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.
Be sure to checkout the biggest darn Apocalypse site on the web, Apocalypse 40k of course!Alec is a avid Apoclaypse player, and super heavy converter as well. His blog specializes in everything Super Heavy, and more!Checkout this amazingly big tank he just showcased the other day. I thought that was cool enough, but take a […]
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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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Well I haven’t gotten much though the new rules yet, as I am taking quite the methodical approach to it. But for now checkout this repost from Alec Peters, via Kriby about the new FAQ’s. Back to reading for me! Games Workshop has released the 6th Edition FAQs and you can download them here. Below is a summary […]
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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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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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And the winners are; Welcome back to the latest installment of our Monthly giveaway here at Spikey Bits. Today we’re giving away FOUR choice of the new flyer models to four lucky Spikey Bits readers. Thanks to everyone who made this latest give-away rock If you aren’t one of the winners, don’t fret see below […]
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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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Check out this crazy sweet dreadnought conversion from Black Matt’s Black Legion blog. I saw this the other day and was really impressed with it. Whenever I see a figure (vehicle or infantry) with all sorts of weapons strapped to it, I think of an old short story from back in the day that featured such warriors. […]
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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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Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar! Part Deamon, part Dreadnought, all attitude.Today I’m unboxing the Forge World Chaos Decimator Engine, and you would not believe just how far down the rabbit hole the styling on this one goes. While this kit does not have a book yet, it still has a set of pretty sweet experimental rules from Forge World (posted on the item page). The model itself […]
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Sixth Edition releases in just one short week!Have you secured your copy of the rulebook? The newest installment of rules for Warhammer 40k will release officially on June 30th 2012. We are now Advance Ordering books, and any of the new accessories to anyone looking to make sure they are among the first get the […]
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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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Hey guys. I have an article today from From the Warp (FTW) by Ron Saikowski. This is a great article on doing furs, and that really makes it easy than hand sculpting every line etc. Alternatively as Ron notes, Micro Art Studio does make fur pelt molds as well.Another thing you may want to try after […]
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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 I’ve been posting up Work in Progress pics of Grey Knights Vehicles 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 it’s a good time to make sure you “like” Spikey Bits’ Facebook? I’m […]
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Are you searching for an online seller to provide you with FINECAST Miniatures from Games Workshop?Well search no further, Spikeybits now sells Finecast Models, for 20% off even. Click here for our sales policies regarding Finecast. A vast majority of Finecast models are “Direct Only”, meaning that you can only buy them from Games Workshop […]
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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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What’s better than Free Stuff? Yup that’s right… more FREE STUFF!This contest really took us by storm here at Spikey Bits, and as bit of a way to celebrate the fantastic response, apparently people like free stuff (who knew?), we’re sweetening the pot a bit. We’re adding another of your choice of new Flyer model […]
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