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 these sweet super sailed Dark Eldar Ravengers. John E. Converted them up and they look great, like some sorta Chaotic Eldar Starfighter from Tatoonie. Wow that was a mouthful. Anyways this is a pretty cool way to really make Dark Eldar skimmers stand out from the rest of um, the pack? Kudos to […]
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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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Hey guys, just wanted to let you know that we just dropped the price on a few great bits items recently. Some of them are pretty in demand as well so we even stocked up on them. Checkout the list below, and thanks for shopping Spikey Bits! Devastator Plasma Cannon Devastator Heavy Bolter Combi Melta Razorback […]
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Welcome to our third Forge World un-boxing article. Our first few articles, went over pretty well, so we’re pushing ahead with more!This time we have, form the New Warhammer Forge, the Chaos Dwarf Death Shrieker Rocket Launcher! It features lots of little dudes, and very pointy parts- perfect for all flavors of Chaos. The Kit Death Shrieker Rocket Launcher available for […]
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Welcome back for another great cheap and easy conversion. This time we’re going to have a crack at converting another super hot bit; the Combi-Melta gun. This bit, (along with even just the standard melta gun) flies off the shelves for us sales wise. But while it’s a great seller, it’s also one of the […]
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Welcome to Apocalypse Now, a new segment here on Spikey Bits where show off some great shots from various Apocalypse games at the store, and abroad. Eventually when you click on the Apocalypse Now label you’ll be able to scroll through some pretty sweet action shots of some rather large battles. Click the pictures below for an APOCALYPSE sized look. Kroot […]
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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 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 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 have for you Yepimadork’s second intense Ironclad Dreadnought conversion. I featured […]
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Well there is less than 100 days 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 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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The other day there was an amazing post over on From the Warp (FTW) about fixing bolt gun Barrels. When I read this my mind was blown, I never even thought you could fix wrecked barrels, and just gave up on several of my models because of this. Kudos to Ron at FTW for the […]
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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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FTW Games, the home of Spikey Bits, will be hosting one of the 2012 ADEPTICON Championship Primers on February 18th at 10 AM. What does this mean for you? Well we’ll be using practice mission for the big event at Adepticon later in the year. So if you are going, this will be perfect practice for you. If not […]
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Welcome to Apocalypse Now, a new segment here on Spikey Bits where show off some great shots from various Apocalypse games at the store, and abroad. Eventually when you click on the Apocalypse Now label you’ll be able to scroll through some pretty sweet action shots of some rather large battles. Sometimes it takes a lot to kill a Baneblade. Perseverance is key, […]
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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 the new Beastmen Cygor model (this is […]
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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 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. Checkout this sweet yellow Mortis Pattern Contemptor Dreadnought by TerranRaida. -Enjoy MBG […]
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