thanks playmofriends!
and Arnaud, they are blue PVC strips....but the groove is very expensive matt white powder spray (like epoxy powder but perhaps if I baked it, it would have melted and fused beautifully but as you can see, the lower area being wider and assessible to my fingers was accidentally rubbed off whe applying your transfers
Cool I like the colours and they look very professional 
and DrDalek6, on my final version, both wears the orangy-red pirate head scarve (like the guy on the left with sandals) to match their orangy-red sleeveless overcoats (not PM red...somehow the photography made them look red like the PM red head cover with 'ears')
