HONORGUARD huge 3D castle breakdown animation

[@TheJaredtheJaredlong]

As an architect, and professional sketchup modeler, I'm absolutely impressed by all of this. Your attention to craft and detail is top notch. Really well done.

[@shadiversity]

That means a lot mate, thanks heaps ^_^

[@leslawangelo]

The best thing about it is that he modeled a functional interior which is the most difficult thing.

[@wandersgion4989]

Shad, would you consider sharing the sketchup file with us? I think some of your fans might be able to import the geometry into other 3D software, such as Blender, and make photorealistic renders of it. I think we’d all enjoy taking a tour of those gorgeous castle interiors.

[@morrisfox3]

yes i would like to have this in vrchat and put the spawn at the first gatehouse XD

[@seanurbik5158]

TheJaredtheJaredlong okay... can we build the castle?

[@lucas_pbd]

I really hope games devs approach you to help them with castles. You are the perfect person for the job as a gamer and man of history.

[@unnamedking8200]

This brings tears to my eyes.

[@GophersVids]

I'm sorry, but where exactly do I park my dragon?

[@shadiversity]

Hi Gopher, great so see you here mate! The dragon's perch is atop the Donjon, best view in the kingdom there, and he can sleep in the bailey.

[@snowjix]

shadiversity, but what if theres three dragons?

[@MegaSkillerCZ]

Show, you have a problem..

[@snowjix]

+Daenerys Brilliant xD

[@germanvisitor2]

Dragons are like tanks: you can park them wherever you want.

[@mrward6510]

Work of art you Aussie wizard, well done.

[@stockcaptain1]

Please make a longer version where you talk about everything in it, and give some details for those of us that haven't been able to watch all your many videos on castles and don't understand or know all the terms.

[@shadiversity]

Absolutely, so stay tuned ^_^

[@VidelxSpopovich]

@@shadiversity I know it’s been five years and all but I would like to know how many soldiers it takes to man all this 24/7. I was looking at it and I feel like the barracks and mess room just aren’t of a size to support that many soldiers.

[@majallt]

Elevation, effective layers of defenses, proper MACHICULATIONS!!! Is that the perfect castle? Oh and a sneaky back door as well, sweet! Can I move there?

[@2adamast]

Machiculations with a botched talus is just .... worse than no machiculations at all

[@op-physics]

Well i wouldnt recommend to use that "Door"....

[@OkamiRaoki]

This is one of the most beautiful castles I have ever seen. Now I have a new goal for my P&P-RPG characters: One of them has to build this beauty.

[@madbrianthepirate]

Thing of beauty. With a modest garrison, that could hold off any force as long as the food lasted.

[@madstofting9852]

Well... assuming that the attackers don't have modern artillery.

[@madbrianthepirate]

Or dragons, of course.

[@Scotch20]

Or just a lot of gunpowder in the right places. (It would probably be cheaper to just starve the castle out.)

[@sherrigofdenmark2823]

As an artist, history enthusiast, and a lover of architecture and functionality. All I can say is that this design is absolutely gorgeous! I know that it takes a lot of time and dedication to do this sort of work but I would love to see more stuff like this, I am sure others would as well.

[@thelivingbrownie]

Me (looks at time stamp) «WHAT?! How could Shad posibly manege to make a video thats only 5 mins long?!» (Watches video) «Oh» «There is no comentary» (hahaha ;) )

[@charlesdewitt8087]

I've wanted Shad to design a custom castle for a long, long, time now. And I am not disappointed. I suppose it's only a matter of time until this get's replicated in Minecraft. I can hardly wait...

[@charlesdewitt8087]

Anyone want a hour long version of this with Shad explaining every little detail to us? I'm completely up for that.

[@charlesdewitt8087]

Dumb question: Why are there three thrones in the great hall?

[@KingBobXVI]

I would love, and totally watch and re-watch, an absurdly long breakdown of every part of the castle going through the design process and considerations. I assume that's coming at some point. For the thrones, my guess would be the king, queen, and the head of the king's council or some such similar role (think GoT's "Hand of the King").

[@germanvisitor2]

The lord, his lady and the heir, maybe.

[@bleedingmasque.6193]

I'M ALREADY AHEAD OF YOU!!! BY ABOUT A MONTH!!!

[@valhar2000]

This shows that you can design a castle that is functional, but still looks good. It proves my point: we must get Bethesda to hire Shad as an adviser for the next Elder Scrolls game.

