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.
Astartes players, it’s time to unleash hell – the Legion Basilisk is here! This new kit features a fantastic never before seen Chimera class chassis that could prove to be the basis for a ton of new “Imperial Army” kits, as well as Legion variants, for years to come. It’s both highly detailed and extremely […]
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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 cool custom Lego Baneblade. I would really […]
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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 a sweet 40k Scale […]
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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…This believe it or not is the old Armorcast Eldar Wave Serpent vehicle kit that was based on the even older Epic (or Space Marine.. depending […]
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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 Keegan Butler’s Sweet Lord […]
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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…This is an old illustration of the first documented Astartes Drop ship, which could be the precursor to the Thunderhawk / Stormbird aircrafts.
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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. Checkout this amazing bit of sculpting and painting by Mr […]
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Well if you ever wanted to make it rain shells on your opponent and you were a Marine player now is your chance!Up for order are the new Legion Medusa and Command sets for games of 30k (Horus Heresy) and I’m sure we’ll see 40k “relic” rules for them soon enough. Don’t forget about the […]
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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 a cool converted Ork Runtbot! Enjoy 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. and maybe an Xbox One? Anyone know who […]
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The Kharybdis is here and it is easily one of my favorite Forge World kits of all time! Drop pod, flyer, rogue machine spirit, all of these things accurately describe this gigantic model. This kit has been a joy to assemble, and is very well designed from its locking leg joints that can actually support […]
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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. Would he be everyone’s favorite Marine with a […]
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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. Which is / was your favorite? (photo by […]
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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…When it comes to 40k, you just never know how a particular chapter started out fluff wise! Make sure you enlarge the image above and take […]
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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 amazing city / Imperial War Train. I stumbled […]
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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 pretty cool Centurion Terminator conversion by Brendan Griffith -Enjoy MBG
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That’s right, the Kharybdis FLIES! Forge World just released it’s experimental rules for the new Kharybdis Assault Claw, and once it lands it can become a flyer! Pretty neat rules that make it about the same points as a Land Raider, but it can carry 20 Space Marines (and fly)! In all honesty, this is the […]
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