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 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 […]
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Sundays here on Spikey Bits are now Xenos Funday Sundays (get it?). Not into Astartes, or ‘oomies, this segment is for you!Be sure to checkout all the previous Xenos Fundays for a look back at some good hearted alien fun. But be sure to buckle up buttercup, it’s going to be a bumpy ride. These […]
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Today I’ve got another sweet Forge World unboxing video for you on Elspeth Von Draken on Carmine Dragon.Recently, Forge World put out this kit as a new release from their Warhammer Forge side of things, and it’s one of the better dragons I’ve seen in awhile. Even more recently, they followed this kit up another […]
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Welcome to a retro look at one of our first Forge World un-boxing articles.This is the Necron Tomb Stalker featuring many, many, of the same parts. It would definitely be nice to have a bunch of extras for conversions now that the new codex (and wave 2) is out. The Kit Necron Tomb Stalker is available for 38 […]
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Recently I’ve been posting up Work in Progress stages of Grey Knights Purifiers I’m currently painting, on Facebook. It’s easy to post there cause I can just snap some pics with my phone and upload them while I work. (Wanna see more WIP GK’s? Maybe its a good time to make sure you “like” Spikey Bits’ Facebook? […]
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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 the Astartes heavy lifter a Thunderhawk […]
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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 squad of tactically worthless Vespids. […]
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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 […]
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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 custom kit bash of Rambo, […]
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Today I’ve got another sweet Forge World unboxing video for you on the Deimos Mark I Predator.Recently, Forge World put out this kit and to go along with all the Pre-Heresy style Marks of armor they have been releasing over the past few years. Even more recently, they followed this kit up with a Plasma […]
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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 one of my Warriors Squads from […]
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That’s right, Wave Two Necrons are upon us! Checkout my unboxing of the newest walker to stride onto the 40k scene, the Triarch Stalker!The stalker comes in the medium sized squad box, with a decal sheet and features three different sprues full of awesome conversion potential. It boasts three different main weapons, (that all mount […]
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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 […]
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Welcome to Flashback Fridays, where I dig deep for something cool that I have from back in the day. Which according to the comic Dane Cook was a Wednesday. You always hear the question: “How did you get into the hobby?”, and for me it was getting bored with assembling fighter jet models. I could never afford […]
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Today’s unboxing is on the new “Pre-Heresy” Style Rhino Mk1 from Forge World.Recently, Forge World put out this kit and to go along with all the Pre-Heresy style Marks of armor they have been releasing over the past few years. For us “old timers” this kit looks familiar to us because it’s styling is almost […]
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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 some Immortals from my old Necron […]
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Following up my Lightning Effect tutorial, today I have quick how-to on Purity Seals that is also really easy to do.I did this tutorial using the same Grey Knight Purifiers that I’ve been painting up lately, as well. So I definitely wanted something quick and easy that could be repeated like 200 times. After talking […]
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This little diddy popped up over on White Metal Games’ (WMG) blog the other day, comparing Spikey Bits and Horde of Bits’ servicesI’ve featured WMG’s conversions on here before, as they seem to make some really great stuff to fill the gaps that Games Workshop leaves us, from time to time. I guess they may […]
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