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 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. Guess what my late Spring project […]
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Check out this super easy to make “Gothic” styled loyalist Space Marine. Originally this was my test mini for a new Black Templars army, but he could easily sub for any chapter especially Dark Angels! This is just a quick “Flashback Friday” re-post of a previous article from early 2012, but it goes great with the new Dark […]
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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 […]
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Recently one of the Spikey Bits writers started a huge, er small, project. Beef, recently purchased a treasure trove of sealed in package squat miniatures, and has begun constructing the mother of all Squat armies. He picked up the collection from Tyton Games in Illinois, and my what a collection it is. I’m still getting […]
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So here’s my latest “Faeit” commentary on the newest rumor of the week. It looks like GW is looking to switch out from Finecast to something better- like maybe those awesome plastic character packs they’ve been coming out with as of late for Fantasy and 40k (Chaos Aspiring Champion).Being a big company and all, with […]
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Flyers are zooming onto the scene next month? Well once again we have rumors about new flyer rules and models. Now it seems that this may be a stand alone book like Crusade of Fire, Battle for Black Fire Pass etc. This seems to coincide with recent “no more rules in White Dwarf” rumors making the […]
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They are here, and the word is this new codex rocks! All of the Dark Angels kits are available now, just in time to aid in the fight against the emerging Chaos Space Marine meta. If your looking to get some of the new minis at a great price, head on over to the Spikey […]
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Well in keeping with the New Year’s tradition, here is the best of Tau that I featured in 2012! If you want to find out more about any of these armies, you can always click on the Tau category as well. Welcome to Armies on Parade, where I display (in hopefully good detail) some great looking armies from major tournaments […]
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A few weeks ago I can across a great airbrushing channel on You Tube showcasing some amazingly easy to do airbrush weathering techniques. These were for creating some great realistic looking weathered tanks, and they really inspired me to get off my butt and work on some of my Super Heavies. The reason I really […]
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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. How would you caption this? Here, I’ll go first: […]
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Hey guys, Rage of Khorne here from The Order of Chaos gaming club, looking to walk you through one of my first Sons of Horus models for my upcoming pre-heresy campaign (more on that in future articles). The tools I used were fairly simple and included: -Files -Plastic Glue -Super Glue -Green Putty -Assorted Bitz […]
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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. How would you caption this? Enjoy MBGMake sure you […]
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Well a new army for 40k has been released, and it’s that time again, time for a HUGE give-away that is.To help promote the release of the new Dark Angels, and kick off all sorts of fun conversions, and army discussions we’re giving away FIVE of the new Dark Angels Codices (or equal value in Spikey Bits Store […]
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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. How would you caption this? Here, I’ll go […]
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Well in keeping with the New Year’s tradition, here is the best of Space Marines that I featured in 2012! If you want to find out more about any of these armies, you can always click on the Space Marines category as well. Welcome to Armies on Parade, where I display (in hopefully good detail) some great looking armies […]
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Well a new army for 40k has been released, and it’s that time again, time for a HUGE give-away that is.To help promote the release of the new Dark Angels, and kick off all sorts of fun conversions, and army discussions we’re giving away FIVE of the new Dark Angels Codices (or equal value in Spikey Bits Store […]
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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. How would you caption this? You have 10 […]
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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. This one was from DeviantART by […]
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