Today I have more of Beast’s Adeptus Mechanicus Skitarii Army to showcase for you.Ad Mech always seems to have a special place in everyone’s hearts. When you see conversions, they are either pretty much terrible, or off the wall amazing! I like these little guys, as they seem to be just the right mix of […]
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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.
Leading off what I hope will be exciting Spring of new releases, are the new Games Workshop Citadel Paints.As you have probably heard by now this is a complete re-release of the old line, as many colors have been redone, and some colors brought back from the Eye of Terror even. The complete set encompasses […]
Read MoreWelcome 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 […]
Read MoreWelcome 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 amazing Sanguinary Guard model painted […]
Read MoreWell the contest is official closed now, but wait there’s more!First off I really do appreciate the all the comments you guys have left on here lately, and I really tried to pack a lot of content into this month. I’ll be drawing the winners sometime this week, when I have time to get it […]
Read MoreWelcome 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” painted Forgeworld […]
Read MoreStarting with today, all Sundays from now on will be XENOS FUNDAY SUNDAY, here on Spikey Bits!Why? I dunno seemed like a good idea at the time….. So buckle up buttercup, its going to be a bumpy ride cause there are some aliens looking for a good fight! Welcome to Army of One, where I display a […]
Read MoreAre 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 […]
Read MoreWelcome 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 […]
Read MoreMBG back again with the last, for now at least, of my Games Workshop 2012 Release Schedule musings.Last time I talked a lot about the all the rumored upcoming releases, but what about post 6th edition? What do we have to look forward to this fall? So today’s rant will be about late year releases. […]
Read MoreWelcome 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. […]
Read MoreWelcome 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 […]
Read MoreHey guys there is only about a week or so left until we do the big giveaway. I’d like to thank everyone for their contributions thus far to the comments.I really appreciate the mostly thoughtful stuff you all have said in the past few weeks here. I’ve been working on some yummy bug conversions and […]
Read MoreWelcome 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 […]
Read MoreWell it’s looking like I’m able to crank out about a video per week as of late, which is great cause I like doing new stuff and having fun with the blog.Plus it’s semi informative, and inspiring to boot (well…. statement not scientifically proven). I’ve also noticed that I have over 32 videos in the […]
Read MoreCheck out the newest bits we have to offer, Space Marines Command Squad, and Terminator Bits.I just recently posted up over Thirty new bits from these kits, that are available for immediate sale! Pardon the blog interruption, but this is the fastest most effective way to make announcements for the Spikey Bits online store. You can […]
Read MoreWelcome 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 Captain Lysander from Feast of […]
Read MoreOne of the guys at the store just got this sweet Slaaneshi Exorcist back from White Metal Games, in anticipation of some Chaos fun hopefully in the near future.This thing is wicked cool, so I wanted to show it off some and maybe eventually make a datasheet for it. The Conversion(s) Well this monstrosity started […]
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