diff --git a/Diamond/Buffers/Buffer.cs b/Diamond/Buffers/Buffer.cs
index b308dcc..3f8b037 100644
--- a/Diamond/Buffers/Buffer.cs
+++ b/Diamond/Buffers/Buffer.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace Diamond.Buffers
         internal readonly BufferWrap Wrapper;
         private readonly VertexDataInfo _vdi;
 
-        private readonly int _size;
+        protected readonly int Size;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The target for this buffer; its type
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace Diamond.Buffers
         {
             Wrapper = wrapper;
             Name = name;
-            _size = Marshal.SizeOf<T>();
+            Size = Marshal.SizeOf<T>();
             _vdi = VertexDataInfo.GetInfo<T>();
         }
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace Diamond.Buffers
         /// Upload data to this buffer
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="data">The data to upload</param>
-        public void Data(T[] data) => Wrapper.Data(_size, data);
+        public void Data(T[] data) => Wrapper.Data(Size, data);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Upload a range of data to this buffer
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ namespace Diamond.Buffers
         /// <param name="offset">The range offset</param>
         /// <param name="count">The range length</param>
         /// <param name="data">The data to upload, offset and length apply to both this and the target</param>
-        public void Data(int offset, int count, T[] data) => Wrapper.SubData(_size, offset, count, data);
+        public void Data(int offset, int count, T[] data) => Wrapper.SubData(Size, offset, count, data);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Upload a range of data to this buffer
diff --git a/Diamond/Diamond.csproj b/Diamond/Diamond.csproj
index 04290a5..3a6e789 100644
--- a/Diamond/Diamond.csproj
+++ b/Diamond/Diamond.csproj
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Buffers\VertexDataAttribute.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Wrappers\Wrapper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Util\TileData.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Util\Mesh.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Render\VertexBuffer.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Util\ObjVertex.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Shaders\Program.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
diff --git a/Diamond/Render/RenderGroup.cs b/Diamond/Render/RenderGroup.cs
index 0e2bd0f..0c250d8 100644
--- a/Diamond/Render/RenderGroup.cs
+++ b/Diamond/Render/RenderGroup.cs
@@ -13,23 +13,15 @@ namespace Diamond.Render
     /// <typeparam name="TVertex">The type of data to use as Vertex information</typeparam>
     public class RenderGroup<TInstance, TVertex> where TInstance : struct where TVertex : struct
     {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The range of instance values to render
-        /// </summary>
-        public SubArray<TInstance> Instances;
         /// <summary>
         /// The range of vertex values to render
         /// </summary>
-        public Mesh<TVertex> Vertices;
+        public VertexBuffer<TVertex> Vertices;
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// The buffer to use for instance data
+        /// The range of instance values to render
         /// </summary>
-        public Buffer<TInstance> InstanceBuffer;
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The buffer to use for instance data
-        /// </summary>
-        public Buffer<TVertex> VertexBuffer;
+        public VertexBuffer<TInstance> Instance;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The program to use to render this Rendergroup
@@ -53,9 +45,6 @@ namespace Diamond.Render
         {
             Program.Use();
 
-            InstanceBuffer.PointTo(Program);
-            VertexBuffer.PointTo(Program);
-
             Texture.Bind(0);
 
             var texLoc = Program.UniformLocation("tex");
@@ -69,7 +58,10 @@ namespace Diamond.Render
             if (projLoc.HasValue)
                 GL.UniformMatrix4(projLoc.Value, false, ref Camera.Projection);
 
