On the subject of Vladek...
Okay, so my main mental image of this guy is based around King Bradley/Wrath from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. To show you the awesomeness that is Wrath, I've made a playlist of videos encompassing action scenes with him in them (a specific selection of action scenes, in all honesty, but it should be obvious of how it ends.)
Anyway, watch first video until about six minutes in, then skip to the second. You won't miss anything, it's just in a higher quality (and there's some footage at the end the first video skipped)
Before I provide the link, I will provide a WARNING: As awesome as these scenes may be, I do not advise anyone to watch them if they are not comfortable with animated violence/death, cus there's a lot of "something warm" (as Jonna so subtley put it) being spashed around. People also call each other sons of female dogs and illegitimate children, but in a lot less classy manner. :P
You have been warned!
Oh, and Wrath is the one in the eye patch, BTW. First character you see.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhza0DBAong&list=PLY13Yifod25OQX-i84ouq0YTr8lp48NuZ&index=2