Every story has an origin, and for many this Mike McVey Diorama was what kicked off Horus Heresy fever for the last 25+ Years.
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Rob Baer - Spikey Bits Author
Rob Baer
Job Title: Managing Editor
Founded Spikey Bits in 2009
Socials: Rob Baer on Facebook and @catdaddymbg on X
About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.
Rob also co-founded and is a panelist on the weekly Long War Podcast, which has over 500 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k, and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls.
Every year, he and his co-hosts help host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at the Las Vegas Open, both of which attract thousands of players from around the world.
Rob has also won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments and even winning 1st place at the 2011 Adepticon 40k Team Tournament. He was even featured for his painting in issue #304 of Games Workshop’s White Dwarf Magazine.
With over 30 years of experience in retail and distribution, Rob knows all the products and exactly which ones are the best. As a member of GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association), he advocates for gaming stores and manufacturers in these difficult times. He also advises major hedge funds on stocks like Games Workshop and Asmodee.
He is always looking for the next big thing to feature for the miniatures hobby, helping everyone provide the value consumers want.
While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.
Coming in February from Fantasy Flight Games – New Star Wars, Warhammer Conquest and More!
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Sometimes you see a conversion or a paint job that’s just so awe-inspiring, that you want to try it yourself. Rarely does it seem like you see two of these in a row, much less from the same person.
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Today I have for you a blast from the past, the Sparrowhawk flyer tutorial.
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Treadheads rejoice, Forge World is indeed releasing a new Super Heavy tank, and today they showed it off a little.
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While we all wait for a plastic Thunderhawk to get released, someone took matters into their own hands.
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The last of the Skaven skitterleap onto store shelves. Get ready for the what’s headed for your tabletop!
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I wonder if they come when you call them?
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Heads up Hobby Maniacs, join the newest community of hobbyists on the web!
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Ever wonder what a legit Space Marine action figure may look like? Well you may not have to look any further.
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Let’s take a look at the background of the newest Forge World Character model, “Ordinary Hero” Alexis Polux.
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Kabuki Models is excited to share some images of Ghost Knight and Hydra Knight, a couple of our newest entries into the Knights of Legend line.
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The newest embodiment of the Great Horned rat is here, and you even get to pick your own flavor!
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The Skaven are coming, and boy are they packing heat.
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Look what someone made out of the old Blood Angels Space Hulk causality.
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We had heard the ‘chatter’ since Thanquol leaked, and these new models appear to be the up-armored ogres that had been speculated.
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Forge World just dropped it’s latest creation from the Machine God, and it looks good.\
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Will the new Necrons’ Gauss weapons get a big change in the new release?
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