Next up is my Custom Armada Smokescreen. Used the T30 Deluxe Hoist as base for this one. 

Short story: ever since I saw the T30 hoist, I wanted to turn him into Smokescreen. But I couldn't get him at the time he released and then he kinda was hard to find. Located him in Malaysia in 2024 and again, couldn't finish it due to my hiatus from customization. 

So, I did a repaint of most parts. Wasn't happy with the tiny towing gun it came with. Needed something big to match the Armada Smokescreen's crane, and I used the crane from my earthrise grapple (customized into Inferno). The voyager crane on a deluxe gives that perfect heavy machinery look he had. Need to replace the claw with a hook (on the way). Turned his small hook into the handheld tow sling. It can be just pushed in and out pretty easily to add his signature chest hook. 

Not that happy with the headsculpt. I wanted to give him some bulk on the head but that would hinder his transformation as his head slot is pretty small. So I just painted it in Smokescreen's colour scheme. But that is something I'd like to improve. 

I think he scales well with others. My initial plan was to use the earthrise grapple for base but he was just too tall for the scaling. What do you guys think?