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.
Want to order the new SPACE WOLF and TYRANIDS models Cheap??!!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 […]
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Check out this stunning conversion by Jkin. This guy is a machine when it comes to hobbying, as he seems to crank out models at super human speed. Today we take a look at his Arjac Rockfist model, all painted and ready for battle! The Conversion This Arjac started out as just a Wolf Guard […]
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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 Jkin’s enormous Dreadnought from Dystopian Wars. […]
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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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Well to celebrate the new releases, in a way that everyone can participate in (for FREE of course)- we’re doing another giveaway!Check it out, this one is really easy too! All you have to do to enter to win a shiny new Tervigon, Hive Tyrant, or Thunderwolves kit is: Be a follower of Spikey Bits, […]
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We just posted up 22 new bits auctions to go live tonight around 10pm Eastern. You can check them out by clicking here, or scrolling to the list below. Sorry to take up a valuable blog post, but this is the fastest way to spead the word about important bits news from the Spikey Bits […]
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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 TaByrd’s Dynamic Ultramarine Dreadnought Duos. -Enjoy MBG […]
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Check out this sweet converted Terminus Ultra Pattern Land Raider.Beast made this big boi up a while ago, and I just got the opportunity to show it off. He wanted this vehicle it to have a sweet Mechanicus feel, so made sure to tech it all out with extra vents, coils, cogs, and more! Ad […]
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Well there is less than 2 months 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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Stop the presses, we just restocked a ton of bits! Checkout the list below for all the bits items we have back in stock again!Pardon the blog interruption, but this is the fastest most effective way to make announcements for the Spikey Bits online store. The following bits are now back in stock, ready to ship! […]
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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 very well done Lamentors Dreadnought, on […]
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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 TaByrd’s Vulkan He’stan. -Enjoy MBG Get […]
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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 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 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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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 T-Money’s Hormagaunts . -Enjoy […]
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As you know, Games Workshop will be releasing some new Space Wolf models next week!So I thought I’d take the opportunity to show off the best Space Wolf Armies I featured this year so that maybe we can all draw some inspiration from them. Im sure I’ll be converting up some awesome character models here […]
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