Rob Baer - Spikey Bits Author

Hey guys, Rage of Khorne here from The Order of Chaos gaming society looking to paint up some banners for my loyalist Sons of Horus 30K army. This step by step tutorial focuses on black banners with white detailing and minimal colours but the process I use can be substituted for many other colour combos. Some other […]

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 a great painted Cryx Pirate Queen Skarre […]

Hey there everybody! Gruebot from Bolters Con Queso here with one of my Ork Looted Wagons. Some time ago I was surfing the inter webs in search of some Looted Wagons. I had a couple of extra Imperial Guard tanks that I had been wanting to start chopping up and converting for my Orks. So […]

Welcome back to our 72 hours of Adepticon coverage! This time we are bringing you our first Army Interview from Adepticon 2013! I got lucky with my first random interview of day. A Mr. Jeffery Florido who just so happened to be from Illinois. I caught Jeffery at the end of his 2nd Gladiator match […]

Checkout these hot new Fantasy models from the Forge World Open, as reported by Rictus over on Recalcitrant Daze. In case you haven’t checkout his blog take a hot minute to give it a once over. He’s a fellow BoLS writer who really puts out some top notch articles, and is everyone’s go to guy for UK […]

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 sweet Tau Pathfinders. He finished up […]

One of my buddies sent me this article on a custom gaming room, made from deep pockets and lotsa love for the hobby. I’m sure this is the dream of many of us, and to just see it almost brings a tear to the eye (sniff). Pretty amazing stuff, check out this post from the […]

That’s right! Our long awaited March shipment of Minitaire Paints is here and processed into our warehouse. Best part is we have PLENTY of paints left over for sale, and quite a few complete sets of the whole line of paint ready to ship as well. But I implore anyone still on the fence to […]

Rage of Khorne here from The Order of Chaos. Today I will be kit bashing and modifying a count-as broadside (Roach Gun Servitor) for my WIP mechanicum allied force.The kits I used were as follows: Forge Fiend/ Mauler Fiend – Mostly the tentacles and cannons Necron Wraiths – The lower torso, claw arms, and assorted […]

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. Ralph Ragosta submitted this on our […]

Tabletop Fix, the non commercial totally impartial blog that shows off and reviews new model releases, just featured some of the great stuff Mantic is doing for Kings of War. If you haven’t heard they are revamping a couple of the figure ranges to get them more in line with current offerings from different companies. Kings of War minis make GREAT affordable substitutes for […]

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. Ah wouldn’t that be nice… -Enjoy MBG

I spent a good part of my free time over the weekend breaking down the new codex, and tried to make some optimum army builds both with allies and without. The new book has tons of potential for the Tau, and I really think we’ll see them hitting the tables at national level events starting with WargamesCon […]

Hey internet, its the J Stove again, and you probably haven’t heard of me. That’s not because I’m a hipster though, its because I’m a relatively new contributor to Spikey Bits. I’ve got a sweet storm eagle I want to show you soon and how I built it, but before we get to that, I […]

Well another release has once again washed over us, so it’s time to take a look at the new models. Today I have for you spankin’ new video unboxings of the sweet new Tau models; Riptide Battlesuit, Pathfinders, Broadsides, Cadre Fireblade, and the Sunshark Bomber.There were some re-releases as well, like the Hammerhead/ Skyray combo kit […]

The wait is over, the new Tau Codex is here, well sort of.. Supply shortages aside, I had chance to really break down the Tau Codex over the weekend. Below is my initial review on book, and some food for thought about how they may play and shake up the current “meta”.First off, the Codex itself […]

If you’ve listened to our podcast, you may have wondered if the intro and bumpers we play were a real girl’s voice, or if we just got a computer to do it. Truth is it’s a real girl and besides just sounding hot, well I’ll let you judge for yourself.So you’re probably wondering what all […]

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 […]