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.
WARGamesCon 2012 is Getting Closer! WargamesCon is back for its 4th year, bigger and better than ever! All new massive venue – June 21st-24th at the Austin Renaissance. Have you registered? The whole Spikey Bits crew will be in attendance with a huge booth of discount Games-Workshop products, sprues and bits for you to dig through! […]
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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 the The Mas’s Grots. […]
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Check out this amazing kit-bashed Hovercraft! I cant imagine how much the actual cost of this model ended up being, but it’s still awesome! Looks like whomever made it attached a converted Baneblade on top of a 1:35? Scale Hovercraft, and then converted it out to mesh together. This creation was on display during Games Workshop’s Conversion […]
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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 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 the segment here on Spikey Bits, where I go over some rules clarifications and “gotchas” for 5th Edition. I realize that there may only be less than a year left for this rules set, but there is still tons of time for gaming! Not to mention there are a few big tournaments left to attend […]
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Checkout one this kit bashed Imperial Guard artillery piece. While the proportions looks a bit off at first (but not more off than some of the stuff Forge World comes out with) it looks to be done well. Notice the custom plasticard, and double tread work for starters… This ‘lil guy was on display during Games […]
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Today we have a sweet guest post by a regular contributor to the blog, Jkin. If you follow his posts may notice a pattern of um, no pattern? You see Jkin has the same “problem” that the rest of us do, gamer Attention Deficit Disorder. So if it’s new and shiny, Jkin is all about […]
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Pardon the blog interruption, but this is the fastest most effective way to make announcements for the Spikey Bits online store. Earlier today we noticed a problem with international shipping, and have most of the issue fixed.Bits orders should now ship and combine correctly with no additional charges to destinations outside of the United States. […]
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Lately I’ve discovered a ton of great hobby work going on out there, besides what’s on just the “bigger blogs”. Let’s face it with the proliferation of the Internet it has become much easier to learn and promote your own hobby in just a few clicks.Also chances are that any conversion or idea you want […]
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Welcome back for a little mid-week conversion fun, and a big milestone. This article is the 100th conversion article on Spikey Bits. Woot!The blog itself will be coming up on its three year birthday this April as well! Believe it or not I was blogging two whole years about the hobby before I starting selling bits […]
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Assemble the Skittering Legions! You heard right, we just slashed the price on the Necron Scarab Bits pack.Now is your chance to stock up on these guys for cheaps!You can find them here: https://spikeybits.com/servlet/the-7828/Necrons-Canoptek-Scarabs-Base/Detail Again, thanks for shopping Spikey Bits! -MBG
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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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Check out how just a few extra pieces here and there can really help turn up the heat on a Rhino kit. This creation, seen at Feast of Blades, looks like it was kit bashed with some Sister of battle Immolater parts and Forge World Inquisitional front plate and doors. Definitely turned a boring rhino into […]
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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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Now is your chance to save a ton of cash on bits by checking out our weekly bits auctions ending over the next few hours on e-Bay. Shipping is FREE, and the starting prices are all lower than the normal asking price on the site. So be sure to checkout the hot deals by clicking […]
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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 Beast’s Templar Land Speeder Conversion. -Enjoy […]
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