inspired me to learn more about history and I just got accepted into college of my choice majoring in business and minoring in archaeology.
Archaeology > Business
@@johnsmithe4656 honestly, a degree in either is unnecessary for employment in either
@@Nerukenshi1233 If you want to be an archaeologist and do original research then yeah, you gotta have a degree. PhD typically. True of business, but not of any of the sciences. This isn't 1854.
For the manor house you could name it after a noble family from your book.
Is, "the house of Shad" not noble enough for you? 😉
No it is called Honorguard. That was his first castle design he made in his earlier videos years ago.
Some people just don't have that mental block that prevent them from taking action towards achieving their dreams. Shad just decided he wanted to build a castle and he's actually gonna do it.
What an incredible plan. It’d be incredible to go to a medieval festival with friends and hang out near full scale castles. I’ve seen cool things before but the only word I have for this is incredible
When the Shadlands are partially built/officially opened, I bet it will become a place of pilgrimage to enthusiasts
I've never been to Australia, but the Shadlands will definitely be on my tour list for when I do go!
Once there's a waiting list, I'll be on it.
I can imagine it could become a tourist destination as the only medieval style buildings in Australia.
Honestly, I’d go to Australia just to visit the Shadlands
Man's making history right here.
I want to see the negative comments now.
1. Shad's Overlook
2. Knights Watch
3. Dwarf Keep
4. Game Knights Monolith
5. Queens Spire
6. Shadlands Garrison
7. Tyrants Tower
8. Snowstone
I think you could make a historicaly "accurate" coat of arms for one of the historically accurate castles in the future. I understand that your Shadiversity one is meant as a logo, but it would be cool to have a realistic one and put it above the gate or something like that. I live in a country full of castles and I love walking inside and seeing all the coat of arms of the different historical houses that ruled there.
Speaking of building castles, have you heard of a game called Going Medieval, Shad? It's a fun little indie colony sim that let's you build castles and I've seen some incredible ones come out of its community. I'd love to see a review and maybe even a showcase of castles that you could build in it!
Shad, if you want to build Honorguard, make building Honorguard your final goal for Shadlands. Don't worry yourself at this early point on how, the means will likely come up as you get closer to it. What you're building will definitely turn into a good tourist attraction and attract people from all over, and probably attract film producers to use them as sets, so I think the money will come.
I agree. I would rather see that than the smaller castles, although I understand that he needs to start small. I think he should make it a bigger priority, doing it after the watchtowers, with maybe a smaller castle in between. He could drop some of the castles in between. He could even drop the giant tower and the big roof and window if he needed to. I don't think it would be such stretch to do Honorguard without those parts instead of the big king's castle with the large main hall. What I would really love is for it to have the curtain walls and gatehouse. Now that would be amazing! I hope he gets to that someday.
@@dallenhumpherys7911 Many of those smaller castles would be the potential revenue and financing sources that would make it possible to build the big one. Especially the castle with the large banquet hall in it, having a restaurant and special events venue, combined with the right marketing to get people to come, could finance his big dream. I expect if Shad tried to go right to Honorguard, straight away, he'd just bankrupt himself before he was 1/4 done and we'd just end up with a pit in the ground and a very sad Shad. Nobody wants a sad Shad!
That is right Honorguard, which was the first castle design he was thinking of should be the final castle to build.
@@Seriously_Unserious That can make things more complicated and expensive. So if they're mainly shells, it's just getting the visuals right, and the structure being mostly safe. If they're going to be used as events venues, then there'll be a lot more paperwork. So everything needs to be safe, disabled access, lavatories, fire safety, elf & safety compliant commercial kitchens etc etc. Then all the other boring stuff like staff costs, dilapidations, insurance, public liability and more. Basically a whole lot more cost & paperwork involved in venue vs home.
But it'll be fun to watch the process. I've also wanted to build a proper castle. Here in the UK, we had a fine tradition of folly building that needs to be restored. But we also have councils and planning departments that tend to get in the way of non-standard structures.
