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.
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 AJ Taflan’s Centurion Devastators! Love em or hate em, these guys are […]
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Looks like more rumors a swarming the interenets for the new Tyranids codex. Personally I don’t like reading the rumors about new units (or changes) as I tend start learning new stats and such that may not be right after all and then mixing them up after the release. But I know a lot of […]
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I’ll be honest the idea for this little guy just happened to come from just dumb luck. Not that I’m upset, heck that’s how we got nice things like Penicillin and Nura Sweet! However while those discoveries went on to change our world, I’m just playing with toy soldiers and trying to inspire others with […]
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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 an interesting looted ork […]
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The newest Imperial Armor Book is HERE; Imperial Armor Two, War Machines of the Adeptus Astartes! Right on the heals of the controversial 40k Escalation supplement, this edition of Imperial Armor collects the rules and fluff for most of the popular Space Marines and Sisters of Battle Forge World kits. It was also the first […]
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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 an amazing Diorama of […]
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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. One of the better suits I’ve seen out […]
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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 an anonymous email submission of a painting inspired by another model we featuered […]
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Checkout the second Forge the Narrative live Webcast Battle Report. The first webcast meeting of these two 40k Titans was originally broadcast on Halloween Night 2013 and hosted by MBG Rob Baer, and other special guests. Paul defeated Kenny the first time, and now it’s time for REVENGE! Can Kenny take down Paul this time? We also […]
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Looks like the cat is out of the advent calendar bag, and Cypher is coming soon!There are also a few other cool releases still to come as well, check out all the details below courtesy of BoLS. The question is will his rules follow the Spanish rules sheet from Dark Vengeance or will he be… […]
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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. New artwork from Black Library showcasing the “Vengeful […]
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Forge World just released the new Night Lords Raptors, and these guys look amazing.Gone are the gaudy bat wing helmets and jetpack wings, and in place we have normal tactical fixtures for their armor. Checkout the pics below, and be sure to pre-order the newest edition to the Eight Legion! http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/NIGHT_LORDS_NIGHT_RAPTORS.html
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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. New hotness from Black Librarythat’s very inspiring indeed. […]
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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. Christopher Bowers, one of the guys behind our Horus Heresy […]
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Way back in the 1990’s the newest wave of Tyranids models were originally hatched.With the release of Epic series of games, a lot of models were created for each faction of 40k in to fill the vast tabletops of this game. Chief among these for the Tyranids were the Exocrine, Haruspex, Dominatrix, and Malefactor models […]
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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 an amazing diorama of […]
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Way back in the 1990’s the newest wave of Tyranids models were originally hatched.With the release of Epic series of games, a lot of models were created for each faction of 40k in to fill the vast tabletops of this game. Chief among these for the Tyranids were the Exocrine, Haruspex, Dominatrix, and Malefactor models […]
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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. I saw this the other day, and it looked pretty […]
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