I've been messing around with the Dolphin Emulator more and more. I've used it to rip Wii games' sprites. I recently found out you can not only rip textures from Gamecube games, but load them too.
The first game I thought of ripping stuff from was Soul Calibur II.
The two characters I'd be most interested in would be Talim, and Yoshimitsu. Any, and all, of them would be possible.

I still have 3 characters I'm building from ripped sprites. Roberto, Hyo, and Akira.

At this point I dont think I'd even fool myself thinking I'd get to them. But I could make a video of a character with a solid background that would make it easier for someone interested in converting them into 2D.

Is there any desire for SCII characters? The only thing I see them lacking sprite-wise would be air guard and ultra combos.