cutting turnings in half on a bandsaw

To all you other bandsaw users.......



mostly I do turning, so the bandsaw is my second machine (cutting blanks mostly) and the only other one I have permanently setup for dust extraction....



I am looking at turning a set of skittles/bowling pins to play with my 5 year old grandson. I want to turn each into characters (me with the fat belly, SWMBO with other parts that are bigger, grandson as the smallest one). When thinking about this, I decided I do not need a fat belly behind me and could half my turning time by cutting each in half (have two fat belly 'pops' for the price of one :) ). However I have not yet worked out a (even relatively) safe way (I still have all my fingers) of cutting the figures in half. The ones I have saved for the task are only 30mm or so diameter so using my hand as a guide on a piece that is not nice and flat is a bit scary. Actually there are lots of scary things about what I am thinking of doing!



I do have a fence so if the piece was small and flat I would be comfortable with what I am doing.



Any thoughts / suggestions / divine interventions greatly appreciated



thanks



Mick