Latex mask making help!?

hello im going to be going to a special fx school next fall, but there's this talent scholarship i want to try and get to help me out since the school's really expensive. anyways i have a few months to get a portfolio going and i decided im going to try and make a few latex masks. i looked on the internet and ';The Monster Makers'; have a few mask making kits. i was probably going to get the ';$200.00'; basic kit that makes one mask, but i wanted to know if its worth it or not. should i just buy the materials seperate off another site? or is the $200 kit going to really help me out?





if youre a professional mask maker or have done a few and have some kind of knowledge on this stuff it'd help me out a lot! i just dont want to waste $200 bucks on something i could be doing for a lot less you know? sites can EASILY rip off someone with no knowledge like me! lol





here's the kit link





http://www.monstermakers.com/product/basic-latex-mask-making-kit.html





thanks for any answers :)Latex mask making help!?
After reviewing your kit it looks like a pretty good deal to me especially since it comes with a handbook and comes with everything you need in one complete package. I don't think you could do much better. $200 is pretty cheap considering what you get. Like it or not any kind of sculpture or special FX material is going to cost a lot, especially if you are using rubber or doing any kind of replication. Private school costs dwarf any costs you will have in materials, so think of it as earning money for school.





My recommendation would be to go for it. If you want to check the prices go to the douglas and sturgess website. They are a company specifically for mold making, sculpture and special FX.