-            Vertices.DrawInstanced(Instances);
+            if (Instance != null)
+                Vertices.DrawInstanced(Instance);
+            else
+                Vertices.Draw();
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Diamond/Render/VertexBuffer.cs b/Diamond/Render/VertexBuffer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc072d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Diamond/Render/VertexBuffer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using Diamond.Buffers;
+using Diamond.Shaders;
+using Diamond.Util;
+using NLog;
+using OpenTK;
+using OpenTK.Graphics.OpenGL4;
+using Buffer = Diamond.Buffers.Buffer;
+
+namespace Diamond.Render
+{
+    public class VertexBuffer<T> : IDisposable where T : struct
+    {
+        private Logger Logger = LogManager.GetLogger("VertexBuffer");
+
+        public string Name { get; set; }
+        public Buffer<T> Buffer;
+        public SubArray<T> Vertices;
+        public PrimitiveType Primitive;
+
+        private static readonly VertexDataInfo tVdi;
+
+        static VertexBuffer()
+        {
+            tVdi = VertexDataInfo.GetInfo<T>();
+        }
+
+        internal VertexBuffer(Buffer<T> buffer, SubArray<T> vertices, PrimitiveType primitive, string name)
+        {
+            Buffer = buffer;
+            Vertices = vertices;
+            Primitive = primitive;
+            Name = name;
+        }
+
+        public void Draw()
+        {
+            Buffer.PointTo(Program.Current);
+
+            tVdi.EnableVertexPointers();
+
+            GL.DrawArrays(Primitive, Vertices.Offset, Vertices.Length);
+
+            tVdi.DisableVertexPointers();
+        }
+
+        public void DrawInstanced<TI>(VertexBuffer<TI> instance) where TI : struct
+        {
+            var tiVdi = VertexBuffer<TI>.tVdi;
+
+            if (tiVdi.Divisor == 0)
+            {
+                Logger.Error("Cannot render mesh with instanced of type {0} - Divisor is 0", typeof(TI).Name);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            Buffer.PointTo(Program.Current);
+            instance.Buffer.PointTo(Program.Current);
+
+            tVdi.EnableVertexPointers();
+            tiVdi.EnableVertexPointers();
+
+            GL.DrawArraysInstancedBaseInstance(Primitive, Vertices.Offset, Vertices.Length, instance.Vertices.Length,
+                instance.Vertices.Offset);
+
+            tVdi.DisableVertexPointers();
+            tiVdi.DisableVertexPointers();
+        }
+
+        public void Dispose()
+        {
+            Buffer.Dispose();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class VertexBuffer
+    {
+        public static VertexBuffer<T>[] FromArrays<T>(T[][] arrays, PrimitiveType primitive = PrimitiveType.Triangles,
+            string name = null) where T : struct
+        {
+            var buffer = Buffer.Empty<T>(BufferTarget.ArrayBuffer, BufferUsageHint.StaticDraw, name);
+
+            var vertices = arrays.SelectMany(x => x).ToArray();
+            buffer.Data(vertices);
+
+            var vertBuffers = new List<VertexBuffer<T>>();
+
+            var offset = 0;
+            foreach (var array in arrays)
+            {
+                vertBuffers.Add(new VertexBuffer<T>(
+                    buffer,
+                    new SubArray<T>(vertices, offset, array.Length),
+                    primitive, name));
+                offset += array.Length;
+            }
+
+            return vertBuffers.ToArray();
+        }
+
+        public static VertexBuffer<T>[] FromArrays<T>(IEnumerable<IEnumerable<T>> arrays,
+            PrimitiveType primitive = PrimitiveType.Triangles, string name = null) where T : struct =>
+            FromArrays(arrays.Select(x => x.ToArray()).ToArray(), primitive, name);
+
+        public static VertexBuffer<ObjVertex>[] FromWavefront(string file)
+        {
+            var lines = File.ReadAllLines(file);
+
+            var buffer = Buffer<ObjVertex>.Empty(BufferTarget.ArrayBuffer, BufferUsageHint.StaticDraw,
+                $"{file} buffer");
+
+            var vs = new List<Vector3>();
+            var vts = new List<Vector2>();
+            var vns = new List<Vector3>();
+            var faces = new List<ObjVertex>();
+            var vertices = new List<ObjVertex>();
+
+            var name = file;
+
+            var vertBuffers = new List<VertexBuffer<ObjVertex>>();
+
+            foreach (var line in lines)
+            {
+                if (line.StartsWith("#")) continue;
+
+                var items = line.Split(' ');
+
+                switch (items[0])
+                {
+                    case "v":
+                        var v = new Vector3(
+                            float.Parse(items[1]),
+                            float.Parse(items[2]),
+                            float.Parse(items[3]));
+                        vs.Add(v);
+                        break;
+                    case "vt":
+                        var vt = new Vector2(
+                            float.Parse(items[1]),
+                            1 - float.Parse(items[2]));
+                        vts.Add(vt);
+                        break;
+                    case "vn":
+                        var vn = new Vector3(
+                            float.Parse(items[1]),
+                            float.Parse(items[2]),
+                            float.Parse(items[3]));
+                        vns.Add(vn);
+                        break;
+                    case "f":
+                        for (var i = 1; i < 4; i++)
+                        {
+                            var inds = items[i].Split('/');
+                            var vi = inds[0] == "" ? Vector3.Zero : vs[int.Parse(inds[0]) - 1];
+                            var vti = inds[1] == "" ? Vector2.Zero : vts[int.Parse(inds[1]) - 1];
+                            var vni = inds[2] == "" ? Vector3.Zero : vns[int.Parse(inds[2]) - 1];
