Are there any animated models in the store that are appropriate for a fighting game?

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I’m a programmer for a video game company. In my spare time, I like to make indie games with Unity. My latest project is a fighting game. Right now, I have a simple game where you can run, jump, crouch, punch, kick, throw fireballs, knock out your opponent - simple fighting game stuff.

Right now, I’m using this model from the Unity asset store: http://u3d.as/content/the-jamk/girl-fighter/2w5 It’s adequate, but I really need more animations. Uppercuts, hadoukens, spinning kicks, etc. I can’t seem to find any models on the Unity asset store that have animations appropriate for a fighting game. There are a handful of models that have punches or kicks, but I’m looking for some totally extreme animations of characters performing a wife variety of brutal attacks and shooting fireballs out of their hands.

I’m hesitant to post a job offer in the Commercial Work forum, because this is just a personal project for fun, and I don’t want to drop tons of cash on a game prototype that I’m just doing as an exercise. However, I really can’t make a fun game - not even a fun prototype - without tons of fighting game animations.

Are there any animated models in the Unity asset store that have lots of animations that are appropriate for a fighting game?

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You can use any humanoid model, and retarget the animations using mecanim. You can buy animations from mixamo, or from truebones, and mr. Necturus has some great ones too.

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I know all about Mixamo,Truebones, and Necturus - but I haven’t been able to find any animations from them that suit my needs. They don’t seem to offer any flying hurricane kicks, jump-ten-feet-in-the-air uppercuts, or animations that look as though the character is channeling his spirit energy into a fireball.

Are there any good resources for those kinds of animations, specifically?

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I don’t think you’ll ever find 100% of the animations you need. Your best bet is to buck down, find the characters you feel would suit your game and get busy animating.

I know it sounds like a lot of work but that’s what Developing Games is!