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 this converted Night Goblin Horde Squad by Raging Asian. Almost every figure has a ninja mask, and they look very intimidating all ranked up like that. Raging Asian made the movement tray custom from plastic-card and trimmed it with balsa wood (to contain the fury of the NIN-JA). The colors he used for […]
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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 Bushido Red Panda’s Deathwing Terminator, with Cyclone Launcher! -Enjoy […]
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So I’ve been saving this bit of coverage from Feast of Blades for last (but certainly not least). You see, there was no painting award on the Feast of Blades Invitational side. Instead there was players choice, and it went to Mike Haspil for his amazing Knights of Titan army. Mike had been working hard on this […]
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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 Guardsman Marbo, the original Army of One. […]
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So Jkin started up a Space Marines Scout recon army for our 500 point Flash League at the shop. One of the centerpieces of the army is this scout insertion speeder, a’la Black Hawk down. He converted this vehicle up to represent the it’s ability to transport scouts into position, and have something characterful in […]
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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 award winning Thunder Hammer Ultramarine […]
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I was trolling around e-Bay earlier today, looking for some airbrush parts, and happend upon this cool conversion, a WYSIWYG Dreadknight with Jump Pack. Pretty cool looking, so I thought I’d share. I like how the Valkyrie engines are just about the right scale for the project as well. From the auction page “I’ve replaced […]
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I just found out today, that Games Workshop’s new product from October, Liquid Green stuff is now officially sold out. Apparently it sold better than they anticipated and they are waiting for more to be made.Hopefully the next batch will hit stores before Christmas for all of us good boys and girls, lol. I was […]
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Just a friendly reminder, there is about two weeks left in the TanksGiving conversion contest! Don’t wait, get cracking now before the holiday hits! What’s it all about you ask? Well were doing a contest to get YOU! motivated to convert up a tank and enter it for a chance to win a Baneblade Super-Heavy […]
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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 ‘Uge (and dusty, lol) Ork […]
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So in the aftermath of Feast of Blades a lot of us have been talking about where the developing pre-sixth edition 40k Meta Game is going. Right now it seems that Grey Knights have a clear advantage over all comers, but have a distinct lack of scoring ability when fielded power armor heavy (besides the “here […]
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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 Eldar Banshee. I spent 11 […]
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Continuing on with my Feast of Blades Coverage, today I have the Open GT winner Casey Christopher’s list and pictures. Casey has been playing for awhile now, and has been finishing near the top of almost every event he’s participated in lately. For Feast of Blades he ran DoA (Descent of Angels) Blood Angels, with Sanguinor […]
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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 Chaos Hellcannon! This was the […]
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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 Bushido Red Panda’s Dark Angels Librarian! -Enjoy […]
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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 if you haven’t heard yet, Nick Rose aka Darkwynn won the Feast of Blades Invitational, with of all things: Black Templars. Why? Well, since the FAQ making all their rules the same as the other Space Marine Books, they are pretty good. For instance you can get a squad of Terminators with Tank Hunters (making their […]
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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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