Oh, now there you go - that's not a bad rocket - since I posted that, other people have found some nice rockets I'd never have come across myself, and it's greatly appreciated!
For this purpose, I'm cool with anything from Ming the Merciless' War Rocket Ajax (in imitation of old-school newspaper comic strips), to Pegasus' Luna Rocket Ship (sort of a generic '50s rocketship pastiche), to the Lost-in-Space Jupiter 2 or Battlestar Galactica Viper from the '60s and '70s would fit my broadest definitions for "retro sci-fi" or "raygun gothic", even though they cover a lot of ground:
And @Mark Dewis found a picture of some kit-bashed Stargrave figures that do manage to nail the spirit of the thing really well, too:
Wargames Atlantic's Cannon Fodder right out of the box are more or les son target, too, with the exception of the guns being a bit post-Starship Troopers and Aliens for "Raygun Gothic" proper:
Most of the Galaxy Laser Team toys from the '60s and '70s fit, as a product of the end of that era, and Star Wars and Star Trek technically fit into it as well while bridging over into a more modern era of sci-fi (for example, Luke Skywalker's land-speeder from the original film is a beautiful example of Raygun Gothic design!):
The rubber-mask aliens are definitely a part of the whole thing - Star Wars, Star Trek, Lost in Space, and the like wouldn't be the same without them! These robots, like R2-D2, are iconic products of the era as well:
You're probably right on target for the era if your characters have capes, tights, micro-skirts, synthetic fabric in loud colours, weird badges, and hints of kightly or Trojan or Roman armor to the costumes, the guns and spacecraft have fins, the spaceraft are gracefully streamlined (even though it doesn't make anything "go faster" in space!), and the robots, cars, and space suits have big transparent bubbles and exposed levers, buttons, switches, and lights! :)
It's sort of like decades of "missing-link" between what we'd call "Steampunk" today, and the "used future" meets "Space Marine" thing of big, boxy, industrial-style, lived-in and heavily-used spaceships and rifles that you'd find in modern futuristic sci-fi (pioneered in part by Darkstar, Alien, and Star Wars....)
So, I think the heyday of the "Raygun Gothic" era mostly spanned the '30s, '40s, and '50s, with prototypical examples dating back even earlier in the century in pulp sci-fi illustrations and the occasional early sci-fi movies (Metropolis 1927 probably set the whole tone), and hold-overs going into the '60s and '70s (with the later examples of Star Wars and the Flash Gordon movie being deliberately "retro" in calling back to old sci-fi serials!)
I think I digressed from the original topic, though - I'm looking forward to thse Cannon Fodder ladies for all kinds of different projects - they're maybe not quite right for the Raygun Gothic or Steampunk settings, but they'll be great for things like Cyberpunk, Space Marine and Used Future style subjects, dystopian and apocalyptic sci-fi, modern subjects, and more, and the various heads shown in preview renders promise some great options for characters when used with the Cannon Fodder 2 kit by itself, and when kitbashed with other sets!
