King Zordon’s Cat Castle

Once Upon a time there was a kitty named Zordon. Zordon was a sad kitty because he didn’t have a castle of his own, there was no where for him to lounge and look down upon his minions. I saw the issue and decided to rectify the situation immediately.

I was mostly working with plywood I’d saved from shelving, left over paint, and imagination. The plywood dimensions decided the dimensions of the finished project, so I spent time in the planning stages decided how big I could go, how cats move, and how to support a little royal chunk. I did have to buy a few supplies, namely a fancy window mold for resin, random wood bits, some “L” brackets, and a few stencils.

Clearly the castle was going to need some grandeur so I found tray molds online and adapted them to work for my purposes, cutting the flat section from one window into panes for the open window and only partially filling the molds to get the depth I was looking for.

Once I had a number of drawings in place, I got to work making some simple lines for my circular saw and jigsaw cuts. My little brother was over and no one is safe so he gave me a hand juggling the large plywood parts. After everything was cut I sanded and did some color blocking for the base colors and left that dry overnight. The next day I got to the fun bit, decorating!

Once the windows were installed I realized the scale was off so this is where I decided I needed a stencil for smaller details. I used a few different paint shades and dry brushed our castle, adding left over wood aging stain over the paint.

I made one cushion and we added a second so the poor monarch would have ample perching spots to nap, monitor the humans, and track the progress of the working riffraff to ensure he’ll be forever a spoiled cat king.