So happy for you, Shad. Been watching you for probably over 4 years now, and it's amazing to see your progress. The book, the surgery, the show, your inventions, and now this! If I ever visit Australia, that's the first place I want to visit. Godspeed, sir
Such a wonderful idea and a great video. As for the wheelchair access: i don't know what the laws in Australia specify, but maybe you could have a wooden "draw ramp" or a drawbridge connected to a stone "bridge" ramp. You could maybe even get away with adding a side-access elevator or something that can be covered up to look like an extension on a castle. For castle names, considering the Karlings were among the most common family of nobles, and fortified manerhouses were one of the most common type of castle, I submit that the manor should be called "Karling Manor" or something to that effect.
Had a sudden thought. If Shad opened a GoFundMe or something and added reward tiers, like a stone with your name on it at 500euro/dollar, how fast would the full project be funded?
Extremely quickly I'd bet
No, lifetime memberships..... $100,000 each.
Commit to building those guard towers or one of the smaller castle 'properly' with real interiors maybe you would get the funding, but I think the larger ones are too out of reach - as really what does any of Shads European friends want to with a castle that is one hellishly long plane trip away when there are real castle on the door step, you'd get a few backers of course but still...
Note I am not suggesting going with pure traditional Guédelon style experimental archeology construction, as then it will take decades and cost much more - use modern mechanical assistance, cheating concrete blocks for internal structural stuff etc, but really sell the look inside and out I think you could get enough support for the smaller stuff.
@@foldionepapyrus3441 but in the US going to Europe isn't that much more accessible than going to Australia so there is a decent population he could pool from. And funding the smallest tower would probably already be a huge leg up.
@@garethbaus5471 You keep it expensive so that you have a core of a few people that can become regulars and continue to shell out/invest money as needed. If you're going for 10,000 people then you will have to accommodate 10,000 people, which sounds exhausting. Get some Bitcoin billionaires on board and you'll have all the funding you need. Create a community of castles, you all can play Lords and Ladies and eat your Bitcoin like croutons on salad.
8:36 Makes sense. If you don't have enough stone to drop a castle, you can substitute a tower in a pinch. You can still fit 5 villagers inside to fend off small raids.
From smaller to larger fortifications. Kind of like actual history.
Shad's Hold.
The fortified manor should be called "Namaran Manor"
Some Name Ideas:
1st - Yeoman’s Tower
2nd - Knight’s Redoubt
3rd - Alderman’s Manor
4th - Castellan’s Keep
5th - Baron’s Bastion
6th - Viscount’s Citadel
7th - Duke’s Redoubt
8th - Jarlheim
As a fantasy guy, I'm drawn to calling the smaller stone tower(s) Whitestone Tower/keep if they technically qualify as keeps.
On the original video about the castles, I nicknamed the last two as "the white throne" and "the mermaid hall"
Lord Shad, as a fellow builder, I admire your design.
-Rogal Dorn
If things go well, then I'd imagine in the future Shadlands could potentially become THE place for historical and fantasy faires and conventions... Located in Australia of all places. Even people who really don't want to visit Australia ever (it being well-known for its terrifying critters and pests) might reconsider their choices.
I do hope that things go well though. This would be a fabulous gift to the modern world, one that it might not deserve, but one that it needs nonetheless.
8:38 The first thing I though of when looking at this tower was a sword buried with only its grip and pommel sticking out. I feel that a name such as the Pommel Tower or the Lone Hilt Tower will be a good name for it.
If you ever call it the Pommel Tower, there will definitely be some people coming to tour and shout "POMMEL OF MASS DESTRUCTION!" in front of it.
@@taylorfusher2997 are you asking on UA-cam for an history test mate?
Pommel Tower? Australia? Maybe something else. The Giant's Hilt? I do really like "the Rangers' Tower" though
"End 'em rightly!!"
I really like the name Lone Hilt Tower, I was thinking of making a medieval style inn called "The Bloody Black"
I do appreciate that not only are you doing this for yourself but also making it into a living history museum. There arent nearly enough of them for this kind of thing.
