In my fantasy work in progress most castle design and building is done by dwarves. Im going to name the most famous dwarven architect of all time Shad or a variation of that name, in honor of this video.

I’ve got Honourgard the Keep of Viscount Shad the Shatterer in the far north of my world and it kinda looks like this

No, make Shad, the talented swordman.

Who always wears gambeson

Do you have a map of this castle made?

Lol, oh man this was the best, well done sir, well done.

Mount Doom needed some drawbridges and portcullises.

The one castle to rule them all...

Well memed good sir!

Shadiversity if you don’t write this into the book, I will be sorely dissatisfied.

A keep is nothing more than a massive force multiplier from a statical analysis.

Now I'm just curious as to what would happen if they were two border fortresses that has decades of skirmishes between them.

​@@harrymu148 Just look at the history between the Italian cities of Bologna and Modena.

Okay lads, we cannot breach the gate houses like that or the zwingers will get us. George, get those cannons in place, they need tons of stones for their graves. Move your asses everyone

@@abhishankpaul this castle would be hard to siege even with cannons

Yea kinda felt the same way but now I'm just trying to make a castle in any game now, thanks shad for your enthusiasm about castles and medevil stuff.

🤔 Might try making this in conan

Its that you said the time of the video was 45m. I was just watching and thought it was a 15m Video and went through the commente out of random. Talk about a documentary :P

He does all sorts of castle analysis. Check out his other videos. I love castles as well.

i'm a canadian engineer in mexico ; building a castle, in mountains, with a fairy-tale style..... [ cinder blocks, and mex are a bargain ] - seeing if dum-dum here, knows anything i do not.........

dude... didnt the jaws theme give you an idea?

Easily solved by 'pushing' those battlements out 30ft or so and planting a garden in the newly created space (just don't plant trees).

Yeah I noticed that weakness, an oversight by Shad or an intentional flaw?

@@TheAtkey I assumed those internal dividers in the windows are metal and tough enough to be impractical for the average fighting man to get through in armor without taking so long and being so likely to get stuck that a child with a kitchen knife could defend it. But yeah, same thought in terms of a potential weakness. I'd probably set it up so you can seal doors to those areas from outside the room so someone who gets in then has to get through another door. Hopefully by then you've gotten some defenders in place.

Guard: **shoots Rogue as they get stuck.**

Or, you know, you could just not have giant windows there. Maybe a few murder slits for archers to fire out onto the battlements.

I too would want this, only addition being a bunker under said castle.

@@g1jetfireandrainbowdash798 winter is coming 10 years dungeon Honestly for a survival shelter it would need to be pretty big, like big enough to feel like outside, like how basketball gyms can feel like that

Take a castle design like this and modify it a bit to be more efficient with modern building materials like concrete and steel

you don't need billion of dollars, you just need to use your own head & design your own castle as the way you like it! Because billion dollars won't be enough for you to make all the changes you originally come up with! Changes cost more money than the original design :(

Same

Me

Definitely.

Yes, please!

Indeed

Omg yes!

I read that in his voice!

@@Hello-og I was actually thinking Buzz Lightyear, but Shad works too.

It’s also used to refer to people who put their car keys into a bowl when they go to parties.

Zwinger = a kennel (roughly translated). a cage where you keep your dog e.g.

Zwinger in terms of fortress building is the German word for bastion, the extruding part of a polygonal (star) fortress. In Shad castle this part of the wall sticks out but does not function as a bastion: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n7d3asyHxqy3d6c.html

If this word survived in english it might be something like "twinger"

or maybe "thwinger" (th-wing-er /θwɪŋɚ/) but idk I'm not a linguist the proto-west-germanic word was þwingan + er (or, thwinger, I guess) apparently the old frisian word was thwinga (thwinger), and old frisian was probably mutually intelligible with old english. someone who knows the sound changes from PWG to english would need to figure it out. but that person's not me, and we'll probably never know.

lmao

I’m a simple man. I see leg day meme, I upvote leg day meme.

I feel like that applies to most heavily fortified keeps honestly

-Dying Laughing-

Never skip leg day

Stronghold (the original) is one of the best medieval RTS games! Definitely the best for actually designing castles and fortresses!

Then there's age of empires 2...*facepalm*

Stronghold is shit when it comes to designing castles or giving you the feeling of having one...

ohmygodyes someone get Shad up with a game developer, this needs to happen it would be such a cool game

Medieval Engineers is a game which allows you to build a trebuchet and a castle. grinding for resources is a bother, but it's one to look at

or medieval engineers...

Reminds me of me tbh. All I do is make fantasy stuff and 70% castles

my recommendations thought this is a minecraft video

Watching this video specifically for minecraft architecture.

@@alexmorrison3442 Was just thinking I wish I had more free time, I would love to build this in minecraft. Havent touched minecraft in so long, this is so tempting.

danteelite we have MACHICOLATIONS!!!!

But what about Dragons?

@Jeremy G. Rainthong We have Ser Twenty of House Goodmen stationed at Bolton HQ

yeah .... shadman...