[@JCSalomon]

“But” still looks good? No, there’s a bit of engineer in our sense of aesthetics-it looks good _because_ it looks functional.

[@valhar2000]

Tell that to Hollywood and video game designers. Maybe they'll listen if it comes from you.

[@wayofparagon2788]

Bethesda is going to crumble. The last fallout game is their doom.

[@Sonof_DRN2004]

There will never be another elder scrolls game lol. Only Skyrim remasters.

[@wug876]

Well just look at all of those beautiful MACHICOLATIOOOOOOOOONS!!!

[@berkleypearl2363]

Shad this is incredible! I’m positively flabbergasted at the level of detail you managed to pour into this. This is awesome. I love it! Go you!

[@MacGuy3135]

Is that a *custom* soundtrack. How awesome. Needs more machicolations though.

[@Infernum639]

I see you love the comments almost as much as I love this beauty. Great work.

[@MarijanVukojevic]

Well,this thing is so grand,that it can only be ended rightly using the pommel of mass destruction!!! EDIT:thanks shad.

[@amitabhakusari2304]

All that's left to complete the picture is for the Lord of the Castle standing on the topmost turret and yelling "MAAAACHIIIICOOOOLAAAATIOOOONS".

[@jaymc4779]

Amazing detail on the castle! Serviceable AND beautiful! Great job as always, Shad!

[@silphaer5353]

Needs more gatehouses. At least seventeen are required.

[@germanvisitor2]

I see a road that goes circling around the mound several times.

[@silphaer5353]

germanvisitor2 - It doesn't encircle it several times, it just doubles back on itself once. Also, on the breakdown, it's show that they're only three exterior gatehouses.

[@germanvisitor2]

Sorry, let me rephrase my words: Now, I see in my mind a road that goes circling around the mound several times.

[@silphaer5353]

Ah, I see. Apologies, misunderstood.

[@germanvisitor2]

It happens.

[@lifeofanauthor8630]

The attention to detail is beautiful! It's so good to see a fully planned out fantasy castle that still has proper historical architecture. Great work, Shad!

[@station240]

Really good you modeled not just the shell, but the internals and some furniture. Perhaps you could do the interiors of the gatehouses and courtyard buildings next ? Look at 3D printing, see how practical it would be to have this made.

[@bernardbabauta5299]

Cool castle now it's just needs the city surrounding it to really make it look like a awesome castle town/city

[@LawkzBro]

oh dang, Kevin Macleod made a custom track for you? that's pretty cool

[@nealsterling8151]

Fantastic work!!! Why Videogame studios or makers of TV/Movies do not hire someone dedicated and knowledgeable like you is beyond my comprehension.

Because they themselves are not as dedicated and knowledgeable, so they do not value such dedication and knowledge.

[@kagtkalem7115]

Pricey maybe?

[@Kav82a]

Because a) videogame studios have as target group young people who focus on gameplay and don't care much about historical details or practical functions of castles b) TV /Hollywood script writers and producers SUCK ,they generaly do whatever they want killing any actuals historical facts and realism just to please the audience.Unfortunately military /historical advisors for movies are made redundant.

[@CalebRichardsChannel]

Ok... now build the darn thing! XD

[@rezwan2526]

A realistic castle,animated..brings tears to my eyes.

[@Xentillus]

Disappointed when you were describing the outside of the castle you didn't just write MACHICOLATIONS for every angle. Real nice work though.

[@bizarreworld2510]

Xentillus I fully support your opinion!!

[@bensilk6431]

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[@elmikeomysterio5496]

Lol! I actually yelled it out a couple of times and confused the hell out of my wife.

[@RokuroCarisu]

This is Shad we're talking about. Of course there are machicolations everywhere!

[@Xentillus]

RokuroCarisu Of course there are. I tried to look out for them. But my point was that I was disappointed he didn't point them out in huge capital letters at every single opportunity.

[@ScratchySpoon]

Bloody fantastic! Top job mate. Viewing that makes me want to see the lives of people there getting on with their day to day tasks.

[@macmurfy2jka]

That thing looks secure!

[@cptrudd056]

Well if I ever get the money. I found the proper building plans for my home.

[@rng_lord1276]

This is cool because it gives a detailed visual breakdown of what a basically ideal castle would be.

[@rorydonaldson2794]

That's a beast of a castle

[@professormetal4411]

Oooh it's finally done, I remember when you first showed this!