More importantly, an ACCURATE living history museum. Living in the UK where there's lots of living history things (Romans, Celts, Vikings, Mediaeval), I don't think I've ever been to an accurate one. Some are pretty good, but there's always annoying things
@@jmcc4566 Even most actual castles aren't really historical (I mean medieval by that) most of the time, as they changed throughout history. So it's either you have something that was "modernized" in the 16th/17th/18th/19th centuries, or something so damaged you could call it a ruin as well.
In France, there was around 40,000 castles by the end of the middle ages. Nowadays, outside of those damaged I think I managed to see only one totally medieval-looking (from the inside and the outside) castle (the Haut-Koenigsburg castle), and even then, it's a castle rebuilt in the 19th century and there were things that were changed to make it prettier (even if thankfully, it's not much, as opposed to Pierrefonds castle which was changed a lot in the same process). The alternative would be Guédelon castle I guess, even if it's very recent for once it's 100% medieval, I guess you really can't find anthentically medieval castles in great shape nowadays.
This is incredible news!! I'm so excited to see this project come to life. I've been watching your videos for years, and it's amazing to see how far you've come and to know where you're headed! Congrats again!! 👏 👏👏👏👏👏
So exciting and fun to think about! Perhaps you and jazza could build a diorama of what the 'dream of dreams' Shadlands would be like.
LET’S GOOOOOOOO I can’t wait for the Shadlands to be a proper settlement! LET’S GOOOOOOOOOOOO
i already know grandad jack is going to be a legend on this channel
The High Medieval romantic-looking one feels like something you'd see on the Rhine, so perhaps "Baron's Hold" or something incorporating German terms like burg or schloss.
"Shadburg" doesn't sound half bad.
So awesome Shad, just can't stop smiling see you talk about this
As a fellow Victorian I’m so excited to see a unique place being build here.
Shad your dreams are rooted in reality, after all whats more "rooted" in reality than a freakin castle.
I hadn’t realized there was a shadlands channel on specifically building, I love castle architecture and will be sure to binge watch all of those
Thanks for sharing all your designs Shad, these would all be great!
I'm excited, like really excited, for you Shad! Imagine being able to host HEMA tournaments, Jousting, general renaissance fair things, AND have a general historical museum site! You'll have your own thriving business that people from all over the country/world will come to see! I feel like insanely great things are coming your way, and I am totally HERE for it!
Absolutely. And don’t forget renting it out to film crews as sets, especially as you get to add more castles. I can see this project being able to pay for itself over time. Best of luck my friend!
Shad's definition of "small" is larger than my biggest dreams.
Congratulations on your successes; Shad! Best wishes on your endeavors; in building your Castles
Oh. Great idea. I also want to build my own castle. But with up to date defense for the apocalypse and modern comfort. Plus a T-rex and stuff.
Other yters: ‘I’m getting my own medieval harness!’
Shad: ‘But what about Castles!?!?!?’
As long as no one gets a dragon just yet
Ok, here’s a name for you: “Künic Shâdesheim”… In Middle High German that basically means “King Shad’s home”… I’m by no means proficient in Middle High German, but I’m pretty confident in that name.
Could be cool for the hre style castle
I think every cattle should be named after people working on the project. Family first.
Unless he wants to try to beat the Kickstarter record and have then after backers.
Good luck Shad, I hope you can achieve all of your projects and even more!
I feel so happy for you. Been with you for years, and I cant wait to see the shadlands grow!
Watching these lands come together is going to be an incredible multi year journey to follow. If I could suggest one thing it would be to monetize your building quickly to fund the construction of more. Even one of the small accessible towers with a small market or military encampment could pull loads of groups of LARPers. And given your vision I think people would be proud to put their money towards the bigger and better castles while getting experiences you can’t get in your local park
Omg finally. A few months ago I thought "Didnt he want to build like ... a castle home ?" And just didnt find anything said about it. Cant wait to see where this will go!
Very happy for you and your family!
Such impressive plans.
Just listening to your enthusiasm I can see how amazing these castles would be.
Many blessings man so you can build something beautiful.
_Decades from now, DefunctLand releases a new video..._
"The Shadlands, the dream of a madman obsessed with castles and sticks. They say that if you stand before Honorguard at midnight, you can hear the whispers of one word: machicolations."