The Value of a good Shad can change the tide of any war

That's on purpose. One errant twitch and the whole enemy assault party is rolling down Family Guy style.

This is the third time I come across uneven stairs used as a defensive feature. There was a KZfaq short describing this feature. Many of the people in the comment section disputed the creator's argument that uneven stairs were done deliberately. I commented that the original fortification of the governor's mansion in the city of San Juan in Puerto Rico included uneven stairs in the oldest towers. To take a tour of the mansion one has to sign a release from liability in case someone trips during the tour.

While they may have thought of it as a defense feature after it was built, it likely wasn't intentional. Things were just built weird and wonky back then. Those who lived there would've gotten used to it and it would've been second nature to them.

leg day everyday

Even the princess get legs day everyday.

That would be Shads take on Winterfell.

Lord is a catch all title, from the honourary courtesy of adressing someone "my lord", all the way to the Lord, as in God. As such it's not a descriptive term either and King or not any owner is lord of their castle(s). What I'm saying is that if thay are the lord of a castle, then they have some other title as well which no doubt will give you some better hint to what kind of castle you'd expect them to have.

@@titus7158 Good grief. There really is no hope for humanity is there?

@@Throku I will say lord is an actual title in a monarchy, however it is true that most nobility are referred to by lowborn as "my lord", unless you were a knight which you were referred to as sir. But if you were a Baron to King a peasant or servant would refer to you as my lord, or sometimes "my liege".

@@trentonios6024 No Lord is not a title in any monachy, it's something anyone get's to label themselves as that has any other title, A Lord is anyone with an award, grant or patent of arms, and that means pretty much anyone that¨'s born in a nobel family. Be they mere knight, or Marquee, or Duke, or just the cousin¨'s nephew of either of the latter.

Old school dick measuring contest

Nice

Large quantities of dry grain and grain/flour dust is also very flammable. There are several accounts of real castles surrendering after someone on the inside was bribed to set a match to the granary

I would imagine that several cats were very useful in keeping rodents at bay. 24 hour vermin patrol. If rats become a problem, dogs are quite handy, I speak from personal experience on a farm.

@@solarsailer4166 You are correct. There is written evidence the Princes of Wales held cats to be prized possessions in protecting their granary from rodents.

@@solarsailer4166 chickens as well. Chickens themselves are omnivores and have a broader diet than cats. Eating all manner of fibrous plant, insect, rodent, reptile or amphibian. A particularly large rat may give them trouble, but i've seen them team up to take one down. But things like roaches, flies, weevils, frogs, etc would be free game. The one drawback of using chickens as pest prevention is that they are diurnal, making them almost entirely inactive and passive at night.

It was the same for me!!!

Bruh I don't even have a home-defense shotgun yet. Need Shad in my life.

@@bjornarmar2462 do u americans really need a home defense shotgun that bad ?

Maxence yes. Minimum.

@@MaxenceBerrier at minimum your average american needs at least 2 home defense shotguns

oh and we will make the final gate out of steel

At least it wasn't above the shit pit ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

stables dont actually stink. Being close to work is more handy I think.

But isn’t it also right next to the pub?

The reason is simple: dont let it stink or every single other soldier will asks who the fuck is the one that was responsible for cleaning the stables Do a poor job at it and well you just have to deal with the garrison

What Mutton said. Also, if it doubles as the Inn, visitors can stable their horses then go to their rooms without going outside in winter.

Aidan Piwnicki 😄😄😄😄😄

Aidan Piwnicki 😆

Aidan Piwnicki It turns out MACHICOLATIONS are the source of all life.

Simply glorious (makes me wonder if a child's first word, or one of them, is that then how angry would the mother be at the father, haha).

@@mattaffenit9898 Machicolations are the powerhouse of the castle

Game designers have a delicate balancing act... On one hand, there is the desire for extreme detail... On the other hand, there is gameplay; keeping the game fast and exciting. Too many details can slow down a game. Where you draw the line between detail and gameplay is, of course, up to the sensibilities of those playing the game; and can vary widely.

Also the desire to not have the player's gaming device of choice burst into flame when you load into a detailed cell.

There is no well there, though. Or did I miss something?

Pressure is key here. Without it, the plumbing system simply can't deliver its water supply between its ducts. And it turns out, many medieval (and ancient) aqueduct systems lacked proper sanitation, as we know from archaeological info from the Roman republic.

Just look at skyrim. The only places with 'toilets' are Solitude and some banditcamps where they put a bucket somewhere secluded and laid the 'Lusty Argonian Maid' next to it for reasons.

You sir are a hero. Your tale will be told through the annals of history

Next episode: the moat of Honorguard and the Honorcarp therin

David Cox don't forget the killing fields. 😆😆😆

Yeah... me too!!

You do mean; can't wait to *read* more about it? ;)

Me too!

Just 45 minutes? I had to pause and rewind back and forth to examine it for ~2 hours

I don't think the castle he'll build will be a big as this one.

@@thebelgianlemon6815 are you... are you understimating the power of our lord chadiversity

@@carso1500 Listen, first of Shad is not a chad. Second of this much stone for a castle this size would already cost millions, let alone the costs of building it.

