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.
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 Lysander carrying a Big Stick. […]
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So here is the yet another entry in the TanksGiving Challenge by Rogue Trader Maitreya (aka Dan Hyman). Ill be posting each one of the entires over like the next week or so, and then set them all up for voting at the end so you can pick your favorite! This entry is titled Tau XK-III […]
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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 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 picture below for an APOCALYPSE sized look. The […]
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So here is another entry in the TanksGiving Challenge. This one is by Teagan Mercer, and is a Space Marine Baneblade Ill be posting each one of the entires over like the next week or so, and then set them all up for voting at the end so you can pick your favorite! Here’s it’s stats:Heavy […]
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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 here is the second entry in the TanksGiving Challenge by Reid (who got second in the Hobby Wreck Challenge last month). Ill be posting each one of the entires over like the next week or so, and then set them all up for voting at the end so you can pick your favorite! This […]
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Just a reminder, Spikey Bits is now on all the major social networks/ internets! So now you can follow us from anywhere! Click on any of the links on the top left of the page, or join below! Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Spikey-Bits/116883518364343Twitter http://twitter.com/spikeybitsYouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/rbaer0002RSS for the blog http://feeds.feedburner.com/SpikeyBits Keep up with Spikey Bits and don’t miss out! […]
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Here is the first of the entries in the TanksGiving Contest. Ill be posting each one up over like the next week or so, and then set them all up for voting at the end so you can pick your favorite! Today’s entry from Jon Clegg is a super heavy Exorcist, yummy! From Jon: “A […]
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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 Eldar Dark Reaper by 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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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 converted Tree Lord from Ultraforge […]
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Jkin brought this cool Scarab Occult Thousand Son Chaos Lord by the other day. I really dig its Egyptian styling, and the chaos feel. Lets take a look at how he made it. Jkin used an unique mix of Chaos Knights, Marines and Tomb Guard bits to make his Scarab Lord. The Boltgun, arms and […]
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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 Golden Demon Winner James Ramsey’s NMM […]
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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 I’m back with yet more fruits of my thanksgiving labor, delicious Necrons conversions!!!! Today I have what I like to call Facehugger Pattern Canoptek Scarabs that I accidentally discovered when making my Cryptek conversion. These guys are actually pretty easy to make, and only require two different bits for parts. I think they would look pretty cool on some […]
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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 sweet heavy duty Imperial Fists […]
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Check out how I spent last weekend, well besides the normal eating and drinking too much, I ended up messing around with all the new Necron bits, and made models for all the units not released yet! Check out this Cryptek with Temorstave conversion I came up with. He seems to be the one people […]
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