This past weekend was amazing. I got to meet some awesome people and partied very hard with the Destructoid crew. However, the night before that, I was hard at work. Working on a present for Niero and the rest of the Destructoid crew. For about 7 hours straight of non-stop guitar playing...on Expert...and one melted left arm later...the Destructoid Rock Stars were born.

I went to Niero's place with my Xbox 360, my guitars (my Les Paul guitar with a GH2 guitar strap showing all the characters from the game and my special "Coheed and Cambria Rock Band 2 Stratocaster" in which I got at a Coheed concert), and my copy of Rock Band inside my duffle bag...ready to rock!

The reaction I got from each of the editors that were there was priceless. Then I got a hug from Niero. It was an amazing night and I'm glad I got to meet everyone there. You all were awesome.

Without further ado...THE ROCK STARS! My present to Destructoid!



Nick Chester: Nick was pretty basic to make. He looks like a Rock-A-Billy star with the outfit I gave him. I was glad with the outcome.

His reaction: "Holy shit! That's awesome! I can't believe you did that!"

Btw Nick, your voice is awesome and I wish you could've sang Number of the Beast at the party. :D



Chad Concelmo: It's Amazing Man! In the pic, I tried to give him the "Chad Face". lol. As for the outfit, it's super hero tights. Cape and all, with the word AMAZING across the chest, with a dolphin coming out of the water. Chad was by far the most complicated character I had to make, cause that tattoo on his chest has over 9 layers. It was fun though. :D

His reaction: "Does that say AMAZING on my chest?! And is that a Dolphin! Oh my God! That's amazing!"

Also, everyone at the party had Chad's babies...within 15 seconds after seeing this photo. lol.



Adam Dork: Adam was the last person I made before packing up my things to head to Niero's. Basic design and I think it fits. Pretty cool I must say.

His reaction: "Is that me? He even put the goatee and everything! Wow..." Then he hugged me. lol.



Dyson: Dyson's reaction was by far the most priceless. Reason? The suit you see Dyson wearing in this picture looks exactly like the suit he was wearing at the party. He was on the floor laughing and was just amazed at it. My work is done. :D

His reaction: He hugged me. "Thank you man. That's awesome."



Jonathan Ross: Metal t-shirt and spiked wrist band. Wanted to put that one someone, so why not Jon Ross? It felt appropriate after 5 starring "Let There Be Rock" on Expert.

His reaction: "Whoa man. That's pretty damn cool."



Dale North: While making Dale, I wanted to do something a bit more...creative. So, I made Dale dress up like Marty McFly from Back to the Future. Success!

His reaction: "That's awesome. You can't go wrong with Marty McFly."



Hamza Aziz: While making Hamza, I wanted a shirt in which I can put a design on it. From what I know, this is the only shirt in Rock Band that I can put art on. So, I gave him this shirt, and put a tiger on the back of the shirt. Then I made him look like the Fonz. EHHYYYYY!

His reaction: "Oh shit! I'm the Fonz!"



Conrad Zimmerman: Ok, I know. I made him too big and beefy. I couldn't find a good pic of him to reference off of. lol. However, he liked it and I even gave him "Rose Tinted Glasses". I say it was a success.

His reaction: "Whoa, I'm huge! Still, it's pretty damn awesome."



Rey Gutierrez: Rey was pretty simple to make. I even gave him the tattoos on his hand for good measure. Too bad you can't put edited tattoos on the hand though, then I would've gave him his triforce. (Rey has the triforce tattoo'd on his hand in RL)

His reaction: "Holy shit man. Love it."



Dick McVengeance: Ok, I couldn't find a picture of Brad ANYWHERE! So, I went and tried to make Urahara Kisuke from Bleach...cause that's what his avatar is here on Destructoid. However, when I couldn't find an outfit similar to a "Gotei 13 Captain's Uniform", I went an gave him a white, gothic trenchcoat. Aside from Chad, this one make me use my brain alot.

His reaction: Trying to explain to him why he looks like that. "Hahaha. I see it now. Pretty damn cool."



Colette Bennett: Rock Star Colette! Behold the awesome sweater!

Her reaction: "Holy crap! That looks like me!"



and finally, Niero: It's Niero, without the helmet. With a hat, and sun glasses. All he needs is a cigar and he is set.

His reaction: A hug, a thank you, and a big smile. It was awesome. :D

You can see these photos in better HD quality on my Rock Band gallery. Just click the link below, click on a picture of your choice, then under "Wallpaper", click either Standard or Widescreen, depending on your monitor size.

http://www.rockband.com/users/Exeter35/gallery

Happy Birthday, once again, to Niero and Destructoid.

I'm glad the editors love the "surprise" and enjoyed rocking out to my copy of Rock Band (Niero told me to bring my Xbox cause I have more DLC that him...over 200 dollars worth of it...heh.).

Thank you Destructoid and thanks to everyone for being so awesome. I hope to see you all again at PAX and at SGC....if I get my hands on the money.

With that, I'm off to shred out Judas Priest with my battle axe in hand! I wish I owned an axe guitar. That would be awesome. Oh, and blue hair. You can't go wrong with blue hair!