Rob Baer

That’s right, Wave Two Necrons are upon us!  Checkout my unboxing of the newest pewter to plastic conversion, the Canoptek Spyder!This little guy comes in the small squad box packaging, but don’t let that beguile it’s importance- this kit is quite good! As you may know the Spyder model has been a “direct only” for […]

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 […]

While I’m not prepared to spit in the face of Games Workshop and players across the world by leaking actual pictures of  the new Flyers, I did make a video on the newest flyer to date, the Storm Eagle Assault Gunship. Let’s pause on talking about the new Storm Eagle for just a second- I […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Don’t miss out, the new Necrons are coming, and will be here ready to ship on Friday 5/4!I will also be feverishly working all weekend doing unboxing videos, assembling models, and getting new bits items to market. But for now you can satiate your Necron hunger by checking out my review of the new content […]

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 […]

Well since Finecast came out almost one year ago, metals have almost all but disappeared.  Which has been quite devastating to some lines, most notable Tau.The problem is, well you can’t get Crisis Commanders, Broadsides, or even the long lost Shadowsun. So whats a budding Tau player supposed to do?  Beg, borrow, and steal some […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 my old Blood Angels Corbulo […]

Today I have a fast little tutorial on lightning effects on weapons, that is really easy to do. I’ve been painting up a bunch of Grey Knight Purifiers lately for lower point games of 40k, and really wanted the blades to stand out. So after a couple of tries I came up with this quick […]

Games Workshop sold out of their stock of Paint Sets & Case in less than a day, and now we’re about to wrap up our deal on them as well.Don’t miss you last chance to pick up this set of paints and carrying case!  This will probably never be offered again, so now’s the time […]

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 Old Blood Angels […]

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 […]

Welcome to the new segment here on Spikey Bits called Warkitteh (or War Kitty), which is basically pics of my cats being stupid.I happen to have several cats, and they all seem to dig my toy soldiers. By dig I mean do dumb things around them, and that is funny. Seriously whats better to laugh at […]