1) buy a moddable game and extract models, skeletons and animations by its modding tools (e.g. any Total War game). after some conversions they can be okay as place-holders.
2) probably on Turbsquid there is a bone animated ninja, whose vertex animated version is included in some AUMs describing weapon systems. it would be okay for you.
3) search for free mocap collections, some universities have large packs for free (in .bvh or .fbx format). on Truebones sometimes you can get free packages, some months ago they put here in this forum a link. it is necessary to modify them, and to merge them with your models properly. it is easy in Fragmotion, and possible in Blender too.
4) buy at Mixamo what you need
Last edited by sivan; 01/16/13 19:34.