Yeahhh, I think this fabric may actually be visible from outer space. I'm planning on getting a form once I move back home. Seems a bit harder to find male forms than female, but it certainly seems worth it, especially if I start making clothes to sell to other people. I also might try and cast one with duct tape first just to see if that method works reasonably well
The duct tape ones work very well. I have several friends with very different bodies, who have done this, and it works great. The big limitation is that you can't pin to a duct tape form... the pins just bend. You can cover it with a thin layer of foam - 1/4" or so - and then cover that with a stretchy lycra fabric. That will work for most things. Also, make a RIDICULOUSLY heavy stand. The place dressmakers forms always die is in the feet or support post, because they get knocked over, torqued, etc. Get a 4x4, mount it to a 2'x2' piece of inch-think plywood, and make the the 4x4 goes all the way up to the top of the neck. That's the only way the thing will be sturdy enough for regular use.