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 a new segment here on Spikey Bits called War Torn, where I try to capture a perhaps pivotal moment in a battle, or a frame that shows an ongoing conflict from the game we love. Eventually if you click on the War Torn label you’ll be able to scroll through some hopefully amazing battles in frozen […]
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Awhile ago, Ron over at From the Warp posted up a page of Tyranid blog compilations from the last big release of models for them.It’s called Inside the Hive Mind, and it’s definitely worth checking out for inspirational ideas on converting up the new kits! Hopefully Ron posts up another one, post-release, that showcases what people are doing […]
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Check out this stunning conversion by Jkin. This guy is a machine when it comes to hobbying, as he seems to crank out models at super human speed. Today we take a look at his Arjac Rockfist model, all painted and ready for battle! The Conversion This Arjac started out as just a Wolf Guard […]
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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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Check out this sweet converted Terminus Ultra Pattern Land Raider.Beast made this big boi up a while ago, and I just got the opportunity to show it off. He wanted this vehicle it to have a sweet Mechanicus feel, so made sure to tech it all out with extra vents, coils, cogs, and more! Ad […]
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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 one of T-Money’s Hormagaunts . -Enjoy […]
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As you know, Games Workshop will be releasing some new Space Wolf models next week!So I thought I’d take the opportunity to show off the best Space Wolf Armies I featured this year so that maybe we can all draw some inspiration from them. Im sure I’ll be converting up some awesome character models here […]
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So awhile ago I made the Stormraven Bellicose by adding Predator weapons to the Stormraven chassis. I also made a Datasheet for it, for use in non standard games of 40K. I also fiddled around and added some Stormraven Weapons to a Predator to make a new lead-spitter called the Reaper. I just found the model again in […]
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Today I have for you the last of the Spartan Jkin has created; Captain Leonidas of the Spartan Marines. He’s going to be making a whole army of these guys, and I have no doubts that he can do it either. To make this Spartan, Jkin de-ultraified a Finecast Captain Sicarius!He also added a Beastman spear […]
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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 another beautiful Astral Claws’ Contemptor Dreadnought on […]
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Welcome back to Spikey Bits for Conversion Tuesday (or so I try at least). Today we have a sexy Slaaneshi Avatar by Meeker. This figure is part of his Slaaneshi themed Eldar Crone world army from deep in the Eye of Chaos. Recently at the shop I clearance-ed out a lot of overstocks, and one of the items […]
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Today we have yet more madness, as Jkin has been at it again converting more Spartan Marines. He’s going to be making a whole army of these guys, and I have no doubts that he can do it either. To make his “Spartans” Jkin de-ultraed Marenus Calgar’s Honor Guard, and then added in a spear […]
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Welcome another Unboxing Forge World article. Our first few articles, went over pretty well, so we’re pushing ahead with more!This time we have, form the New Warhammer Forge, the Chaos TAMURKHAN ON TOAD DRAGON! This thing is pretty fricking huge, and the detail on it is insane. The Kit Chaos Tamurkhan on Toad Dragon available for 55 […]
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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 the four named Bloodthirster’s […]
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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 sweet Black Templar’s Contemptor Dreadnought. […]
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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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Caleb over at White Metal Games posted up this Land Raider Achilles conversion a while back. I like it, it’s simple and goes together well. The problem with huge intricate projects is that, the bigger they are, the harder they fall- out of interest. Personally I have a ton of half finished projects lying around. These days I just try to keep […]
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