Cloudships and Gunboats

by Richard Houston

1/1000 scale miniature aerial vessels for use with Space: 1889.

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The Houston's Ships line of Cloudships and Gunboats was released shortly after Sky Galleons of Mars came out in 1988. The ships were designed by Richard Houston to the same scale as his "Foreign Ships" (pre-Dreadnaught Era naval miniatures) at approximately 1/1000 scale. The Foreign Ships line, along with the Cloudships and Gunboats, complimented Space: 1889's Ironclads and Ether Flyers miniatures rule set.

The Cloudships and Gunboats line of miniatures are no longer commercially available (although re-casts can occasionally be found on eBay). Mr. Houston sold his original molds to Scott Flowers at GameTech. Mr. Flowers re-designed the ships and sold those designs under the GameTech label for a number of years.

This list, of Houston's Cloudships and Gunboats, is provided for reference purposes:

Stock #	Name	Type	Nationality
C&G-01	Heavenly Archer	kite	Martian
C&G-02	Swiftwood	kite	Martian
C&G-03	Wisperdeath	kite	Martian
C&G-04	Warm Winds	kite	Martian
C&G-05	Skylord	kite	Martian
C&G-06	Small Bird	screw galley	Martian
C&G-07	Clearsight	screw galley	Martian
C&G-08	Sky Runner	screw galley	Martian
C&G-09	Endtime	screw galley	Martian
C&G-10	Hullcutter	screw galley	Martian
C&G-11	Skyfire	screw galley	Martian
C&G-12	HMS Aphid	gunboat	British
C&G-13	HMS Dauntless	gunboat	British
C&G-14	HMS Locust	gunboat	British
C&G-15	HMS Macefield	gunboat	British
C&G-16	HMS Reliant	gunboat	British
C&G-17	HMS Thunderer	gunboat	British
C&G-18	HMS Triumph	gunboat	British
C&G-19	HMS Intrepid	gunboat	British
C&G-20	Czarina	gunboat	Russian
C&G-21	SMS Hamburg	gunboat	German
C&G-22	Harpon	gunboat	French
C&G-23	Gloire	gunboat	French
C&G-24	USS Eagle	gunboat	American
C&G-25	USS Ranger	gunboat	American
C&G-26	Mikasa	gunboat	Japanese
C&G-27	Yashima	gunboat	Japanese
C&G-28	Leopold	gunboat	Belgian
C&G-29	Liege	assault transport	Belgian
C&G-30	LZ-41	zeppelin	German
C&G-31	LZ-5	zeppelin	German