diff --git a/src/mcedit2/rendering/blockmodels.pxd b/src/mcedit2/rendering/blockmodels.pxd
index 7358d9a..e6e5f2b 100644
--- a/src/mcedit2/rendering/blockmodels.pxd
+++ b/src/mcedit2/rendering/blockmodels.pxd
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ cdef struct ModelQuadList:
     int count
     ModelQuad *quads
 
+cdef class ModelQuadListObj(object):
+    cdef ModelQuadList quadList
+
 cdef class BlockModels:
     cdef object resourceLoader
     cdef object blocktypes
@@ -25,6 +28,7 @@ cdef class BlockModels:
     cdef public object firstTextures
     cdef object cookedModels
     cdef ModelQuadList cookedModelsByID[4096][16]
+    cdef dict cookedModelsByBlockState
     cdef object cooked
 
     cdef object grassImage
diff --git a/src/mcedit2/rendering/blockmodels.pyx b/src/mcedit2/rendering/blockmodels.pyx
index 015876b..e363d08 100644
--- a/src/mcedit2/rendering/blockmodels.pyx
+++ b/src/mcedit2/rendering/blockmodels.pyx
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ cdef struct ModelQuadList:
     int count
     ModelQuad *quads
 
+cdef class ModelQuadListObj(object):
+    pass  # defined in blockmodels.pxd
+
+
 cdef class FaceInfo(object):
     cdef:
         float x1, y1, z1, x2, y2, z2
@@ -167,6 +171,7 @@ cdef class BlockModels(object):
         self.modelStateJsons = {}
         self.quadsByResourcePathVariant = {}
         self.blockStatesByResourcePathVariant = defaultdict(list)
+        self.cookedModelsByBlockState = {}
 
         self._texturePaths = set()
         self.firstTextures = {}  # first texture found for each block - used for icons (xxx)
@@ -246,6 +251,7 @@ cdef class BlockModels(object):
                 log.debug("Model for variant %s#%s previously loaded", resourcePath, resourceVariant)
                 continue
 
+            self.blockStatesByResourcePathVariant[resourcePath, resourceVariant].append(nameAndState)
             internalName, blockState = (nameAndState.split("[") + [""])[:2]  # _splitInternalName
             block = blocktypes.get(internalName, None)
             if block is None:
@@ -502,6 +508,7 @@ cdef class BlockModels(object):
         cdef unsigned char shade
         cdef ModelQuadList modelQuads
         cdef ModelQuadList unknownBlockModel
+        cdef ModelQuadListObj modelQuadsObj = None
         cdef list allQuads
         UNKNOWN_BLOCK = u'MCEDIT_UNKNOWN'
 
@@ -615,6 +622,9 @@ cdef class BlockModels(object):
                     try:
                         ID, meta = self.blocktypes.IDsByState[nameAndState]
                     except KeyError:
+                        modelQuadsObj = ModelQuadListObj()
+                        modelQuadsObj.quadList = modelQuads
+                        self.cookedModelsByBlockState[nameAndState] = modelQuadsObj
                         continue  # xxx put models for hidden states where??
 
                 # cookedModels[nameAndState] = cookedQuads
@@ -631,6 +641,7 @@ cdef class BlockModels(object):
         self.cookedModels = cookedModels
         self.cooked = True
 
+        # import pprint; pprint.pprint(dict(self.blockStatesByResourcePathVariant)); raise SystemExit
         self.cookFluidQuads()
 
     def cookFluidQuads(self):
diff --git a/src/mcedit2/rendering/modelmesh.pyx b/src/mcedit2/rendering/modelmesh.pyx
index fefe446..e1b8dfc 100644
--- a/src/mcedit2/rendering/modelmesh.pyx
+++ b/src/mcedit2/rendering/modelmesh.pyx
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ class BlockModelMesh(object):
         cdef unsigned short stoneSlab2ID = getID("minecraft:stone_slab2")
         cdef unsigned short woodenSlabID = getID("minecraft:wooden_slab")
 
+        cdef unsigned short grassID = getID("minecraft:grass")
+        cdef unsigned short snowID = getID("minecraft:snow")
+        cdef unsigned short snowLayerID = getID("minecraft:snow_layer")
 
         #cdef char fancyGraphics = self.sectionUpdate.fancyGraphics
         cdef char fancyGraphics = True
@@ -157,6 +160,8 @@ class BlockModelMesh(object):
         cdef const unsigned char * tintColor
 
         cdef char doCull = 0
+        cdef char foundActualState
+        cdef blockmodels.ModelQuadListObj quadListObj
 
         if vertexBuffer == NULL:
             return
@@ -170,10 +175,31 @@ class BlockModelMesh(object):
                     if ID == 0:
                         continue
                     meta = areaData[y, z, x]
+                    foundActualState = 0
 
                     if renderType[ID] == 3:  # model blocks
-                        # xxx cookedModelsByBlockState
-                        quads = blockModels.cookedModelsByID[ID][meta]
+                        # if this block has actualStates, get its actualState
+                        # using its neighbors and look up that state's models
+                        # in blockModels.... ... ...
+
+                        # to get its actual state, we need to get its current state from
+                        # its id and meta, parse the state into properties,
+                        # change some property values into others according to
+                        # actualState logic, cram them back into a blockState string,
+                        # then use the new state to look up the model
+                        # ... ... ...
+                        # all without doing a dict lookup for every block...
+                        #
+                        if grassID and (ID == grassID):
+                            if (areaBlocks[y+1, z, x] == snowID
+                                or areaBlocks[y+1, z, x] == snowLayerID):
+                                actualState = "minecraft:grass[snowy=true]"
+                                quadListObj = blockModels.cookedModelsByBlockState[actualState]
+                                quads = quadListObj.quadList
+                                foundActualState = 1
+
+                        if foundActualState == 0:
+                            quads = blockModels.cookedModelsByID[ID][meta]
                         if quads.count == 0:
                             continue