+                            var f = new ObjVertex(vi, vti, vni);
+                            faces.Add(f);
+                        }
+                        break;
+                    case "o":
+                        if (faces.Count > 0)
+                        {
+                            var count = vertices.Count;
+                            vertices.AddRange(faces);
+                            vertBuffers.Add(new VertexBuffer<ObjVertex>(
+                                buffer,
+                                new SubArray<ObjVertex>(vertices.ToArray(), count, faces.Count),
+                                PrimitiveType.Triangles,
+                                name));
+                        }
+                        name = items[1];
+                        faces.Clear();
+                        break;
+                    default:
+                        break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (faces.Count > 0)
+            {
+                var count = vertices.Count;
+                vertices.AddRange(faces);
+                vertBuffers.Add(new VertexBuffer<ObjVertex>(
+                    buffer, new SubArray<ObjVertex>(vertices.ToArray(), count, faces.Count),
+                    PrimitiveType.Triangles,
+                    name));
+            }
+
+            var data = vertices.ToArray();
+
+            foreach (var vertexBuffer in vertBuffers)
+                vertexBuffer.Vertices.Array = data;
+
+            buffer.Data(vertices.ToArray());
+
+            return vertBuffers.ToArray();
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Diamond/Util/Mesh.cs b/Diamond/Util/Mesh.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b81c1b..0000000
--- a/Diamond/Util/Mesh.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,146 +0,0 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.IO;
-using System.Linq;
-using Diamond.Buffers;
-using NLog;
-using OpenTK;
-using OpenTK.Graphics.OpenGL4;
-
-namespace Diamond.Util
-{
-    public class Mesh<T> where T : struct
-    {
-        private static readonly Logger Logger = LogManager.GetLogger("Mesh");
-
-        public SubArray<T> Vertices;
-        public PrimitiveType Primitive;
-
-        public string Name { get; set; }
-
-        private static readonly VertexDataInfo tVdi;
-
-        static Mesh()
-        {
-            tVdi = VertexDataInfo.GetInfo<T>();
-        }
-
-        public Mesh(T[] vertices, PrimitiveType primitive = PrimitiveType.Triangles)
-            : this(new SubArray<T>(vertices), primitive)
-        {
-        }
-
-        public Mesh(SubArray<T> vertices, PrimitiveType primitive = PrimitiveType.Triangles)
-        {
-            Vertices = vertices;
-            Primitive = primitive;
-        }
-
-        public void Draw()
-        {
-            tVdi.EnableVertexPointers();
-
-            GL.DrawArrays(Primitive, Vertices.Offset, Vertices.Length);
-
-            tVdi.DisableVertexPointers();
-        }
-
-        public void DrawInstanced<TI>(SubArray<TI> instanceArray) where TI : struct
-        {
-            var tiVdi = VertexDataInfo.GetInfo<TI>();
-
-            if (tiVdi.Divisor == 0)
-            {
-                Logger.Error("Cannot render mesh with instances of type {0} - Divisor is 0", typeof(TI).Name);
-            }
-
-            tVdi.EnableVertexPointers();
-            tiVdi.EnableVertexPointers();
-
-            GL.DrawArraysInstancedBaseInstance(Primitive, Vertices.Offset, Vertices.Length, instanceArray.Length,
-                instanceArray.Offset);
-
-            tVdi.DisableVertexPointers();
-            tiVdi.DisableVertexPointers();
-        }
-    }
-
-    public static class Mesh
-    {
-        public static Mesh<ObjVertex>[] FromObj(string file, bool join = true)
-        {
-            var lines = File.ReadAllLines(file);
-
-            var meshes = new List<Mesh<ObjVertex>>();
-            var name = file;
-            var vs = new List<Vector3>();
-            var vts = new List<Vector2>();
-            var vns = new List<Vector3>();
-            var faces = new List<ObjVertex>();
-
-            foreach (var line in lines)
-            {
-                if (line.StartsWith("#")) continue;
-
-                var items = line.Split(' ');
-
-                switch (items[0])
-                {
-                    case "v":
-                        var v = new Vector3(
-                            float.Parse(items[1]),
-                            float.Parse(items[2]),
-                            float.Parse(items[3]));
-                        vs.Add(v);
-                        break;
-                    case "vt":
-                        var vt = new Vector2(
-                            float.Parse(items[1]),
-                            1 - float.Parse(items[2]));
-                        vts.Add(vt);
-                        break;
-                    case "vn":
-                        var vn = new Vector3(
-                            float.Parse(items[1]),
-                            float.Parse(items[2]),
-                            float.Parse(items[3]));
-                        vns.Add(vn);
-                        break;
-                    case "f":
-                        for (var i = 1; i < 4; i++)
-                        {
-                            var inds = items[i].Split('/');
-                            var vi = inds[0] == "" ? Vector3.Zero : vs[int.Parse(inds[0]) - 1];
-                            var vti = inds[1] == "" ? Vector2.Zero : vts[int.Parse(inds[1]) - 1];
-                            var vni = inds[2] == "" ? Vector3.Zero : vns[int.Parse(inds[2]) - 1];
-                            var f = new ObjVertex(vi, vti, vni);
-                            faces.Add(f);
-                        }
-                        break;
-                    case "o":
