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 350 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 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 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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Now that it’s finally shipping in the US, lock in your order for Dark Vengeance! Available now is Dark Vengeance Starter Box Set as well as the individual squads and more! Best part is, everything is 20% OFF!!! How do we do it…? So get your miniatures locked in NOW before the demand crushes supply. This […]
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That’s right, Army Builder is back!Hot off their scuffle with Games Workshop about storing game data on their servers, Army Builder is back and updated with Sixth Edition goodies! So what does that mean for us? Well the files are only available via automatic update, which does require the most recent version of Army Builder […]
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That’s right, now we are giving away TWO Dark Vengeance Box sets!Since the regular box set is now shipping, I thought I’d sweeten the pot by adding one of them to the FREE giveaway. Even better is the fact that all you have to do for a chance to win one of the regular box […]
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Remember these guys? Check out this hot painted squad by Jkin after the jump!Move over Space Wolves, it seems you’re not kings of the saddle any longer. Jkin recently finished up some “Heavy Cavalry” for his Black Templars, and I think they are pretty awesome! When he runs them as Templars, they are Terminators with […]
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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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This just in: Dark Vengeance is rumored to be shipping out from Games Workshop, with an official release set for this weekend. Which is of course, a full one week delay past their previous scheduled release of September 8th. Current on Games Workshop’s site Dark Vengeance is still set at “Advanced Order”, but if patterns […]
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Check it out, this time we’re giving away a FREE Dark Vengeance Limited Edition Box set!Yup I managed to hold onto one copy of the Limited Edition box set, to give away for September’s big give-away! This time we’re going to do a little bit of a hobby contest, just to get our gears turning […]
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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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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 are some aliens looking for a good fight! If you click on the Army of One or Xenos Funday labels you’ll be able to scroll […]
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This just in. We now have a Rulebook FAQ, whoooo hooo!Games Workshop just released 1.1 FAQ’s for all armies, and the first Rulebook FAQ for Sixth Edition. Check them out here. A ton of current meta armies have been nerfed just on the first drop of the rulebook FAQ. Paladins, Nobz, and Wolf Guard not […]
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Check it out, this time we’re giving away a FREE Dark Vengeance Limited Edition Box set!Yup I managed to hold onto one copy of the Limited Edition box set, to give away for September’s big give-away! This time we’re going to do a little bit of a hobby contest, just to get our gears turning […]
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So I’ve been painting up a ton (by a ton I mean like forty) of Grey Knight Purifiers, as a side project over the last few months.To keep me motivated, and show a live step by step progression, I’ve been posting each step up on Facebook as I go. Updates even go directly and conveniently […]
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This just in: Dark Vengeance had been delayed from Games Workshop and will not be available for release this weekend.Here is the skinny straight from GW as they just informed their distrubitors, and trade accounts today: “We’ve pushed the release for dark vengeance back. As soon as Dark Vengeance is available we will send them […]
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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 espically Dark Angels! And since everyone and their mom will have some Dark Angels soon form the Dark Vengeance Starter, this conversion can […]
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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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Well in case you missed it in the wee hours of last Saturday Morning, here is my unboxing of one of the most highly anticipated releases for 40k ever, the Dark Vengeance Starter Box. This week is the release of the Limited Edition Box set from Games Workshop, followed next week by the “normal” box […]
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Now is your chance to save a ton of cash on bits by checking out our weekly bits auctions ending over the next few hours on e-Bay. Shipping is FREE on “bits” items, and the starting prices are all lower than the normal asking price on the site. So be sure to checkout the hot […]
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