@@thebelgianlemon6815 heresy, Shad is the chadest of chads, and money is of little concern, it will arrive, eventually

@@thebelgianlemon6815 false

In the end of the day, our ability to build will always be matched by our ability to knock shit down.

I mean, nowadays something the size of a fridge can turn anything within a mile of it into high energy plasma, its so lopsided in favor of the attackers its not funny. The attackers generally have entropy on their side.

I scrolled down specifically to look for this comment.

I see a major weakness to Shad's impregnable castle. Plug up the toiletries drainage system.

@Backstage Bum you never know what secret passageways would be in there

@@noahtackett6264 Any passage out also works in. Even secret aqueducts were found and blocked/poisoned.

Backstage Bum Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think the burning birds thing was from some Kievan Queen, who’s also known for locking some dignitaries in a burning building. Still, the use of disease is a good idea, and knocking down the Don-Jon (if that’s how you spell it) with trebuchets and/or catapults could cause extensive damage to the keep and it’s food stores.

Bathrooms on every floor like that is a serious luxury.

I'm wondering how many keys this castle needs to operate :)

Lance Elliott id love it, but only because I really enjoy climbing:D

Lance Elliott you should see aircraft carriers the bulkhead makes you have to go up and down to get to different sections 😃

Amokra Aircraft carriers is exactly where my brain went when I read the first comment.

Gabor Szabo - Mannny

Castle walking simulator. That'd be so great!

If I had the time, I would love to make this in the Unity Game Engine and make a simple POV agent so you could walk around it and fly around it.

Quick, some one mod it in to skyrim

Oh man, I was just thinking the exact thing. This would make for an awesome map for a Thief fan mission. I hope someone gets around to making one

There's a game called medieval engineers that might be able to do a half-decent recreation.

“Tell Cersei. I want her to know it was me.”

Coward. Smart but still.

But what if we apply a tall siege tower and use it as a platform to launch Da VInci Gliders? And go OVER the walls?

Cough cough Soviet time travelers cough cough

gets killed by stinky assassins that climbed through the gravity latrines

Thanks mate, I love seeing you guys thinking about all the different pros and cons.

From my experience working inside to outside is the easier one since you can first design the rooms you need and than build the castle around it. While doing it the other way I got many problems with using all the room I got or having not enough room in other places. (i.e for staircases)

Or ya know, _your vanquished foes._ ^~^

Or the bodies

Was going to say the same, or one of the elder scroll games.

Koa T Honorguard would fit in quite well in High Rock

@@shalvaquthelia8414 you got my vote. How many do you need? D:

@@shalvaquthelia8414 did you make it? please DM me

@@shalvaquthelia8414 did you? :)

Wow... I remember that book too. I feel like I just got beaten senseless by the nostalgia stick. Stephen Biesty's Incredible Cross-Sections.

If that's not just about castles, that sounds like it has the potential to be extremely gory without warning, and it kinda sounds like that's the case.

It was what bothered me about the zwinger. It turns the wrong way lol

@@NickGreyden it does not matter there, it is so wide that you can swing a sword none the less

I really do not think the common perception of right and left handed people is caused by the direction of the staircase. The right hand/left hand superstition is responsible for the assumption that all soldiers are right handed.

Nathan Kendrick this castel would be to expensive to make in medival times

Granted he wouldn't have access to all the resources and knowledge he has today to design them

This castle is built under the assumption of near infinite wealth. Even kings during the late period would rarely afford anything of this size. Very few could. For a family to own a massive castle this size, they would be pretty much a superpower of the time.

@@neurofiedyamato8763 and who says they aren't?

He wanted to make a practical castle that would be an absolute turd to attack (reference the Shadiversity LotR castle analysis video)

He forgot one thing though, this castle is extremely easy to climb. Render is not just for decoration!

I'm curious to know how you find it easy to climb? you can't easily march ladders up the hill, nor can towers be rolled up with any measure of effectiveness, I suppose he could have put a moat or a series of ditches around it to make it harder to assail but even if the assailants got ladders on the first wall the second interior wall would have archers stationed to pick them off as they climb over. Then assuming they actually got a foothold on a section of the outer wall they'd have to carry ladders up the ladders to try and climb the second wall all while being shot at or having rocks tossed down on them, burning oil, etc. The more I think on it though there should probably be ditches, bitches love ditches. This castle would have to be sieged by a massive force capable of overwhelming the defenders or the only other feasible option is to starve them out, assailing the walls half-heartedly will only result in utter defeat. (which was usually the case with sieges anyways)

Holland He is clearly referring to directly climbing the walls themselves, no ladders or siege engines. Because a bare stone wall is supposedly a lot less slippery than a plastered white wall.

5 to 10 cords per fire place for the winter, less in summer but you still need some wood to cook on.

"Curiosities on the far side of the world are no threat to us."

Yeah. That was my response after hearing his comments on catapults.

Ask Black Harren.

@Backstage Bum so true

And witches flying on brooms, fairies, harpies, and basically anything that can fly