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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]].
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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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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.
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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.
  
 
==BattleTech titles worked on==
 
==BattleTech titles worked on==
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*''[[BattleTech Fourth Edition]]''
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* ''[[1st Somerset Strikers (sourcebook)|1st Somerset Strikers]]''
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*''[[BattleTech Compendium]]''
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* ''[[BattleTech Fourth Edition]]''
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*''[[BattleTech Compendium: The Rules of Warfare]]''
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* ''[[BattleTech Compendium]]''
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*''[[BattleTech Master Rules]]''
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* ''[[BattleTech Compendium: The Rules of Warfare]]''
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*''[[BattleTech Master Rules, Revised]]''
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* ''[[BattleTech Master Rules]]''
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*''[[The Black Thorns]]''
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* ''[[BattleTech Master Rules, Revised]]''
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*''[[ClanTroops]]''
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* ''[[The Black Thorns]]''
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*''[[Classic BattleTech RPG]]''
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* ''[[ClanTroops]]''
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*''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Boondoggles]]''
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* ''[[Classic BattleTech RPG]]''
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*''[[The Fall of Terra]]''
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* ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Boondoggles]]''
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*''[[Field Manual: Draconis Combine]]''
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* ''[[The Fall of Terra]]''
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*''[[Field Manual: Free Worlds League]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: Draconis Combine]]''
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*''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: Free Worlds League]]''
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*''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries]]''
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*''[[Field Manual: Warden Clans]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised]]''
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*''[[First Strike]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: Warden Clans]]''
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*''[[Hot Spots]]''
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* ''[[First Strike]]''
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*''[[Invading Clans (sourcebook)]]''
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* ''[[Hot Spots]]''
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*''[[Jade Falcon Sourcebook]]''
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* ''[[Invading Clans (sourcebook)|Invading Clans]]''
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*''[[Lawyers, Guns, & Money]]''
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* ''[[Jade Falcon Sourcebook]]''
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*''[[Luthien (scenario pack)]]''
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* ''[[Lawyers, Guns, & Money]]''
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*''[[McCarron's Armored Cavalry (scenario pack)]]''
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* ''[[Luthien (scenario pack)|Luthien]]''
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*''[[MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game, Second Edition]]''
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* ''[[McCarron's Armored Cavalry (scenario pack)|McCarron's Armored Cavalry]]''
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*''[[MechWarrior, Third Edition]]''
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* ''[[MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game, Second Edition]]''
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*''[[Mercenary's Handbook 3055]]''
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* ''[[MechWarrior, Third Edition]]''
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*''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook)]]''
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* ''[[Mercenary's Handbook 3055]]''
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*''[[Solaris VII: The Game World]]''
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* ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook)|The Periphery, Second Edition]]''
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*''[[Solaris: The Reaches]]''
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* ''[[Solaris VII: The Game World]]''
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*''[[1st Somerset Strikers (sourcebook)]]''
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* ''[[Solaris: The Reaches]]''
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*''[[Technical Readout: 3025 Revised]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3025 Revised]]''
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*''[[Technical Readout: 3039]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3039]]''
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*''[[Technical Readout: 3055]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3055]]''
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*''[[Technical Readout: 3055 Revised]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3055 Revised]]''
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*''[[Technical Readout: 3057]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3057]]''
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*''[[Twilight of the Clans]]''
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* ''[[Twilight of the Clans]]''
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*''[[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]]
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[[Category:Artists|Nielsen, Mike]]
 
[[Category:Artists|Nielsen, Mike]]
 
[[Category:PeopleReal|Nielsen, Mike]]
 
[[Category:PeopleReal|Nielsen, Mike]]

Latest revision as of 13:47, 3 March 2023

Mike Nielsen
Born 1971
Occupation Artist & Illustrator

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 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.

BattleTech titles worked on[edit]

See also[edit]

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