Has anyone tried...

[Conquistador]

... using Heroclix (such as Wolfsbane) or Horrorclix (Evil Leprechaun) figures for Chaos in Carpathia or similar games (besides Horrorclix rules of course.)

Gracias,

Glenn

[Momotaro]

I have a number of the Cthulhoid Horrorclix monsters that I use for horror gaming.  The Rl'yeh guardians are nice mini-Cthulhus, and the shoggoth isn't bad.  I also use some of the Monsterpocalypse minis.  Oh, and the Horrorclix Predators, Aliens and BPRD figures (the BPRD box was £1 from Poundland!).

You can prise them off the Heroclix dial base pretty easily - some swearing may be involved - and I use Loctite All-Plastics superglue to put them on regular bases.  They will take acrylic paint directly onto the painted plastic, although if the model has lots of thin, flexible parts I prefer to undercoat with gesso, then seal the final paintjob with a mix of thinned-down PVA glue and matt varnish.

To be honest, I kept the guardians as they were and just rebased them, and I only repainted the shoggoth because it was too pink.  here it is:

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=20104.0

[ZenWired]

I use them (as well as Mage Knight figures) regularly for many games: Strange Aeons, Spinespur, Rippers, Necromunda, etc.

If you're planning on rebasing them, the trick in removing them from their clicky bases is finding the "sweet spot" - I've found that most of them have one. It's a spot where the model is less firmly mounted to the base. I usually find it by testing the edges of the join with the blade of a large Xacto knife (the kind with a retractable blade, similar to a utility knife) until I find the spot where the blade slips easily between the model and the base. Then it's usually just a matter of pushing the blade into the join a little farther and rotating it; the model usually pops easily off the base at that point. (Of course, there are a few that don't have said sweet spot, and those that don't "pop" when the blade's turned. These are the ones that usually involve cursing - and bleeding, if you're too aggressive or careless.)