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.
Just recently I discovered that a great looking cosplay suit of power armor that I had seen all over the internet (and featured on here) was actually located only a few counties over here in Virginia! Best part is these guys make all sorts of armor replicas; from Iron Man to Master Chief, they do […]
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I haven’t seen a revolution in miniatures painting like this since the early 2000’s when Vallejo came along an made us all realize that there were better paints out there than just Citadel. Heck, for me, this even blows away the introduction of washes by GW in early 2007 (Well mostly because I was already making my […]
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Checkout my spankin’ new video unboxing / review of the hottest thing on with four engines; the Dark Angels Ravenwing Vengeance Speeder.This kit is pretty neat for all the bits and it’s in game abilities! For now press play below and see what everyone will be talking about!
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Well I had a chance to really sit down with the new Dark Angels Codex over the last few days, and get a real feel for the new book, its’ format, and the army itself.First off, the book itself is 105 pages long, and written by Jeremy Vetock. To me, this thing is pretty well […]
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Checkout my spankin’ new video unboxing / review of the hottest thing on two wheels; the Dark Angels Ravenwing Command Squad. This kit, just like the Deathwing Command, is a real winner- more on that later. For now press play below and see what everyone will be talking about!
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Checkout my spankin’ new video unboxing / review of the newest flyer to take to the skies; the Dark Angels Dark Talon Fighter.This kit, just like the Deathwing Command, is a real winner- more on that later. For now press play below and see what everyone will be talking about!
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Checkout my spankin’ new video unboxing / review of the newest Dark Angels Kit, the Deathwing Command / Knights.This kit is a real winner, more on that later. For now press play below and see what everyone will be talking about!
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So I was cruising around the tubes the other day and stumbled upon a great collection of Games Workshop promotional Videos over on Blood of Kittens, and chuckled a bit.You can obviously tell who they are marketed to, right? Remember guys REAL GAMERS PLAY FACE TO FACE! -Enjoy MBGCourtesy of Blood of Kittens What you are about to see is […]
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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. I got a bit of video […]
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So the birds keep on chirping about the Tyranids. It looks like Faeit’s article yesterday stirred up the warp a bit and here’s what settled out. What do you think, are Tyranids getting a Feb White Dwarf Update? -MBGFrom Faeit:Yesterday we had a rumor set on Tyranids, and while they are a ways off, it was interesting […]
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Hello there my fellow Spikey-nauts! (This is the term I’ve decided to use for us regular Spikey Bits Blog viewers, we’ll see if it sticks.) I suppose an introduction is in order, as this is my first post on the Spikey Bits Blog. I go by Gruebot on several other web forums, so I think I’ll […]
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I just got done reading the eagerly anticipated January White Dwarf that features the new Dark Angels models. I have to admit there was a lot of hate for them when they were leaked a few weeks ago, but after seeing them in print I don’t think they look that bad after all IMHO.This month’s White […]
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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, […]
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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 interwebz, 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 image just started popping up […]
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Well in keeping with the New Year’s tradition, here is a the best of Blood Angels that I featured in 2012! If you want to find out more about any of these armies, you can always click on the Blood Angels category as well. Welcome to Armies on Parade, where I display (in hopefully good detail) some great looking armies […]
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Well here they are in all their resplendent glory. White Dwarf Pics of the new Dark Angels models. These broke over the weekend from Europe of course and well, they look good.Here’s a repost from my buddy Alec’s Blog: Apocalypse 40k: The Dark Angels are coming and here are some photos from the latest White Dwarf (which […]
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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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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. I had remembered awhile back a […]
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