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I'm in a situation where I'll be running two different chapters in the same army.

I however don't want to paint the allied chapter in a completely separate color, so I thought I could mark them with shoulder pads of a separate color.

What can I use to make the shoulder pads removable?

I'm not sure Blu Tack is strong enough or has enough longevity.

I've thought about Hob-E-Tac (I've never used it), and thought it might fit the bill...

You could use magnets.

Magnets would be good, although putting one in the thin shoulder pad could be rough. Luckily it’s not a load bearing part, and also quite light. So you might be able to get away with a thin washer/nail head glued to the inside of the pad.

I use poster tac to hold a lot of stuff together. Back when I played WHFB I used it to keep riders on their mounts, and it was strong enough to support the horse if I picked the model up by the rider. Shoulder pads should be under no stress. It should take very little to keep them in place. And if they fall off? Just stick them back on!

I'd rather eat an entire roll of tin foil, than mess around with that many magnets. I've become very conservative regarding what's worth magnetizing and what isn't.

I'll just stick with poster tac for now. If it doesn't work I'll look again.

Another option would just be pegs. Drill a hole through the arm and shoulder, and glue a matching post to the inside of the pad.

But honestly, just a little tac should get the job done. Everything else is over engineering it.

The possible downside of blu-tac type products is their stickiness may transfer to other parts of models, and even affect paint.

I'd try some sort of short plastic pin/rod on the undersides of the pads and corresponding hole on the tops of the shoulders, thus allowing the pads to stay in place by gravity (so long as the figure's standing up ), but I'm not sure how much work that would be - less than magnets though...

A bit of plain old white glue could work. It doesn't bond well to the plastic and pops off easily, and clean up is easy. Of course, testing is a good idea as different glues have different strengths.