diff --git a/Penumbra/Import/Models/ModelManager.cs b/Penumbra/Import/Models/ModelManager.cs
index fbccf4b7..bded3b0c 100644
--- a/Penumbra/Import/Models/ModelManager.cs
+++ b/Penumbra/Import/Models/ModelManager.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using Lumina.Extensions;
 using OtterGui.Tasks;
 using Penumbra.GameData.Files;
 using SharpGLTF.Geometry;
@@ -45,39 +46,75 @@ public sealed class ModelManager : SingleTaskQueue, IDisposable
         return task;
     }
 
-    public Task ExportToGltf(/* MdlFile mdl, */string path)
-        => Enqueue(new ExportToGltfAction(path));
+    public Task ExportToGltf(MdlFile mdl, string path)
+        => Enqueue(new ExportToGltfAction(mdl, path));
 
     private class ExportToGltfAction : IAction
     {
+        private readonly MdlFile _mdl;
         private readonly string _path;
 
-        public ExportToGltfAction(string path)
+        public ExportToGltfAction(MdlFile mdl, string path)
         {
+            _mdl = mdl;
             _path = path;
         }
 
         public void Execute(CancellationToken token)
         {
-            var mesh = new MeshBuilder<VertexPosition>("mesh");
+            var meshBuilder = new MeshBuilder<VertexPosition>("mesh");
 
-            var material1 = new MaterialBuilder()
+            var material = new MaterialBuilder()
                 .WithDoubleSide(true)
                 .WithMetallicRoughnessShader()
-                .WithChannelParam(KnownChannel.BaseColor, KnownProperty.RGBA, new Vector4(1, 0, 0, 1));
-            var primitive1 = mesh.UsePrimitive(material1);
-            primitive1.AddTriangle(new VertexPosition(-10, 0, 0), new VertexPosition(10, 0, 0), new VertexPosition(0, 10, 0));
-            primitive1.AddTriangle(new VertexPosition(10, 0, 0), new VertexPosition(-10, 0, 0), new VertexPosition(0, -10, 0));
-            
-            var material2 = new MaterialBuilder()
-                .WithDoubleSide(true)
-                .WithMetallicRoughnessShader()
-                .WithChannelParam(KnownChannel.BaseColor, KnownProperty.RGBA, new Vector4(1, 0, 1, 1));
-            var primitive2 = mesh.UsePrimitive(material2);
-            primitive2.AddQuadrangle(new VertexPosition(-5, 0, 3), new VertexPosition(0, -5, 3), new VertexPosition(5, 0, 3), new VertexPosition(0, 5, 3));
+                .WithChannelParam(KnownChannel.BaseColor, KnownProperty.RGBA, new Vector4(1, 1, 1, 1));
+
+            // lol, lmao even
+            var meshIndex = 2;
+            var lod = 0;
+
+            var mesh = _mdl.Meshes[meshIndex];
+            var submesh = _mdl.SubMeshes[mesh.SubMeshIndex]; // just first for now
+
+            var positionVertexElement = _mdl.VertexDeclarations[meshIndex].VertexElements
+                .Where(decl => decl.Usage == 0 /* POSITION */)
+                .First();
+
+            // reading in the entire indices list
+            var dataReader = new BinaryReader(new MemoryStream(_mdl.RemainingData));
+            dataReader.Seek(_mdl.IndexOffset[lod]);
+            var indices = dataReader.ReadStructuresAsArray<ushort>((int)_mdl.IndexBufferSize[lod] / sizeof(ushort));
+
+            // read in verts for this mesh
+            var baseOffset = _mdl.VertexOffset[lod] + mesh.VertexBufferOffset[positionVertexElement.Stream] + positionVertexElement.Offset;
+            var vertices = new List<VertexPosition>();
+            for (var vertexIndex = 0; vertexIndex < mesh.VertexCount; vertexIndex++)
+            {
+                dataReader.Seek(baseOffset + vertexIndex * mesh.VertexBufferStride[positionVertexElement.Stream]);
+                // todo handle type
+                vertices.Add(new VertexPosition(
+                    dataReader.ReadSingle(),
+                    dataReader.ReadSingle(),
+                    dataReader.ReadSingle()
+                ));
+            }
+
+            // build a primitive for the submesh
+            var primitiveBuilder = meshBuilder.UsePrimitive(material);
+            // they're all tri list
+            for (var indexOffset = 0; indexOffset < submesh.IndexCount; indexOffset += 3)
+            {
+                var index = indexOffset + submesh.IndexOffset;
+
+                primitiveBuilder.AddTriangle(
+                    vertices[indices[index + 0]],
+                    vertices[indices[index + 1]],
+                    vertices[indices[index + 2]]
+                );
+            }
 
             var scene = new SceneBuilder();
-            scene.AddRigidMesh(mesh, Matrix4x4.Identity);
+            scene.AddRigidMesh(meshBuilder, Matrix4x4.Identity);
 
             var model = scene.ToGltf2();
             model.SaveGLTF(_path);
diff --git a/Penumbra/UI/AdvancedWindow/ModEditWindow.Models.cs b/Penumbra/UI/AdvancedWindow/ModEditWindow.Models.cs
index 89497cfd..b64b4f40 100644
--- a/Penumbra/UI/AdvancedWindow/ModEditWindow.Models.cs
+++ b/Penumbra/UI/AdvancedWindow/ModEditWindow.Models.cs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public partial class ModEditWindow
         if (ImGuiUtil.DrawDisabledButton("bingo bango", Vector2.Zero, "description", _pendingIo))
         {
             _pendingIo = true;
-            var task = _models.ExportToGltf("C:\\Users\\ackwell\\blender\\gltf-tests\\bingo.gltf");
+            var task = _models.ExportToGltf(file, "C:\\Users\\ackwell\\blender\\gltf-tests\\bingo.gltf");
             task.ContinueWith(_ => _pendingIo = false);
         }