[@andorfedra]

Shad! It would be my greatest Pleasure to build this castle In America! At least one that is similar to it.

[@dougjones6487]

This is the ideal castle, you may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like

[@Fricasso79]

Although, there should be another video of what it actually looked like after the King ran out of money halfway through building it, and just said "Alright lads, just put a roof on what we've got and call it a day."

[@professormetal4411]

And my friends say my castle projects are ambitious... They need to see this, I'm sharing it to them.

[@LuciaFinstra]

This is brilliant! Both functionally and aesthetically!

[@GabeBeach]

Good show old chap! I've been watching this thing come together for months (I've only ween watching for months) and it is LOVELY.

[@edi9892]

Now you go crowdfunding it?

[@devonsmith934]

Nice mix of retaining and free standing walls. Never would have thought of that on my own.

[@Kav82a]

Shad's dream castle!

[@TheOwenMajor]

Very well done. One of the few castles designes that I have seen on youtube that I legitimately like.

[@somerton4383]

A marvel of mo-....ancient engineering!!! Nice work Shad!!

[@theonlyGregen]

Even chimneys for all the fireplaces. This is incredible!

[@mennograafmans1595]

Ok, is there a millionaire here? We need someone to fund the building of this beauty. Enough people here who want to help buulding it.

[@liutaurasgrybauskas8377]

menno graafmans Well maybe not build it full scale, but a smaller 3D printed model would be nice

[@rittervontrost5680]

It's a great castle with lots of attention to detail and everything. But one problem I have with it is that the Chapel is right under the dining room. If I'm not mistaken, than the medieval modus operandi was to have the chapel having no other building or quaters on top, at least for the choir/altar part. Sadly can't give you any sources as these informations are from conversations I had with staff at Burg Eltz.

[@TCRP117]

Absolutely wonderful! Well there's only one thing for it now. Turn it into a navigable environment and wander around it in VR ;-)

[@diegosalvador3530]

Sir Shad of Honorguard, GREAT WORK!

[@AusFirewing]

The Servant's Entrance is a nice touch. Can't have the nobility mixing with the common rabble now can we?

[@KenMcKenzie98]

Truly epic!

[@theQiwiMan]

Absolutely GORGEOUS work! Well done!

[@typicalplayer1]

I can only imagine the amount of time and effort that would have to go into making a model like this Jesus man that's beautiful!

[@bigDbigDbigD]

This is exactly the video I have been searching for! Thank you so much!

[@jackalovski1]

Now to kickstarter to get funding to build it!

[@DabombusPrime]

This is a true work of beauty!

[@shadiversity]

Thanks heaps, it certainly took a lot of work.

[@aaronalfer2615]

Magnificent. Great work.

[@sf90001]

Suddenly I have the urge to play Minecraft

[@antontrees2455]

Yea I also got realy inspired by this. I think I'm going to build a castle based on this with the conquest reforged mod.

[@miles6283]

Same...

[@AutismIsUnstoppable]

conquest is the best resource pack

[@gigaherz_]

Glad to see I'm not alone in that feeling.

[@AlexYorim]

The Sims 3 for me.

[@jasongillespie8933]

Great castle. i love that it has an Oubliette.

[@beatrix1120]

As someone who's into both castles and sketchup, I must say, you have some sweet skills

[@shadiversity]

Thanks heaps mate!

[@samueldvorsky951]

Amazing, I always wanted to see what would your own castle look like if you could make one.

[@danielaugusto174]

This simply is... i don't even have the words, it's more than amazing... thee is stupendous!!!

[@shadiversity]

Thanks so much mate, that means a lot ^_^

[@sethgemo7283]

Awsome and sophisticated design. Keep it up, Shad!

[@omvent]

Love It, looks really good well done Shad :)

[@HerraTohtori]

This is amazing. It's almost as if it was designed by someone who knows medieval castles inside and out, rather than just having a vague idea of how a castle is supposed to look like! It would be really nice if game, film, and television executives went through the trouble of reaching out to knowledgeable people for consultation when designing stuff like this. The details, small and large both, really make the castle seem like a place that was built and developed organically, making the best use of the environment to build up its defenses. I would not want to try to take this castle. Draw bridge, gatehouse, narrow path to next gatehouse, even smaller space and a draw bridge until the next gatehouse, outer bailey, YET ANOTHER draw bridge to the main gatehouse, inner bailey, and then again a draw bridge until you can reach the keep... I think I would rather invade Russia in the summer, at least then I would have the chance to end the war by Christmas!

