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.
Looks like the Nova open is starting to fill right up, even though it so far out into 2012. Check out Mike Brant’s post below! 20% 40K GT Tickets Sold in Two Weeks! Registrations for the 40K GT have been rolling in and the NOVA is pleased to announce – after only two weeks – […]
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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 Yepimadork’s intense Ironclad Dreadnought conversion. Looks a lot like as certain tracked […]
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There is an old saying when it comes to doing something; that you either are good, get good, or give up. When it comes to playing games of 40k I think the same thing can probably be said. To me it seems like there are tiers of players in everything out there under the sun, […]
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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 take a look at my a sweet Queek the Head […]
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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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I came across this chapter spread of the Dark Angels recently while looking for some other pics.
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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 duo of DreadKnights painted by […]
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Welcome to a new 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 […]
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Sorry guys no new posts today. MBG is under the weather.Back on track tomorrow hopefully.
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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 an amazing Dark Eldar Tantalus, painted […]
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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 another week on the SB! Spikey Bits that is 😀 First up is this article on a conversion I came up with to make Terminator Psycannons on the cheap. This bit’s price has been steadily creeping up over the last few weeks, I suspect due to the demand of players gearing up […]
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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 Beast’s converted Black Templar […]
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We just restocked the hottest bits from the Wolf Guard kit over on the Spikey Bits Store. These bits tend to go quick, so don’t wait! Linky and list of restocks below. https://spikeybits.com/servlet/the-BITS-cln-Space-Marine-Bits-cln-Space-Wolf-Bits-cln-Wolf-Guard-Bits/Categories Space Wolf Guard Wolf Tail Talismans x5 Bits Space Wolf Guard Terminator Legs x5 Bits Space Wolf Guard Terminator Back Cape Bit […]
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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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So this weekend I drove down to Atlanta, GA to chill with my boy TPM ‘n crew and playtest some lists for a tournament yesteday at Giga-bites Cafe (which by the way is an awesome store- more on that later). Side note: even though rapper’s indicate Atlanta as being “Hot” I’m sad to report it was a […]
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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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