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.
Sometimes seeing a model unpainted in person is better than seeing the finished product. Checkout the Castellum Stronghold! With the new Castellum Stronghold that may have definitely been the case. I knew as soon as I picked up the box Forge World shipped it to me in there was a problem, as quite a few pieces […]
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Well love it or hate it, Escalation is here and we’re left picking up the pieces.It seems to be that most players are afraid of playing with these new rules because they “have nothing to kill the big stuff”. But fear not players of the regular 40k, I shall offer advice on how to bring […]
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Interested in showing off your work on Spikey Bits, and seeing your name in lights? We want those pics! 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 […]
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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… So what do you think, did Forge World rehash this old pewter dreadnought for the Contemptor? Me likey either way. And it only cost 3.50 […]
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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… All for a low low price of 2.50 pounds sterling. I love how Forge World remade the “Communications Officer” into Horus Heresy. What’s your favorite? […]
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Well in keeping with the New Year’s tradition, here is a the best of Chaos Daemons that I featured in 2013!If you want to find out more about any of these models, you can always click on the Chaos Daemons category as well. Don’t forget to click the links to view the whole army feature, and comment with your vote […]
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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 take a look at Brendan Hardy’s sweet Triarch Stalkers! Can YOU name all the bits? -MBG
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Well in keeping with the New Year’s tradition, here is a the best of Chaos Space Marines that I featured in 2013!If you want to find out more about any of these models, you can always click on the Chaos Space Marines category as well. Don’t forget to click the links to view the whole army feature, and comment with […]
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Time to beef up your Space Marine artillery barrages with the new Legion Basilisk kit! Brand spanking new, and featuring a chassis of unknown origin, this kit is a looker for sure. Being an Iron Warriors player, I may need three… Lock in your order now for January 3rd http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/LEGION_BASILISK.html As cohesive fighting forces able […]
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A little Ironic, don’t you think? Cypher the Fallen Angel has arrive in the last installment of the advent calendar, and honestly he’s pretty darn good. Don’t go trying to add him to a Dark Angels force though as they don’t get along. Overall his stats look great and the fact you can just add […]
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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 really cool Iron Warriors Land Raider (artist unknown) […]
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Checkout what just went up for pre-order over on Forge World!Straight out of Horus Heresy Book 2: Massacre, the new Grave Wardens look pretty dope with their modified armor and all. I wish I played Death Guard so I would have an excuse to pick them up! -MBG Alone among the Legiones Astartes, the Death […]
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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. Lols.. I love dry humor. -Enjoy MBG
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Checkout one of the coolest flyer from Forge World, the Avenger Strike Fighter!Today I’m unboxing the new Avenger Strike Fighter from Forgerworld, and I gotta tell you I really like the look of this thing. I think the reason that it is so appealing to me, is because it borrows so many design elements from other fictional […]
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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 very nice Deimos Pattern Vindicator (artist unknown) –Enjoy […]
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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. Happy Orks! -Enjoy MBG
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Presents, again! I just found another little nugget languishing in the bottom of my videos folder from earlier in the year!So to the light of day with it! Please enjoy this recently resurfaced unboxing of the Land Raider Achilles variant! The Kit The Land Raider Achilles is available for 69 pounds (~$102) from Forge World. Originating in the […]
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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 very cool Dreadnought […]
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