-                        if (faces.Count > 0)
-                        {
-                            meshes.Add(new Mesh<ObjVertex>(faces.ToArray()) {Name = name});
-                            faces.Clear();
-                        }
-                        name = items[1];
-                        break;
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (faces.Count > 0)
-                meshes.Add(new Mesh<ObjVertex>(faces.ToArray()) {Name = name});
-
-            if (join)
-                Join(meshes);
-
-            return meshes.ToArray();
-        }
-
-        public static T[] Join<T>(params Mesh<T>[] meshes) where T : struct => Join((IEnumerable<Mesh<T>>) meshes);
-
-        public static T[] Join<T>(IEnumerable<Mesh<T>> meshes) where T : struct
-        {
-            return SubArray.Join(meshes.Select(x => x.Vertices));
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Diamond/Util/SubArray.cs b/Diamond/Util/SubArray.cs
index 327f4c1..dd10975 100644
--- a/Diamond/Util/SubArray.cs
+++ b/Diamond/Util/SubArray.cs
@@ -123,58 +123,58 @@ namespace Diamond.Util
     /// </summary>
     public static class SubArray
     {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Make multiple subArrays cover the same array
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <typeparam name="T">The element type</typeparam>
-        /// <param name="subArrays">The SubArrays to join</param>
-        /// <returns>The new underlying array</returns>
-        public static T[] Join<T>(params SubArray<T>[] subArrays) => Join((IEnumerable<SubArray<T>>) subArrays);
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Make multiple subArrays cover the same array
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <typeparam name="T">The element type</typeparam>
-        /// <param name="subArrays">The SubArrays to join</param>
-        /// <returns>The new underlying array</returns>
-        public static T[] Join<T>(IEnumerable<SubArray<T>> subArrays)
-        {
-            // todo: this breaks in the case: Join(a, b); Join(b, c)
-            // possibly create "multiarray" class or similar which would manage these operations
-            // and prevent this case from arising
-
-            var subArrList = subArrays.ToList(); // prevent multiple enumeration
-
-            HashSet<T[]> uniqueArrays = new HashSet<T[]>();
-            foreach (var subArray in subArrList)
-            {
-                uniqueArrays.Add(subArray.Array);
-            }
-
-            if (uniqueArrays.Count == 0) return new T[0];
-            if (uniqueArrays.Count == 1) return uniqueArrays.ToArray()[0];
-
-            var length = 0;
-            var offsets = new Dictionary<T[], int>();
-            foreach (var uniqueArray in uniqueArrays)
-            {
-                offsets[uniqueArray] = length;
-                length += uniqueArray.Length;
-            }
-
-            var array = new T[length];
-            foreach (var uniqueArray in uniqueArrays)
-            {
-                System.Array.ConstrainedCopy(uniqueArray, 0, array, offsets[uniqueArray], uniqueArray.Length);
-            }
-
-            foreach (var subArray in subArrList)
-            {
-                subArray.Offset = offsets[subArray.Array];
-                subArray.Array = array;
-            }
-
-            return array;
-        }
+//        /// <summary>
+//        /// Make multiple subArrays cover the same array
+//        /// </summary>
+//        /// <typeparam name="T">The element type</typeparam>
+//        /// <param name="subArrays">The SubArrays to join</param>
+//        /// <returns>The new underlying array</returns>
+//        public static T[] Join<T>(params SubArray<T>[] subArrays) => Join((IEnumerable<SubArray<T>>) subArrays);
+//
+//        /// <summary>
+//        /// Make multiple subArrays cover the same array
+//        /// </summary>
+//        /// <typeparam name="T">The element type</typeparam>
+//        /// <param name="subArrays">The SubArrays to join</param>
+//        /// <returns>The new underlying array</returns>
+//        public static T[] Join<T>(IEnumerable<SubArray<T>> subArrays)
+//        {
+//            // todo: this breaks in the case: Join(a, b); Join(b, c)
+//            // possibly create "multiarray" class or similar which would manage these operations
+//            // and prevent this case from arising
+//
+//            var subArrList = subArrays.ToList(); // prevent multiple enumeration
+//
+//            HashSet<T[]> uniqueArrays = new HashSet<T[]>();
+//            foreach (var subArray in subArrList)
+//            {
+//                uniqueArrays.Add(subArray.Array);
+//            }
+//
+//            if (uniqueArrays.Count == 0) return new T[0];
+//            if (uniqueArrays.Count == 1) return uniqueArrays.ToArray()[0];
+//
+//            var length = 0;
+//            var offsets = new Dictionary<T[], int>();
+//            foreach (var uniqueArray in uniqueArrays)
+//            {
+//                offsets[uniqueArray] = length;
+//                length += uniqueArray.Length;
+//            }
+//
+//            var array = new T[length];
+//            foreach (var uniqueArray in uniqueArrays)
+//            {
+//                System.Array.ConstrainedCopy(uniqueArray, 0, array, offsets[uniqueArray], uniqueArray.Length);
+//            }
+//
+//            foreach (var subArray in subArrList)
+//            {
+//                subArray.Offset = offsets[subArray.Array];
+//                subArray.Array = array;
+//            }
+//
+//            return array;
+//        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hexworld/HexRender.cs b/hexworld/HexRender.cs
index 2e75920..02fe5d1 100644
--- a/hexworld/HexRender.cs
+++ b/hexworld/HexRender.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using Diamond.Buffers;
@@ -43,10 +44,10 @@ namespace hexworld
 
