New painting stick

Here is one of my new painting sticks.

While I had the tools out of the shed on the weekend working on the basement, I grabbed a length of pine, cut it down and ran one end around on the router table to get the 'comfort' grip.

First use last night.  Feels good to use and no more falling over figures.  Question will be what I use to hold the figures on that gives a good balance between hold and removability so I can reuse the sticks over and over.