I voted for 2, the hands in 1 look like they are faced with the palms out.
You should tone down on the super dark outlines and make the abs and pecs a bit less obvious. You should also try slimming down the lower stomach to flow into the legs better, expand the legs OR make the arms and chest a little smaller.
It is good that you're making an effort to do something for yourself, don't let people put you down.
I think the second base is probably the best here. However, I think the edited one still needs to have some kind of a neck. It was the correct decision to remove the collar bone line.
The legs even in the edited base are still a little bit too skinny, particularly the calves. If you made the quads a little bit thicker, and then made the calves a little bit thicker, it would probably look pretty good.