Sorry, but... Is there a source for who designed who in XV/Versus XIII? Or is this the claim of someone's nebulous forum post? I like sources for things like this.
Gotta bring it up, there's some of the King's Tale involved staff in the community as fans, and there's been comments made with specific details so not all of it is to Ferrari.
Regis's hairstyle was one of these things that was singled out by one of the artists and animators for a design choice from them.
Also I'm real bad with names, but what was Mihara's full name again?
Roberto Ferrari mentioned on his facebook after being asked about if Nomura designed Ravus, Ferrari said no it was Mihara Nobuyoshi. The artwork of Ravus in the artbook is in the same exact artstyle and on the same page as the artwork of Iedolas, so I think it's safe to say that he also designed Iedolas as seen in this artwork.
Here's the exact quote of both the question and Ferrari's answer, they are in Italian, but even then he spelled Mihara's name with his Kanji too.
Carlo Di Benedetto said:
Stupendi, sia come design che come modelli... Ravus è di Nomura invece?
Google Translate: Stupendi, both as a design and as a model ... Ravus is by Nomura instead?
Bing Translate: Beautiful, both as design and as models... Is Ravus of Nomura instead?
Roberto Ferrari said:
No, è di un altro disegnatore bravissimo che ha lasciato il team nel 2012. Ora lavora per FFXIV il suo nome è 三原 庸嘉 さん(Mihara Nobuyoshi).
Google Translate: No, he's another very good designer who left the team in 2012. Now he works for FFXIV his name is 三原 庸嘉 さん(Mihara Nobuyoshi).
Bing Translate: No, it's another great designer who left the team in 2012. Now he works for FFXIV his name is 三原 庸嘉 さん(Mihara Nobuyoshi)
https://www.facebook.com/RobertoFerrariArt/photos/a.945240485548310/1224130330992656/?type=3&theater
Also to NoxFleuret, regarding Ferrari doing young Regis, Clarus and Cid.
In this Facebook post here
he posted some the characters we'd seen so far fir XV that he designed, which included Iris, Aranea, Cidney, Umbra, and then among them he included pics from A Kings Tale and circled Regis, Clarus and Cid as being his designs. When asked about young Regis and those other two "party" members that were circled being Ferrari's designs, he basically said "the characters are mine, but these specfic drawings are not.", and then goes on to say he only created the model sheet for the characters like he did with Aranea, Ardyn etc
https://www.facebook.com/RobertoFer...171138221909/1185170124888677/?type=3&theater
Diana Mercolini said:
Oooh ma quindi il design del giovane re Regis e due del suo "party" è tuo? Grande!! <3
Google translate: Oooh but then the design of the young king Regis and two of his "party" is yours? Great!!
Bing Translate: Oooh but then the design of the young king Regis and two of his "Party " is yours? Great!!
Roberto Ferrari said:
I personaggi sono miei ma quei disegni no. In poche parole ho fatto solo i model sheet come i disegni del post precedente di Aranea, Ardyn,etc..
Google translate: The characters are mine but those drawings do not. In a few words I only did the model sheets like the drawings of the previous post by Aranea, Ardyn, etc ..
Bing Translate: The characters are mine but those drawings are not. In A nutshell I made only the model sheet as the drawings of the previous post of Aranea, Ardyn, etc...
You mentioned one of the people on A Kings Tale changed Regis's hairstyle, which is not too surprising that there would be changes like that here and there, and I doubt that's the only change either.
But then there's also this artwork done during the countdown to FFXV's release, with Takashi Honjo drawing young Regis and crew, and their designs differ a bit from their A Kings Tale designs. Regis and Clarus's faces even look like in this artwork Honjo just used Noctis and Gladio's faces as a base and just drew over them and added details, Clarus's hair is also grey instead of dark brown. The design in A Kings Tale looks like a younger version of the 2013/2014 Clarus design, but then this artwork has Clarus's face looking like Gladio's.
Both A Kings Tale and this artwork by Honjo is supposed to be 30 years ago Regis, when he's 20, his hairstyle is different between the two of them too so there is some weird inconsistency going on with the young Regis, Clarus and Cid designs.