Yeah I hear ya, idk prob is when i've sanded stuff on the torso before it just seems to look odd to me. I'll ponder it.

Odder than The Dude packing a knife and grenades under his shirt? Maybe switch it out for a Salvo t-shirt look or something.

Only thing I'd recommend is to either paint the grenades and knife on The Dude's torso or sand them off. As is they are distracting like he has some strange growths under his shirt.

If you REALLY going for a militaristic feel then he wouldn't be wearing a YELLOW shirt into a battlefield that screams SHOOT ME!! If you don't want to shave off the grenades and knife then as MS suggested paint them and no one will complain about them being a eye sore on the shirt... You come here asking for critiques and we'll give you HONEST critiques... We aren't going to tell you "it looks AWESOME!!" when it don't.. As Pluv suggested the salvo t-shirt would take the grenades and knife off where you wouldn't have to paint them.. Like has been said we're giving you HONEST critiques...if you don't care what we suggest or say then pretty soon no one will look at them and give you honest critiques anymore.

I totally get the reluctance to sand the torso. I've had limited success doing the same thing myself. I've found it is easier to just use a different part than try to modify what I have in hand. Yeah it might take me a little longer to finish the custom but I end up happier in the long run.

That said, if you're going for the bowling shirt look then I'd look at either the v.1 Shipwreck or Chuckles torsos. They both have that buttoned up shirt with collar look and don't have any extraneous sculpting.

Bottom line though is this. This is your figure and if you are happy with it then nothing anybody else says should matter.