That poor artist, having to deal with the "harsh" criticism of unrealistic armour being called unrealistic.

You hope what was worth it? The cover art for the kickstarter was changed; nothing about the game was changed. What exactly are the horrible consequences that should make people regret voicing an opinion on the art and it being change so it wasn't ridiculous?

I didn't get a t-shirt in the kickstarter because it used the original cover art, and I would never wear it.
I know of a few people who almost didn't back the kickstarter because of the original cover art (that being the immediate representation of the game on kickstarter). I doubt anyone looked at the updated art and didn't back because they couldn't see a bare belly (and arms, neck and cleavage, which the artist failed to mention in that post).