[@tomjackson95]

I would love to see this built some day :) good work Shad.

[@nl_161]

This is a really great model of a proper castle! I've watched quite a few videos/tutorials on how to model castles or castle elements in 3D software and I noticed that most people did not even have a fundamental understanding of how castles/castle elements work, what their purpose is and so on. Therefore, I really apperciate this model.

[@richardbug3094]

Soldier :We cant take this castle the machicolation are slaughtering the men, the dragon is massacring the troops, we need reinforcements. Commander :Then storm the outer gatehouse!. Soldier :But we could never breach it. Commander :Yes we can, BRING THE POMMEL OF MASS DESTRUCTION! Soldier : But sir WHAT ABOUT THE DRAGON! Commander :Leave that to me. will our heroes finally breach this castle or be doomed to fail and let the dark lord shad rule supremely in terror unchallenged? found out next week, until then stay tuned and stay groove.

[@HebaruSan]

Great! I especially like the pseudo double gatehouse, you have to go through it one way and then back the other way through what's almost the same structure. Presumably there would be internal staircases and walkways connecting them? How about roof access?

[@BE02Raziel]

I just knew that you were going to put up a video after uploading this on deviantArt. :D

[@rachdarastrix5251]

*tears of joy* This is beautiful!

[@miken5448]

Was wondering when this video was coming. IT'S HERE EVERYBODY!

[@canyunhicks1587]

Wow this is so cool great job dude:)

[@PhilBagels]

Because castles are awesome!

[@hazzmati]

I would want to live here for sure (as a lord ofc not some common pauper lol). Cozy, functional, aesthetic, safe what more can you ask.

[@burner27]

Hazzmati I'd be fine as his lordships tailor. Whip up some nice doublets and justaucorps.

[@Scotch20]

Air conditioning.

[@nidohime6233]

Without an elevator? Fuck no!

[@Leubast]

Since you've been getting more and more popular there's more and more pressure to make my castles in my story more and more functional and realistic... and I love it.

[@Bob-Roberts]

This is such a fecking cool castle.

[@halovsbionicle]

Not gonna lie this amazing project you've made will probably teach me as much about castles as I've learned from your other videos, and that is saying a lot as you've been a primary source for my quest to learn about medieval fortifications. Kudos to you old chum!

[@Syposaurus]

SHAD PLS MAKE A VIDEO WHERE YOU EXPLAIN EVERYTHING ABOUT THE TING! THE CASTLE, THE EVERYTHING!!! And would be awesome if you could put furniture and just a bunch of stuff around. Decorate the ballroom, throne room, other rooms, stables etc. And then talk abouy why, how, and what etc.

[@arhexirthesnake]

This is simply amazing! So much effort invested and such a glorious outcome! I appreciate it good work mate! Also, those are some nice little MACHICOLATIOOOOOOONSSAH!

[@drageben145]

We shall protect honorguard with the best defences Maaaaaaaaaaachiiiiiiiiiiiicuuuuuuuuuulllllllllaaaaaaaaatiiiiiiiioooooooooonnnnnnnssssssssssssss ahhhhhh

[@LordRimus]

Kitchen under the main hall is probably a bad idea. The smell, and all that... Great job! Even history couldn't do better!

[@Blackmark7410]

Not unheard of, Colchester, Hedingam and Rochester Castles, three castles local to me, all had the main kitchens below the main hall.

[@Nethan2000]

This way the kitchen heats up the main hall. Unless the cook is terrible, I don't see why the guests might hate the smell from the kitchen. Though I would place a kitchen under the dining room and connect them with a chute, so I could move the dishes between them with a small elevator, like it's done in Malbork Castle.

[@seanrea550]

it is also not unheard of for there to be an external kitchen

[@TheOnlyJesReloaded]

Impressive work! love the channel

[@someonesilence3731]

utterly amazing!

[@darcksage1]

I was actually going to ask you if there was any progress on it. I'm so happy it's finally done! Truly amazing work!

[@kaylew108]

Thats so cool. Love it. Now to start funding to build it

[@ksubota]

It would be even better if it has a dragon-room and a reserve storeroom for pommels in the keep

[@2MeterLP]

When you think about it, cannons fire metal balls. So a cannon is just a pommel delivery system, which is also why they were so successful.

[@spaceletsgothere8906]

Isn’t a mace what you get and when you turn an entire sword into a pommel.

