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'''Mike "Miken" Nielsen''' is a freelance artist and illustrator who produced art for a number of [[BattleTech]], [[Shadowrun]], [[w:Earthdawn]] titles, but is most notably recalled as the artist and creator of [[w:VOR: The Maelstrom|VOR: The Maelstrom]].
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'''Mike "Miken" Nielsen''' (b. 1971) is a freelance artist and illustrator who produced art for a number of [[FASA]] era [[BattleTech]], [[Shadowrun]], [[w:Earthdawn]] titles, but is most notably recalled as the artist and creator of [[w:VOR: The Maelstrom|VOR: The Maelstrom]].
  
Hired by FASA right out of high school, Nielsen remained at the company for 11 years, producing work for all its games and progressing from art duties to game designer, conceiving VOR: The Malestrom and pitching to it FASA. Nielsen retained the rights to VOR after FASA's closure and has made a number of efforts to revive the game.
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Hired by FASA right out of High School, Nielsen would remain at the company for 11 years, producing work for all its games and progressing from art duties to game designer, conceiving and pitching to FASA VOR: The Malestrom. Nielsen would retain the rights to VOR after FASA's closure and has made a number of efforts to revive the game.
  
 
==BattleTech titles worked on==
 
==BattleTech titles worked on==
* ''[[1st Somerset Strikers (sourcebook)|1st Somerset Strikers]]''
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*''[[BattleTech Fourth Edition]]''
* ''[[BattleTech Fourth Edition]]''
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*''[[BattleTech Compendium]]''
* ''[[BattleTech Compendium]]''
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*''[[BattleTech Compendium: The Rules of Warfare]]''
* ''[[BattleTech Compendium: The Rules of Warfare]]''
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*''[[BattleTech Master Rules]]''
* ''[[BattleTech Master Rules]]''
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*''[[BattleTech Master Rules, Revised]]''
* ''[[BattleTech Master Rules, Revised]]''
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*''[[The Black Thorns]]''
* ''[[The Black Thorns]]''
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*''[[ClanTroops]]''
* ''[[ClanTroops]]''
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*''[[Classic BattleTech RPG]]''
* ''[[Classic BattleTech RPG]]''
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*''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Boondoggles]]''
* ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Boondoggles]]''
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*''[[The Fall of Terra]]''
* ''[[The Fall of Terra]]''
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*''[[Field Manual: Draconis Combine]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Draconis Combine]]''
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*''[[Field Manual: Free Worlds League]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Free Worlds League]]''
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*''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries]]''
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*''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised]]''
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*''[[Field Manual: Warden Clans]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Warden Clans]]''
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*''[[First Strike]]''
* ''[[First Strike]]''
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*''[[Hot Spots]]''
* ''[[Hot Spots]]''
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*''[[Invading Clans (sourcebook)]]''
* ''[[Invading Clans (sourcebook)|Invading Clans]]''
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*''[[Jade Falcon Sourcebook]]''
* ''[[Jade Falcon Sourcebook]]''
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*''[[Lawyers, Guns, & Money]]''
* ''[[Lawyers, Guns, & Money]]''
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*''[[Luthien (scenario pack)]]''
* ''[[Luthien (scenario pack)|Luthien]]''
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*''[[McCarron's Armored Cavalry (scenario pack)]]''
* ''[[McCarron's Armored Cavalry (scenario pack)|McCarron's Armored Cavalry]]''
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*''[[MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game, Second Edition]]''
* ''[[MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game, Second Edition]]''
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*''[[MechWarrior, Third Edition]]''
* ''[[MechWarrior, Third Edition]]''
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*''[[Mercenary's Handbook 3055]]''
* ''[[Mercenary's Handbook 3055]]''
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*''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook)]]''
* ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook)|The Periphery, Second Edition]]''
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*''[[Solaris VII: The Game World]]''
* ''[[Solaris VII: The Game World]]''
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*''[[Solaris: The Reaches]]''
* ''[[Solaris: The Reaches]]''
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*''[[1st Somerset Strikers (sourcebook)]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3025 Revised]]''
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*''[[Technical Readout: 3025 Revised]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3039]]''
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*''[[Technical Readout: 3039]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3055]]''
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*''[[Technical Readout: 3055]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3055 Revised]]''
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*''[[Technical Readout: 3055 Revised]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3057]]''
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*''[[Technical Readout: 3057]]''
* ''[[Twilight of the Clans]]''
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*''[[Twilight of the Clans]]''
* ''[[Unbound]]''
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*''[[Unbound]]''
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 
* [https://www.facebook.com/ArtOfMikeN/ Art of Miken page on Facebook]
 
* [https://www.facebook.com/ArtOfMikeN/ Art of Miken page on Facebook]
 
* BattleTech-related [[:Category:Works by Mike Nielsen|artwork by Mike Nielsen]]
 
* BattleTech-related [[:Category:Works by Mike Nielsen|artwork by Mike Nielsen]]
 
  
 
[[Category:Artists|Nielsen, Mike]]
 
[[Category:Artists|Nielsen, Mike]]
 
[[Category:PeopleReal|Nielsen, Mike]]
 
[[Category:PeopleReal|Nielsen, Mike]]

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