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.
Welcome to Conversion Corner, where we display great looking converted and Work In Progress (WIP) models from stuff we’ve done or amazing figures we’ve seen around.If you click on the Conversion Corner label you’ll be able to scroll through some great looking conversions and more, all at once. Checkout this neat looking walker conversion. I’m assuming its for the […]
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Ten years ago I spent nearly a month painting my Iron Warriors army, and honestly it was mostly time spent just painting yellow. Fast forward to today, and there is so many painting aids that really it can take as little as a weekend to paint a 1850 or 2000 point army if you’re properly […]
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Welcome to Conversion Corner, where we display great looking converted and Work In Progress (WIP) models from stuff we’ve done or amazing figures we’ve seen around.If you click on the Conversion Corner label you’ll be able to scroll through some great looking conversions and more, all at once. Checkout this neat Plague Ogryn conversion from Adepticon 2011! -MBG
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Welcome to 40k Flashback, where I dig deep for something cool that I have or have seen from back in the day. Which according to the comic Dane Cook was a Wednesday…Checkout this awesome painted old plastic Land Raider, that’s been upgraded with new Forge World parts and a new crew! (by unknown) -MBG
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Welcome to Picture of the Day, where we display a sweet pic of something amazing that we’ve seen around the tubes, or took at an event! If you click on the Picture of the Day label you’ll be able to scroll through some great Warhammer related images, all at once. Pretty good cosplay of everyone’s favorite Imperial […]
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Welcome to Conversion Corner, where we display great looking converted and Work In Progress (WIP) models from stuff we’ve done or amazing figures we’ve seen around.If you click on the Conversion Corner label you’ll be able to scroll through some great looking conversions and more, all at once. Checkout this neat Chaos Storm Eagle (roc pattern?) conversion by Matt […]
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Pesky flyers got you down? Try fielding a few of these to make them go away! This little guy is a fun little kit that Forge World put our a few years ago, and has seen a new life now defending armies against flyers. The neat part is that the turret itself will fit into […]
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Checkout this scratch build Warlord Titan from our recent Horus Heresy Weekender at FTW Games.Nate aka Warjammy from the 30k Heresy boards brought this monstrosity with him for the traitors final push on the loyalists holding out on Istvaan III. Nate and his crew raided everything from their bits boxes to the toy aisle at Wal-Mart […]
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Welcome to a very special Army of One, where I display great looking painted models from reader submissions!Interested in showing off your work on Spikey Bits, and seeing your name in lights? We want those pics! If you click on the Army of One label you’ll be able to scroll through some great looking figures, all at once. Today we […]
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Wow, looks like we’re in for an unprecedented THREE releases for X-wing Miniatures this year! Checkout the new wave four miniatures that Fantasy Flight Games just announced over the weekend! I cant wait to start seeing rumors on these babies! Which one do you want? Via FFGUpgrade Your Fleet In the game’s fourth wave of starship […]
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Welcome to a very special Army of One, where I display great looking painted models from reader submissions!Interested in showing off your work on Spikey Bits, and seeing your name in lights? We want those pics! If you click on the Army of One label you’ll be able to scroll through some great looking figures, all at once. Today we […]
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Welcome to Conversion Corner, where we display great looking converted and Work In Progress (WIP) models from stuff we’ve done or amazing figures we’ve seen around. If you click on the Conversion Corner label you’ll be able to scroll through some great looking conversions and more, all at once. Today we take a look at another cool Ork Land […]
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Welcome to Picture of the Day, where we display a sweet pic of something amazing that we’ve seen around the tubes, or took at an event!If you click on the Picture of the Day label you’ll be able to scroll through some great Warhammer related images, all at once. Ya gotta admit it makes a nice theme […]
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Welcome to Army of One, where I display a great looking painted model from stuff I’ve done or amazing figures I’ve seen around. If you click on the Army of One label you’ll be able to scroll through some great looking figures, all at once. Today we take a look at Jkin’s Angron vs a converted Ferrus Manus by Beast. […]
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Right on the heels of the Typhon model release for Death Guard, Kharn the Bloody is here!Very few other single names in the grim dark invoke such a feeling of fear and dread than Kharn the soon to be Betrayer. But for now he’s just a line captain and equerry to Angron. Checkout all the […]
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Welcome to Armies on Parade, where I display (in hopefully good detail) some great looking armies from major tournaments all across the United States. If you click on the Armies on Parade label you’ll be able to scroll through some great looking armies, all at once. It’s like you were at a major event yourself, all from the comfort […]
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About ten years ago or so Forge World produced a new class of Tyranids called Hierodules. They used to be know as Gargantuan Creatures but today they are now “Lords of War”. Either way they’re big, they’re bad, and most importantly they’re hungry. The current rules for the Barbed and Scythed Hierodules can be found in […]
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Welcome to Conversion Corner, where we display great looking converted and Work In Progress (WIP) models from stuff we’ve done or amazing figures we’ve seen around. If you click on the Conversion Corner label you’ll be able to scroll through some great looking conversions and more, all at once. Interested in showing off your work on Spikey Bits, and […]
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