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.
Master Shake has been at it again. Fresh off finishing the Orkquisition, his big Grey Knights counts as project, he’s back with the Zombie Guard. And who doesn’t like zombies? They are all over the TV and internets, so why not make a 40k army of them? Well he did, and if this first veteran […]
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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 Meeker’s Dystopian Wars Dreadnought for the Federated States […]
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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 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 back to more exciting Monday posts featuring the New Space Wolf and Tyranid 40k releases! Well, I spent the majority of the weekend going though all the new box sets for Warhammer 40k, taking videos, prepping bits items, and making conversions. And now the wait is over, because all the new Space Wolf, and Tyranid bits are up […]
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Welcome back to another week, and a very exciting Monday of oogling new minis!!! Let’s dive right in….First off, I just finished up a series of unboxing videos showcasing the new Space Wolves and Tyranids releases! In the videos I tried to show off all the relevant new bits, and give some ideas for alternate uses […]
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Want to order the new TERVIGON or HIVE TYRANT Models??!!We got em, and they are 20% OFF! Give us a call at (804) 464 1873, or EMAIL US and we’ll get your order in no time. Best of all, we have one shipping rate to all of the US, and reduced shipping for overseas customers, […]
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Checkout a very impressive Baneblade conversion by Chris Farmer. This baby was on display during Games Workshop’s Conversion Contest at a recent Games Day, and it’s all in on the awesome! It’s chock full of details from the seasick lad, to the little dinghy trailing behind, this thing is awesome. No wonder this model got […]
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Check out this neat Space Wolves Razorback with a little extra on the inside!Jkin showed up the other day with one of his old Space Wolf Razorbacks, told me if I didnt post it he would kill me. KIDDING! No but what he really told me to do, was look inside. So I opened it […]
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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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MBG here with a little new stuff diddy. First off let me say that I have no concrete facts to back any of these predictions on (or where I heard the facts that I do have, I can not say). Why should you even listen to me in the first place? Well I’ve been pretty much in the trenches, so to speak, […]
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Want to order the new THUNDERWOLVES or FENRISIAN WOLF Models??!!We got em, and they are 20% OFF! Give us a call at (804) 464 1873, or EMAIL US and we’ll get your order in no time. Best of all, we have one shipping rate to all of the US, and reduced shipping for overseas customers, […]
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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 one Dan the Daemon’s amazingggg Alpha Legionnaires (with […]
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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 the […]
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Check out the newest bits we have to offer, Space Marines Command Squad, and Terminator Bits.I just posted up over Thirty new bits from these kits, that are avaiable 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 click on […]
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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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Awhile ago, Ron over at From the Warp posted up a page of Tyranid blog compilations from the last big release of models for them.It’s called Inside the Hive Mind, and it’s definitely worth checking out for inspirational ideas on converting up the new kits! Hopefully Ron posts up another one, post-release, that showcases what people are doing […]
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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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