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.
Check out my video Unboxing of the new Empire Celestial Hurricanum!This kit comes with a ton of extra bits that would complement any sorcerous project you may have. I cracked open all the new Empire kits recently and did video unboxings on them for all to see! I also filmed a nifty review of the […]
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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 an old Arctic themed Destroyer […]
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Checkout this amazing Tower of Khorne conversion by Yepimadork.I’ve been getting all sorts of excited as of late with rumors of Chaos becoming more and more frequent. So I thought I’d share my Tower of Khorne that Yepimadork made, with you all today, as we grind closer to hopefully a new book for the worshipers […]
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I finally had time recently, while Friday Night Magic was raging in the background, to go though the Disqus system and pick some winners for our contest.But before I get into all that, let’s talk about more fun stuffs. Monday is actually the three year anniversary of this blog. It’s hard to believe, but Spikey […]
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Check out my quick little video review of the New Warhammer Fantasy Empire Army Book.It now comes standard in the full color Hard-Cover format, with tons of gorgeous art and a smell of rich mahogany and leather (minus the mahogany and leather). But it is a very nice looking book, and a great read. I […]
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It’s true, the new Citadel Paint line is here! If 145 new paints wasn’t enough for you to get excited about, Games Workshop also released a nifty how-to paint guide supplement, that does not suck. The Citadel How to Paint Guide plus DVD, (which is playing right now in the background as I type) is […]
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Well there is less than 2 weeks left until Adepticon 2012, and for a lot of us there is a ton more left to do still to get ready. One thing to not overlook in your preparations, is the 2012 Adepticon Charity raffle. GMM studios painted another spectacular army this year, and you can even buy […]
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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 one of Jkin’s finished Sword Brethren Terminator Knights. […]
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I finally had time late last night, while Friday Night Magic was raging in the background, to go though the Disqus system and pick some winner for our contest.But before I get to all that, lets talk about more fun stuffs. Monday is actually the three year anniversary of this blog. It’s hard to believe, […]
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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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Can you believe it? The new Thunderwolf bits packs have been marked down, to an amazing $12 each!!!Heck the new three pack of Thunderwolf bits is even cheaper than that! Now why did we go and mark these bits packs down so low you ask? Well it’s basic supply and demand. It’s what drives the […]
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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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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 squad of Arctic Necron Wraiths […]
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Warkitteh- LolCats Meets 40kWelcome 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 […]
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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 an Imperial Guardsman on 4-Wheeler, that […]
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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 one of Jkin’s finished Sword Brethren Terminator Knights. […]
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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 very nicely detailed Lord Draigo from Feast of […]
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