*15 years later* -Tom Scott: "You wouldn't expect a medieval European castle in Australia, but..."

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.

Most medieval nerds want to collect one of each type of sword. Shad wants to collect each type of castle. Sounds about right.

Shad: "The castle plan has been changed to be more feasible and realistic" Also Shad: "Anyways im planning to build more than three"

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

The fact that your entire family supports you in this endevour is just so beautiful and so wholesome. Love it!

The mobile tower set piece should be called the "Tower of Sand", since it has no permanent foundation.

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

Remember Shad, even historically castles were build in stages.

“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!

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).

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.

Imagine having shad as a dad and him telling you that you’re moving into a castle. Now that would be amazing

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

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! :)

My mans living everyones childhood dream. Absolutely incredible

Mega Chad Shad has a loving wife and children and is making himself a Castle .He has officially won the game of Life .

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 ..

Shad, if you ever need a clever handicapped access rout for a more complicated castle, you should consider a siege tower. :P

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.

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.

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.

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 KZfaq thing as a hobby.

Once built I expect at least a yearly larp attack and defend event with the castles.

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 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..."

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 😊

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

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.

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.

When the Shadlands are partially built/officially opened, I bet it will become a place of pilgrimage to enthusiasts

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.

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!

I love Shad's enthusiasm! You are an inspiration, sir.

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.

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

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

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.

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!

For the manor house you could name it after a noble family from your book.

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

The fortified manor should be called "Namaran Manor"

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

From smaller to larger fortifications. Kind of like actual history. Shad's Hold.

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!! 👏 👏👏👏👏👏

As a fantasy guy, I'm drawn to calling the smaller stone tower(s) Whitestone Tower/keep if they technically qualify as keeps.

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.

Lord Shad, as a fellow builder, I admire your design. -Rogal Dorn

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.

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?

LET’S GOOOOOOOO I can’t wait for the Shadlands to be a proper settlement! LET’S GOOOOOOOOOOOO

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

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.

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.

i already know grandad jack is going to be a legend on this channel

So awesome Shad, just can't stop smiling see you talk about this

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.

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.

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.

Good luck Shad, I hope you can achieve all of your projects and even more!

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!

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!

Congratulations on your successes; Shad! Best wishes on your endeavors; in building your Castles

14:44 I’ve always loved this design ever since I saw it in its original video

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

Shad's definition of "small" is larger than my biggest dreams.

I like that Ranger's Tower 10:04 Also watched your location video, and am happy you may be placing it and 'Brightstone Castle' within shouting distance - so people can taunt each other a second time. 16:56 Bailey Keep #1 14:44 Marshal Manor, Fort du Bois #2 17:21 Brightstone Castle. This one is really neat; whitewash, drawbridge, and the flat roof. #3 21:35 maybe a German name, like König's Tower #4 22:40 Lakeview or Far View Castle, or a noble family name etc. #5 25:25 Highbrook Castle #6 30:33 Hilltop Hall, because you said it would be on one of the higher places of the Shadlands. Build them Rightly! I'm sure names will come to mind once you begin to build them. Archersholm Brooksburn, for a stream (if there is one)

Other yters: ‘I’m getting my own medieval harness!’ Shad: ‘But what about Castles!?!?!?’

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.

I am in love with the Norman castle. But maybe something simple would be nice. Like "Whitehall" something that is easy to remember for tourists

I feel so happy for you. Been with you for years, and I cant wait to see the shadlands grow!

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.

_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.

Very happy for you and your family!

Thanks for sharing all your designs Shad, these would all be great!

It's awesome to see achieving your dream. Also for the asymmetrical castle that's based off "Honor-Guard", you could totally call "Valor-Watch" in honor of "Honor-Guard". P.s. you could also name one of the castles Dragon-Keep" because "What about dragons".

I love seeing this come to life. On the disabled access side of things, as someone in a wheelchair, I'd like to ask for consideration for an unobtrusive ramp or lift element. Perhaps it could be disguised as a way of moving cargo such as siege defense equipment or something.

I wish you well with the project Shad. I hope you achieve your goals with minimal disruption to the watershed and plant life.

Im watching progress on your castles like a hawk. Working on the Shadlands would quite seriously be my dream job.

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!

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!

This is all super exciting and I'm so happy for you.

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!

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.

This has been a long time coming and im happy to see you atlast start this amazing project

Congratulations! I am very excited to follow this journey.

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!

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.

Good luck shad! Would love to you succeed and be a king!

So excited for you shad! I love the ambition and passion you put into this and am so excited to watch the progress!

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!

*just a few minutes into this and wondering if your own personal keep will also include your own variant of a dungeon/guest/game room wing...something for your vast and ever growing weapons collection to be properly displayed and a place for the props from your upcoming movie and sequels of which there will hopefully be many*

Film producers should donate money to support your cause. It could be a good investment in their end. Imagine all the cool medieval films that can take place here!

these as living history museums are going to be a godsend. Bless you Shad.