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 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 well done Corax conversion by Alex […]
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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. Keeping the Machine Spirits of Springfield happy since 1988 -Enjoy MBG
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The Lizardmen have finally emerged from the Jungles of Lustria and beyond!All across the world all the newest Warhammer Fantasy Models are now on sale! Best part is, we’re selling them for our normal everyday discount of 20% OFF MSRP! So get your orders in now, because if past releases were any indication, these guys may […]
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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 great set of weathered fortifications! -Enjoy MBG
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Some of you “old” timers may remember the last, last, time we got a Space Marine codex. The year was 2005 (May I think to be exact), and it was the pinnacle of 4th edition. This book usher in years of the “min-max” meta that saw nearly every list taking five man tactical squads with […]
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Welcome to Picture of the Day, where I display a sweet pic of something amazing that I’ve seen around the tubes, or took myself 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. Angry Marines Predator Angrinator… ALWAYS ANGRY! -Enjoy […]
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The Lizardmen have finally emerged from the Jungles of Lustria and beyond! All across the world all the newest Warhammer Fantasy Models are now on sale! Best part is, we’re selling them for our normal everyday discount of 20% OFF MSRP! So get your orders in now, because if past releases were any indication, these guys […]
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Welcome to Picture of the Day, where I display a sweet pic of something amazing that I’ve seen around the tubes, or took myself 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 sweet cosplay. I would certainly […]
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Episode Nineteen is here, download it now! This episode covers our first discussion on list building and tournament discussions mostly for the ATCs but there is a ton of useful knowledge that can be applied to all tournaments.Forge the Narrative is podcast about gaming, and the nerdom that surrounds it. Each episode will be about an hour […]
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Welcome to Picture of the Day, where I display a sweet pic of something amazing that I’ve seen around the tubes, or took myself 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. Be afraid she (/he/it?) is holding […]
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Here at Spikey Bits, we keep trying to come up with more fun and, what we hope are, exciting ways for you to save on your gaming needs. We’ll try to feature a new sale every week on some of the top names out there in gaming, just to give you a chance to try out […]
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Here Lizard, Lizard, Lizard. If the White Dwarf was a Taco Bell Chihuahua, that is what it would sound like I think . As you’ve probably heard by now, Warhammer Fantasy’s Lizardmen are getting an slew of new releases from a new Army Book to a Plastic Carnosaur! Being a closeted fan of Warhammer Fantasy Battles, […]
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Johnathan Ho entered this amazingly done conversion for our FREE Wraithknight contest, and while he didn’t win this one, he did win the last one we did!After a little coaxing (not much) Johnathan sent over this article on how he made his “Justicar Weiss”. Now if we can just get him to share more models […]
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Welcome to Picture of the Day, where I display a sweet pic of something amazing that I’ve seen around the tubes, or took myself 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. Looks pretty cool. I don’t remember […]
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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 my Grey Knights Custom Techmarine! -Enjoy MBG
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I love to paint. So while it’s perfectly acceptable to leave those clear cockpits unpainted, I just can’t resist painting them.
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Welcome to Picture of the Day, where I display a sweet pic of something amazing that I’ve seen around the tubes, or took myself 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. Not sure if edible… -Enjoy MBG
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Larry over on Bell of Lost Souls posted this up a little while ago, and it hit a strong nerve with me as I read it. Unfortunately I don’t think it got a lot of reads because everyone seemed to be on vacation that week, so I wanted to take it for a spin […]
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