Your are welcome ! This is a great project. I didn't play Monopoly for ages but with those well-adapted rules, it can be really fun (especially with Minna's great illustrations in background).
I can use Photoshop, Inkscape, SketchUp and SolidWorks (I used them a lot in my previous job but I learned by myself....it's certainly not perfect ) I can use Blender a little. That's all. I am not sure if that can help you much ?
Never use AutoCAD even if we have it with the 3D printer at work. It looks quite difficult ! Guess that you have to need it to learn how it works (and if you are an Architect, no doubt that's useful).
Fold-and-glue is still a great option. Many board game used this and it looks good !
If you need help to do something, do not hesitate. I will be happy to help !
BTW, you planned to do other games ? I mean, not complicated ones (I mostly think of card game, like "7 families" or a "the werewolves" because your hands are quite full with this project.
I'm sure we can find something... I'll let you know. :-)
AutoCAD is very technical. So it helps a lot to know technical drawing. But it's an amazing program that allows you, if you master it, to make basically anything with as much accuracy as you want.
As for the figurines i'll try to put up something. You can help by trying to make them at home and verifying how they fit in your hand and on the mini-board. I'm going to make a set for the mini-board and another, bigger, for the main board. Now I'll focus on the mini-board, considering our present limitations.
Other games would be fun, but right now I cannot take more things... I'm doing this project, making the occasional reminder, writing a fan-fic and preparing an art piece for the upcoming chapter break... And I still have lots of real life work to do. Luckily I don't have many places to go in the coming weeks... :-)
But if you and other people want to try adapting other games I'll be happy to help as much as I can!
Possibly we could make figures on Hero Forge
It's a great idea. I went there to check, and it's very interesting. However there are some limitations. As an example, they don't have that many haircuts, so there's none like Sigrun's.
I also don't know their prices... But it's something that we can explore in the future.