Newbie icon question

I'm trying to add a selection of buddy icons.
I have downloaded some from interfaceLIFT and one of the other sites the Apple 101 page suggested.
The problem is then using these very nice icons in either iChat, Adium or as my user account icon.
Please can somebody walk me thorugh what I do with the icons once they're downloaded and visbale in the Finder. Dragging and dropping them from the Get Info window into the Choose Image window just doesn't work.
Thanks,

Yes, but I wanted to be able to use my own icons, sourcede from other places.
However, I have found a way to do this. By doing a Get Info and then copying the icon at the top of the window and then doing a 'New from Pasteboard' in Preview one is then able to save the file as any fil type. Saving it as a PNG makes it selectable in the Choose Icon window of iChat/Adium/Account settings.

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