typedef struct _texmodel{
   int numVert;               //number of vertices in the model
   GLuint textureID;          //texture handle
   GLuint vertexID, uvID;     //array buffers specifying vertices/UV coords in modelspace
}texModel;

texModel genTexModel(GLfloat *vertices, GLfloat *uv, GLuint texture, int localNumVert){

   texModel newModel = {0};
   newModel.numVert = localNumVert;

   glGenBuffers(1, &newModel.vertexID);
   glGenBuffers(1, &newModel.uvID);

   glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, newModel.vertexID);
   glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, sizeof(vect2D)*newModel.numVert, vertices, GL_STATIC_DRAW);

   glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, newModel.uvID);
   glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, sizeof(vect2D)*newModel.numVert, uv, GL_STATIC_DRAW);

   newModel.textureID = texture;

   return newModel;

}