[@lurkeymclurkinson1967]

Beautiful castle and great attention to detail! :D Why not try making the perfect realistic castle in the skyrim creation kit or maybe nifskope so that you can really take the grand tour of the in's and out's of your castle(murder holes, arrow loops and MACHICOLATIONS!), and maybe even turn it into a mod for other people's use?

[@mr.gryphon]

Four gatehouses, four drawbridges, and at least three layers of stone wall. The madman actually did it. Woe be to the attacker that has to storm through all four of those heavily fortified positions, just to reach the keep. You'd need a small army of dragons to take that place.

[@firestorm165]

I sense a game of one-upmanship coming on. Hold my beer.

[@DysnomiaFilms]

Give me 10 men and a couple of climbing spikes and I'll impregnate the bitch.

[@albertonishiyama1980]

Or Giants with slings.

[@seanrea550]

why is every body going over land, give me a team of dwarves and i will come in through their own treasure vault.

[@DZ-1987]

Ya salting my under bit? best way to attack this castle is to not bother with it and wait until who ever lucky bastard is the lord of the place to come out of the castle out of temptation and paranoia with the entire garrison and then ambush his flanks with knights and dragon's.

[@BlackThorneDK]

I think you should swap the Granary and the Blacksmith around. I've seen this on castles here in Denmark. The rather large castle of Hammershus on the Island Bornholm had a huge ganary built up to the inner bailey wall. This was used to collect grain as taxes from the farmers on the island. The castle ruins of Kalø north of the city of AArhus, had a rather small blacksmith, as a freestanding structure right past the outer gatehouse in the outer bailey. This was of course due to the inherent fire danger of the blacksmith, that you absolutely don't want to spread to nearby buildings. Other than this, it's a nice castle :)

[@coffeefrog]

Amazing! Gorgeous! Shad, could you please do another video on castle terminology and interior keep layouts?

[@shadiversity]

Absolutely.

[@sparviero142]

This is one of the best looking thing i've ever seen. Really a nice job! i love your 3D works.

[@My-nl6sg]

suddenly felt like building this in Minecraft! AWESOME work!

[@HungryGuyStories]

As much as I love Minecraft, you're better off using Medieval Engineers (available on Steam) for building a realistic castle.

[@My-nl6sg]

that is kinda true, tho minecraft is better for details

[@phyton9O]

i'm glad you had the heating in mind, castle pretty cold during summers too. well done

Great hall has wooden floor. Hmm, I would imagine that the great hall would have floor tiles, marble floor, something along those lines. Despite that, this an awesome looking castle and a pretty cool model. Well done mate

[@seanrea550]

wood is lighter and can support its self, a tiled floor over wood could also be possible but it would take more work and support and a stone floor would take a vaulted celling below to support the floor.

Right, yeah I forgot to say also that there are no vaulted ceilings in there also. I'd prob expect the great hall to be in the main keep. So you walk a straight path from the main gate to the hall. Furthermore, and this is a bit of nit picking and I may be clueless of this, but technically there are no chimneys or any other form of exhaust for the smoke that would be plentyfull coming from the kitchen and with the main hall just above it, you'd get all the smell from the kitchen and smoke in there. If there were a fire in the kitchen, the main hall's floor is at risk of burning down. I guess I would make the basement's ceilings vaulted, have the kitchen offset from the main hall and would have the kitchen closer to the water source. Cheers :)

[@seanrea550]

if there are fire places then there should be chimneys. the advantages of wood for a floor is that you only need to build up a wall around the structure and where your main internal divisions are and you do not need to build up extensive supports in-between. arches vaults and domes would have been known about and used in some cases but it does take more material. in the end the design and lay out of a castle is up to the one planning and commissioning the castle and the tactical advisers and lead masons advising them on features that should be included or left out.

[@falconthefox]

Outstanding work!

[@JoaoPedro-qp9cw]

Suggestion 1: video about realistic armor-weapon interactions. For example, how much a sword can damage padded armor, and how powerful an arrow really is. Suggestion 2: Tabaxi of Volo's Guide would be an interesting choice for Fantasy Rearmed(since the archetypes of the other races of the book have already been covered, I think). And Turtle People maybe. Suggestion 3: more writing videos, they were awesome and extremely useful. Thanks for the attention, have a merry day

[@opalthediloalt9595]

If that were a video game castle I would explore everything that I could lol, that was an amazing castle, and even better cause that type of castle can be explored in real life.

[@k9guy]

whoa, a custom kevin macleod song huh? nice.