diff --git a/client/net/minecraftforge/client/model/obj/Face.java b/client/net/minecraftforge/client/model/obj/Face.java
index f47951b1d8..aeda2a3e43 100644
--- a/client/net/minecraftforge/client/model/obj/Face.java
+++ b/client/net/minecraftforge/client/model/obj/Face.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class Face
         float averageU = 0F;
         float averageV = 0F;
 
-        if (textureCoordinates.length != 0)
+        if ((textureCoordinates != null) && (textureCoordinates.length > 0))
         {
             for (int i = 0; i < textureCoordinates.length; ++i)
             {
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public class Face
         for (int i = 0; i < vertices.length; ++i)
         {
 
-            if (textureCoordinates.length != 0)
+            if ((textureCoordinates != null) && (textureCoordinates.length > 0))
             {
                 offsetU = textureOffset;
                 offsetV = textureOffset;
diff --git a/client/net/minecraftforge/client/model/obj/WavefrontObject.java b/client/net/minecraftforge/client/model/obj/WavefrontObject.java
index 37291745ec..55603fbbba 100644
--- a/client/net/minecraftforge/client/model/obj/WavefrontObject.java
+++ b/client/net/minecraftforge/client/model/obj/WavefrontObject.java
@@ -341,13 +341,13 @@ public class WavefrontObject implements IModelCustom
                 }
             }
 
-            face.vertices = new Vertex[tokens.length];
-            face.textureCoordinates = new TextureCoordinate[tokens.length];
-            face.vertexNormals = new Vertex[tokens.length];
-
             // f v1/vt1/vn1 v2/vt2/vn2 v3/vt3/vn3 ...
             if (isValidFace_V_VT_VN_Line(line))
             {
+                face.vertices = new Vertex[tokens.length];
+                face.textureCoordinates = new TextureCoordinate[tokens.length];
+                face.vertexNormals = new Vertex[tokens.length];
+                
                 for (int i = 0; i < tokens.length; ++i)
                 {
                     subTokens = tokens[i].split("/");
@@ -362,6 +362,9 @@ public class WavefrontObject implements IModelCustom
             // f v1/vt1 v2/vt2 v3/vt3 ...
             else if (isValidFace_V_VT_Line(line))
             {
+                face.vertices = new Vertex[tokens.length];
+                face.textureCoordinates = new TextureCoordinate[tokens.length];
+                
                 for (int i = 0; i < tokens.length; ++i)
                 {
                     subTokens = tokens[i].split("/");
@@ -375,6 +378,9 @@ public class WavefrontObject implements IModelCustom
             // f v1//vn1 v2//vn2 v3//vn3 ...
             else if (isValidFace_V_VN_Line(line))
             {
+                face.vertices = new Vertex[tokens.length];
+                face.vertexNormals = new Vertex[tokens.length];
+                
                 for (int i = 0; i < tokens.length; ++i)
                 {
                     subTokens = tokens[i].split("//");
@@ -388,6 +394,8 @@ public class WavefrontObject implements IModelCustom
             // f v1 v2 v3 ...
             else if (isValidFace_V_Line(line))
             {
+                face.vertices = new Vertex[tokens.length];
+                
                 for (int i = 0; i < tokens.length; ++i)
                 {
                     face.vertices[i] = vertices.get(Integer.parseInt(tokens[i]) - 1);