Are snotlings a type of "greenskin" (or whatever you call goblins and orks with a gatherword), by the way? Or are they an unrelated animal creature like wolves or giant spiders?
and we're one of the things that no-one minded a scratch built model of
Is a scratch built model a model built from scratch? I mean, that would be obvious. So what I'm really asking is how do scratch built models look/work? I thought the idea of Warhammer as to sell models so I'm surprised Games Workshop (if I'm remembering the name of the company right) would allow that.
Snotlings are tiny greenskins, the smallest of all of them, who are so stupid they can't even speak, even to each other, and have the enthusiasm of a hyperactive puppy. The orcs keep them as pets, goblins find them annoying as hell, both also eat them.
When the orcs are getting fired up for a WAAAGH!!! the snotlings start instinctively building pump wagons out of random bits of wood and metal, then power the things with various cranks and levers to barrel into people.
Scratch built models are built from mostly spare model parts, sometimes out of random things like tin cans and popsicle sticks, modeling putty, or a mix of all three. GW used to encourage it for units they didn't have models for or which were supposed to be wacky and unique, mostly Orcs and Orkz vehicles, but also Skaven, Chaos, Halflings and so on. It became less and less encouraged over the years, now the general guideline for official GW stuff is that to use it in their stores any model needs to be 50%+ GW products if I recall correctly.
I might still have a daemon prince I made out of three spare daemon prince parts, wire mesh and green stuff (resin modeling putty) lying about somewhere.
Scratch built models are mostly distinct in that they're not using an existing model as a base, as opposed to a converted model which is made by cutting up stuff and slapping it onto an existing model, like cutting up spare ork bits to stick on a tank to make a Looted Wagon, and kit-bashes which are made by combining compatible parts from different kits, like mixing pieces from different space marine boxes to make a different combination.