Hi!
I'm not the brightest in the bunch (doh!) but I have a suggestion regarding the brick wall. Just create a box then use the "Array multiplier" found in modeler or just clone it until you have the wall. Remember not to weld the boxes together or you and Layout will have a hard time separting them. Just leave a small spave between them and you should have no problem with Hard_FX.
I presume that you could do something simmilar with the cup. In Modeler draw some splines and cut you cup with them the way you want (extrude and bolean, or Shift+R and slice, etc.)
then separate it in pieces (cut) in different layers and close them by creating polys (select the edge points in order and press p). After that you copy the cup pieces into one layer and empty the others you don't need. As long as you don't press merge points you sould be fine. The send to layout and crack
Hope it helps. Good luck!