Another little chapter in my quest for cinematic ‘gory’. 
Unfortunately this time, I have to talk about the first real problem I ran into. An issue I could not solve so far. Just when I thought I grasped the basic challenges and possible issues of cloth simulation - I got slapped in the face and told otherwise.
So please, please, if anyone is experienced with cloth sim and could imagine what the problem might be - your help will be greatly appreciated!! My endless love and affection will be yours to behold!
I just quickly want to mention it here, as I explained it in detail in a separate topic:
The problem is, that a cloth sim would not bake nor cache. If I try to do so Blender either freezes (caching) or pretends to work… but actually does nothing (baking). This might be common in politics - but for a software that’s not a wonderful feat.
The strange thing is, that I tested an early version of the cloth, which worked perfectly fine. Then I extended and refined it, and actually made the mesh look much better - but it doesn’t work anymore.
Here’s a little video of what the test looks like:
Old version - No Problemo
New Version - Problemo!
Anyone has a clue what the problem might be?
EDIT:
The answer is…eh…yeahhhsomehow.
User Photox gave me a great tip for a workaround!! Kudos to him again. 
(Append the cloth sim in a new project.)
So it works now!! Yippie! Bakerman is baking bread…again! 
I still don’t know what the problem was - but…hey…who cares! 