Which (rpg) books related to the Warhammer 40k universe have images depicting the "average" citizenry and cities of the Empire and their daily lives?
In case there are no official sources, please recommend sources/artists (online) whose works you've actually used during play to show your players the "backdrop" of their urban adventures.
I really find the imagery of the WH40k universe… fascinating, in a way. However, we're usually shown only the elite (well, in a certain sense, anyway), which makes (re)constructing a mental image of the average city and its inhabitants quite hard. (Obviously, their dresses won't have all the embroidery, ornamentation etc that the elite's outfit tends to have. But then what do they look like? What would I see on a journalistic street photo?)
Of course, the worlds of the empire have a wide variety of tech levels. What I'm interested in of the spectrum is those worlds that are at least on the same tech level as Earth IRL is, currently.
The more official sources and/or the better quality and better fitting sources you list, the more I'm likely to pick and accept your answer. 🙂 Thank you.
Best Answer
The Dark Heresy line has some material; it tends to focus more on the powerful - nobles, etc, but there are a few bits of the seedier side.
The Rogue Trader corebook and it's player's guide have pretty good descriptions of the lifestyles of normal ship crew, but I suspect that's still unusual enough to be out of scope.
The real images of the lower class are in Necromunda, not in the 40K RPGs. But those are all just hive gangs.