This is part and parcel of the issue of settings not saving. Some people only have the character appearance not updating, others have their user interface settings fail to update/save when they relog but their character appearance on the log in screen does update…welcome to one of Age of Conan’s oldest um “quirks”
for help to getting your character on your login screen to accurately reflect his journey in Conan’s brutal world…see this thread:
it lists some of the work arounds that people have had success with over the years.
Though I suspect due the the unique nature of the Saga server character, you may have to wait until character is transferred to Crom for the work-arounds to be successful…