         #endregion
 
-        private SubArray<TileData> _floorTiles;
-        private SubArray<TileData> _doorTiles;
+        private VertexBuffer<TileData> _floorTiles;
+        private VertexBuffer<TileData> _doorTiles;
 
-        private Mesh<ObjVertex> _cubeMesh;
+        private VertexBuffer<ObjVertex> _cubeMesh;
 
         private Camera _camera;
 
@@ -86,34 +87,29 @@ namespace hexworld
                 .Select(arr => new SubArray<TileData>(arr))
                 .ToArray();
 
-            _doorTiles = allTiles[0];
-            _floorTiles = allTiles[1];
+            var tileVbo = VertexBuffer.FromArrays(allTiles, 0, "tiles");
+
+            _doorTiles = tileVbo[0];
+            _floorTiles = tileVbo[1];
 
             var cubeMesh = json["models"]
                 .Select(path => (string) path)
                 .Select(path => Path.Combine(dir, path))
-                .Select(path => Mesh.FromObj(path, false))
+                .Select(VertexBuffer.FromWavefront)
                 .SelectMany(meshes => meshes)
                 .First(mesh => mesh.Name == "Cube");
 
             _cubeMesh = cubeMesh;
 
-            _tileBuffer = Buffer.FromData(SubArray.Join(_doorTiles, _floorTiles), BufferTarget.ArrayBuffer,
-                BufferUsageHint.DynamicDraw, "tile");
-            _meshBuffer = Buffer.FromData(cubeMesh.Vertices.ToArray(), BufferTarget.ArrayBuffer,
-                BufferUsageHint.StaticDraw, "mesh");
-
             _camera = new Camera();
 
             _renderGroup = new RenderGroup<TileData, ObjVertex>()
             {
                 Camera = _camera,
-                Vertices = _cubeMesh,
-                VertexBuffer = _meshBuffer,
+                Instance = _floorTiles,
                 Program = _texPgm,
-                Texture = _grassTex,
-                InstanceBuffer = _tileBuffer,
-                Instances = _floorTiles
+                Vertices = _cubeMesh,
+                Texture = _grassTex
             };
         }