Need Reference!

[Swift (BM)]

I recently reread Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen by Garth Nix, and was looking around for any art that people may have done from the series. I couldn't find any, but I am really inspired to do some drawings from the series. Not fanart, merely depicting scenes from the books.
I looked at the reference section but couldn't find anything of use, a quick search of then net also yields nothing useful.
I need reference photos of females with swords, in action and at ease poses.
I need them in basic clothing, trousers and jacket or whatever as I'm going to change the clothes but need a base for the creases etc.
I think this will be a good exercise in drawing people, copying from ref and changing them to my own designs. I really want some ref, the books are so inspiring.

(***IMPORTANT: No, Absolutely No Nudes!***)

[Jason Rainville]

Well.... that's pretty specific :/ I think what you should be foccussed on is getting a ref of the pose you want, a ref of the clothes you want and using both refs.

This site (http://www.medievalcollectibles.com/)is great for all sorts of medieval clothing and weapons and such. Why no nudes? You MIGHT find a decent pose on posemaniacs.com

[Swift (BM)]

That's the thing, I can't find the pose I need anywhere, I'll do a more thorough search later. No nudes because I'm too young (nearly 15).

[Jason Rainville]

Hmmm... well, if you're stuck you could always take a pic of yourself to get the basic pose down, but then draw over the character you'd like based on the clothing reference you get :shrug:

[DavePalumbo]

It really is best to get yourself a cheap camera and shoot it yourself. Best that way for many, many reasons.

[chobomaster]

Something you'll have to learn as an artist is how to get your reference. the best thing to do is dress up and photograph yourself or a friend holding a broomstick. it's always an option to hire a model. but many pros use themselves or their spouses or family.

lol Dave you said it better before your edit

[Meli Hitchcock]

Just tossing you some links to some stock photographers. Unfortunately, I don't have the time to weed the nudity ones out, but most DA stock artists will put their nudes under a Mature Filter, which will block the image automatically. If you don't have a DA account, you won't see them at all.

Copy/ pasta from another thread:

http://cobweb-stock.deviantart.com/
http://lindowyn-stock.deviantart.com/
http://lunanyxlivingstock.deviantart.com/
http://lucias-stock.deviantart.com/
http://wookiestock.deviantart.com/
http://jademacalla.deviantart.com/
http://ailinstock.deviantart.com/
http://lockstock.deviantart.com/
http://froweminahildstock.deviantart.com/
http://attemptestock.deviantart.com/
http://longstock.deviantart.com/
http://dheks.deviantart.com/
http://dmitry-stock.deviantart.com/
http://zeldyn-stock.deviantart.com/
http://it-hammar-stock.deviantart.com/
http://morf-stock.deviantart.com/
http://ahrum-stock.deviantart.com/
http://elandria.deviantart.com/
http://atistatplay.deviantart.com/
http://onnagata-stock.deviantart.com/
http://justmeina.deviantart.com/
http://slylock-stock.deviantart.com/
http://quazzz-stock.deviantart.com/
http://falln-stock.deviantart.com/
http://kittyd-stock.deviantart.com/
http://della-stock.deviantart.com/
http://actionstock.deviantart.com/

Good resource to have at your disposal. :) Though I think your case it would definitely be easier to just shoot your own photos. However if you ever need more reference images, these could provide some inspiration.

[Swift (BM)]

Thanks for those links, I'll check them out sometime, I checked the reference section again and found a decent photo, so have been using that. For other (male) characters from the series, I will do some of my own photos.