Not that I want The Shadlands to become a haunted theme park or anything.
It will be if Shad couldn't fulfill his dream, i bet.
14:44 I’ve always loved this design ever since I saw it in its original video
Congratulations! I am very excited to follow this journey.
Now what would be super cool is to have disabled access camoflauged as seige towers that you can roll up to different castles. Sure it would be an expensive piece of kit but it would really fit the theme and could probably be disguised quite proficiently.
Thats a really nice idea, though I maybe would put a fixed siege tower on it.
@@katharinaschnuulze3709 A Castle mid Siege would also be an amazing Place to explore.
Alternately/additionally, he could lean in to the fantasy aspect and have it be part of the story for some of the locations. Like say, the fey decided to hold an annual festival in this human-made castle but they needed a way to get the giant tortoises upon which they built their houses to higher floors.
Bell towers, siege ramps, *turtles*, the list goes on for fun stuff you could make to help people in!
Though personally I think it’d be better to incorporate disability access into it’s design, so people can explore the fort inside and out without siege kit lining the walls.
Imagine a event where a group has to literally siege one of these castles! Defenders raining blunted arrows, attackers scaling ladders, combat all along the ramparts. It could be like a HEMA event!
A liability nightmare, but a dream come true!
Castle nerf war
Every day is Ren faire in The Shadlands!
rent out the Shadlands for movies once the castles are up!
Bruh, imagine someone drops a rock on your head from the ramparts and then goes "oops, i thought that was a LARP rock!"
@@Likexner Dont worry, it would be a blunt rock.......
This is all super exciting and I'm so happy for you.
What's absolutely amazing is how everyone in your family is joining in and is excited to work on the Shadlands with you. You're truly an inspiration to me.
The kids are how we wish we were as kids
@@theodorealenas3171 Call me weird, I wish my future kids would be as his.
Im watching progress on your castles like a hawk. Working on the Shadlands would quite seriously be my dream job.
Nicely done! I wish you well with building your new areas!
This has been a long time coming and im happy to see you atlast start this amazing project
Storytime: When visiting family in Flensburg, Germany, my mother, sister, and I went to Glucksburg Castle which is still standing and is a major museum. It was the housing of many Danish Monarchs and is a renaissance-style castle Still owned by the Glucksburg family, although owned foundationally to keep it protected. It has a fascinating history, seeing as it had survived both world wars and many lootings during that time period. Although outside of your favorite time period sure but still a magnificent sight! Many restorations have kept the time-specific style in mind down to even the dungeons, with the old torture devices put on display. The old man-catchers are still there as an educated reminder!
Now I need to buy the plot of land across from you so I can have a merciless yet baseless rivalry in my own castle that I would build!
It will take a lot of time for sure. I wish you ti finish this no matter what. Good luck!
So cool to see Shad do what I've always wanted to!
Building my own home on a large plot of land has always been a dream of mine. You’re very lucky/blessed that you have the opportunity, and the availability of land in Australia must certainly have helped!
Shad talking about all the extra stuff he plans on building.
Lady shad: -glaring frick’n knives, daggers and a pair of nunchucks at him.-
Shad: and well of course our focus will be on the house!
Lady shad: too right you will…
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Living my dream with this project! Cant wait to see the progress!
I wish you well with the project Shad. I hope you achieve your goals with minimal disruption to the watershed and plant life.
As a "curse of silverthorn" fan, I request for one of the larger tower castles to be named "silverthorn" .
Shad you have been a true inspiration to all of us. You taught me so much about the medieval period and I have fallen so much in love with it. You have our support! I remember when you first showed us the large property that you said you wanted to build castles on, and I thought to myself we have to pray for Shad that this definitely becomes a reality. Well here we are! I want to continue to pray for you and your family that all of your dreams and then some become a reality because you have educated, and touched the lives of so many people.
The overall silhouette & design of The Hoarding Castle is my favorite, hands down
I really like the design of that Ranger's Tower. I wasn't expecting anything like that, but it is very plausible and looks amazing! What a pleasant surprise and what a way to kickstart your museum! Congratulations to you and everyone involved. Wishing you all the best, always.