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So i have a few questions i have done some light custom scratch building but would like to get more in depth. This being said i was wondering what makes good rivets (easy to make) i do not want to use green stuff for this anymore its to much of a pain.

Also can you buy green stuff in bulk and if so where, or is there a alternative to green stuff?

And does anyone know the rules for scratch built models, can you use them in tournaments When building them do you have to use the same specs as the GW models or what

Green stuff by the tube,
http://www.thewarstore.com/product18832.html
GW just repackages it,
Rivets are easy by using a leather punch, rotary style so you can get many different sizes.
http://www.amazon.com/Leather-Hole-Punch-Tool-Heavy/dp/B000NK5VY2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1260727849&sr=8-2

Hope that helps,
You can take a sheet of plascard and watch tv for a half hour while punching away making rivets by the hundred,
Never had to do it as I didn't make that much stuff that needed it,
But I have done it for a friend,

Hope that helps,

So just use plastic card??? and a punch hmmm

So long as you don't need really small rivets, the punch method is simplest and gives perfectly acceptable results.

Note that the resulting rivets tend to have a 'top' and 'bottom' side due to the way the punch cuts the plastic from one side - i always mark one side with a thin coat of paint before punching, so i can tell which is the 'up' side on the resulting rivets.

You can also get plasticard rods mere millimeters in diameter at most hobby shops. Chop these up if you need smaller, finer rivets.

Rod can be difficult to chop evenly - not that it matters too much if you're building ork vehicles, but it can look a bit crap on marines. Although I beleive there are some specialist mini-'guillotines' available for making precisely sized cuts?

For plates, I find that tapping a blunted nail through the back of plasticard works a treat, and is very quick too. Used on my scratchbuilt Baneblade [/shameless plug of own WIP blog], looks pretty neat.

you can use this too