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.
Well in keeping with the New Year’s tradition, here is a collection of the best Space Wolves Armies that I featured in 2011 (and even a couple I haven’t). If you want to find out more about any of these armies, you can always click on the Space Wolves category as well. Welcome to Armies on Parade, where I […]
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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 Salamander Space Marine Battle Brother. […]
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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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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 Spartan Chapter Captain model. Check […]
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Well in keeping with the New Year’s tradition, here is a collection of the best Eldar Armies that I featured in 2011 (and even a couple I haven’t). If you want to find out more about any of these armies, you can always click on the Eldar category as well. Welcome to Armies on Parade, where I display (in hopefully […]
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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 Beef’s Shrike Model. You can checkout […]
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Well in keeping with the New Year’s tradition, here is a collection of the best Space Marine Armies that I featured in 2011 (and even a couple I haven’t). If you want to find out more about any of these armies, you can always click on the Space Marines category as well. Welcome to Armies on Parade, where I […]
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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, lol. 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 […]
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Well in keeping with the New Year’s tradition, here is a collection of the best Blood Angels Armies that I featured in 2011 (and even a couple I haven’t). If you want to find out more about any of these armies, you can always click on the Blood Angels category as well. Welcome to Armies on Parade, where I display […]
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Well got some free time last night, and hammered out some more Grey Knight Purifiers, with the new airbrush set-up. But now I am need of some advice; (and this is where you can help), I can’t decided on which set of shoulder pads looks the best. I wanted to keep some white on the […]
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Tin can mans players rejoice, looks like the Necron wave two will be sooner rather than later! Rumors are starting to break about the next wave, and what will be included. Check out the latest below.Looks like I’ll need to step up my Necrons Converting schedule a bit, as I still need to finish the Tomb […]
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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 in keeping with the New Year’s tradition, here is a collection of the best Grey Knight Armies that I featured this year (and even a couple I haven’t). If you want to find out more about any of these armies, you can also click on the Grey Knights category as well. Welcome to Armies on Parade, where I […]
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I’ve come down with a bit of a head cold, so no content today, just pretty pictures 😀 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 […]
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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 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 it’s official, work vacation is over, and soon enough all the kids will be back in school (if they already aren’t). Here at Spikey Bits though, we can’t stop- won’t stop, lol. Checkout the articles from the break that you may have missed (and don’t suck / are worth reading). First off we started a new segment here called […]
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