diff --git a/crates/vent-rendering/src/buffer.rs b/crates/vent-rendering/src/buffer.rs
index b7a68e4..d22c43c 100644
--- a/crates/vent-rendering/src/buffer.rs
+++ b/crates/vent-rendering/src/buffer.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::mem::align_of;
 
 use ash::vk;
 
-use crate::{allocator::MemoryAllocator, debug, instance::VulkanInstance};
+use crate::{allocator::MemoryAllocator, any_as_u8_slice, debug, instance::VulkanInstance};
 
 pub struct VulkanBuffer {
     pub buffer: vk::Buffer,
@@ -90,19 +90,6 @@ impl VulkanBuffer {
         buffer
     }
 
-    pub fn new_init_type<T>(
-        instance: &VulkanInstance,
-        allocator: &MemoryAllocator,
-        size: vk::DeviceSize,
-        usage: vk::BufferUsageFlags,
-        data: *const T,
-        name: Option<&str>,
-    ) -> Self {
-        let buffer = Self::new(instance, allocator, size, usage, name);
-        buffer.upload_type(&instance.device, data, size);
-        buffer
-    }
-
     pub fn upload_data<T: Copy>(&self, device: &ash::Device, data: &[T], size: vk::DeviceSize) {
         unsafe {
             let memory = device
@@ -114,17 +101,6 @@ impl VulkanBuffer {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn upload_type<T>(&self, device: &ash::Device, data: *const T, size: vk::DeviceSize) {
-        unsafe {
-            let memory = device
-                .map_memory(self.buffer_memory, 0, size, vk::MemoryMapFlags::empty())
-                .unwrap();
-            let mut align = ash::util::Align::new(memory, align_of::<T>() as _, size);
-            align.copy_from_slice(&[data]);
-            device.unmap_memory(self.buffer_memory);
-        }
-    }
-
     pub fn destroy(&mut self, device: &ash::Device) {
         unsafe {
             device.destroy_buffer(self.buffer, None);
diff --git a/crates/vent-rendering/src/lib.rs b/crates/vent-rendering/src/lib.rs
index 1c1d8a1..8fb0f1d 100644
--- a/crates/vent-rendering/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/vent-rendering/src/lib.rs
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ impl<'a> Vertex<'a> for Vertex3D {
     }
 }
 
-pub unsafe fn any_as_u8_slice<T: Sized>(any: &T) -> &[u8] {
+pub fn any_as_u8_slice<T: Sized>(any: &T) -> &[u8] {
     let ptr = (any as *const T) as *const u8;
-    std::slice::from_raw_parts(ptr, std::mem::size_of::<T>())
+    unsafe { std::slice::from_raw_parts(ptr, std::mem::size_of::<T>()) }
 }
 
 pub fn begin_single_time_command(
diff --git a/crates/vent-runtime/res/shaders/app/3D/shader.frag b/crates/vent-runtime/res/shaders/app/3D/shader.frag
index 0f52737..39e551b 100644
--- a/crates/vent-runtime/res/shaders/app/3D/shader.frag
+++ b/crates/vent-runtime/res/shaders/app/3D/shader.frag
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ layout (location = 0) out vec4 fragColor;
 const float ambient_strength = 0.1;
 
 void main() {
-    vec4 texture = texture(texture_diffuse, tex_coord) ;
+    vec4 texture = texture(texture_diffuse, tex_coord) * material.base_color;
 
     // Calculate the ambient color
     // vec3 ambient_color = light.color * ambient_strength;
diff --git a/crates/vent-runtime/res/shaders/app/3D/shader.frag.spv b/crates/vent-runtime/res/shaders/app/3D/shader.frag.spv
index 90b9871..fdc11b3 100644
Binary files a/crates/vent-runtime/res/shaders/app/3D/shader.frag.spv and b/crates/vent-runtime/res/shaders/app/3D/shader.frag.spv differ
diff --git a/crates/vent-runtime/src/render/d3/mod.rs b/crates/vent-runtime/src/render/d3/mod.rs
index 6f00070..cb0bcca 100644
--- a/crates/vent-runtime/src/render/d3/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/vent-runtime/src/render/d3/mod.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ use glam::{Mat4, Vec3, Vec4};
 use vent_assets::Mesh3D;
 
 use vent_ecs::world::World;
-use vent_rendering::{buffer::VulkanBuffer, instance::VulkanInstance, Vertex, Vertex3D};
+use vent_rendering::{
+    any_as_u8_slice, buffer::VulkanBuffer, instance::VulkanInstance, Vertex, Vertex3D,
+};
 use winit::dpi::PhysicalSize;
 
 use self::light_renderer::LightUBO;
@@ -50,7 +52,6 @@ pub struct Renderer3D {
     // depth_view: wgpu::TextureView,
     pipeline_layout: vk::PipelineLayout,
     pipeline: vk::Pipeline,
-    // pipeline_wire: Option<wgpu::RenderPipeline>,
 }
 
 impl Renderer for Renderer3D {
@@ -106,26 +107,26 @@ impl Renderer for Renderer3D {
                     let mut light_buffers = vec![];
 
                     for _ in 0..instance.swapchain_images.len() {
-                        let buffer = VulkanBuffer::new_init_type(
+                        let buffer = VulkanBuffer::new_init(
                             instance,
                             &instance.memory_allocator,
                             size_of::<MaterialUBO>() as vk::DeviceSize,
                             vk::BufferUsageFlags::UNIFORM_BUFFER,
-                            &MaterialUBO {
+                            any_as_u8_slice(&MaterialUBO {
                                 base_color: Vec4::from_array(material.base_color),
-                            },
+                            }),
                             None,
                         );
                         material_buffers.push(buffer);
-                        let buffer = VulkanBuffer::new_init_type(
+                        let buffer = VulkanBuffer::new_init(
                             instance,
                             &instance.memory_allocator,
                             size_of::<LightUBO>() as vk::DeviceSize,
                             vk::BufferUsageFlags::UNIFORM_BUFFER,
-                            &LightUBO {
+                            any_as_u8_slice(&LightUBO {
                                 position: [2.0, 100.0, 2.0].into(),
                                 color: [1.0, 1.0, 1.0].into(),
-                            },
+                            }),
                             None,
                         );
                         light_buffers.push(buffer)