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Personal logo 20thmaine Supporting Member of TMP14 Apr 2022 12:15 a.m. PST

Them there peasants need implements of farm tendering….

Personal logo Editor in Chief Bill The Editor of TMP Fezian14 Apr 2022 1:11 a.m. PST

I've got Dwarf miners with pickaxes, and a peasant horde with farming implements.

advocate14 Apr 2022 1:26 a.m. PST

Most of my WW2 infantry have entrenching tools. And if that doesn't count, some of my engineers do.

ZULUPAUL Supporting Member of TMP14 Apr 2022 1:27 a.m. PST

Mexican peasants for western gaming.

JimSelzer14 Apr 2022 2:10 a.m. PST

my artillery crews and sappers

x42brown14 Apr 2022 2:11 a.m. PST

Space ship crew with spanners ect., Scientist with clip board or tablet. Media crew with camera and microphone.

Siege engineers from multiple periods (including fantasy)

The list can go on and on.

x42

FusilierDan Supporting Member of TMP14 Apr 2022 2:22 a.m. PST

Several Airfix sets have figures with pick axes or shovels.

robert piepenbrink Supporting Member of TMP14 Apr 2022 4:33 a.m. PST

Certainly. Sappers with axes or shovels, gunners with rammers, buckets and linstocks, WWII figures with radios and mine detectors, the odd SF skirmish figure with medical bag or tool kit.

The Last Conformist14 Apr 2022 5:44 a.m. PST

The obligatory peasants armed with farming tools. Plus some artillery crew and camp followers who aren't using their tools as improvised weapons.

Oh, and an awful lot of figures carry knives that would have served both as everyday tools and last-ditch weapons.

Frederick Supporting Member of TMP14 Apr 2022 6:24 a.m. PST

As noted obligatory peasants/farmers in ancients, medievals and horse and musket

Artillery crews and sappers/engineers

And dwarven miners (although a pickaxe or two can be handy if a nasty goblin shows up in the mine)

Robert Bruce14 Apr 2022 6:38 a.m. PST

For my FoW Soviets I'm painting up a set of the Peter Pig "Dancing Group" as an objective. Also have radio men and spotters who are not notably armed.

I also have a few guys with shiny tanks on their backs who are ready to start a barbeque. :)

WarpSpeed14 Apr 2022 11:25 a.m. PST

My confederate field radio team is always a hoot to sneak on as a command unit.

Personal logo Parzival Supporting Member of TMP14 Apr 2022 1:17 p.m. PST

I first said "No" but then I recalled that my artillery stands have figures holding ramming/swabbing poles, torches, what appears to be an aiming stick, cannonballs and kegs of powder, all of which could be classified as "tools." On a dwarf flame cannon unit, there's at least one guy with a shovel.
And then my dwarf general is holding a tankard of ale— certainly a necessary tool for a dwarf! wink
So "Yes, apparently I do."

dilettante Supporting Member of TMP14 Apr 2022 2:12 p.m. PST

Some RPG ones like my Gamma World androids.

Covert Walrus14 Apr 2022 3:04 p.m. PST

Several Engineering units for my Dirtside2 forces.

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