Another elementary description of the degree four invariant is as $$ \epsilon_{i_1i_2i_3i_4i_5i_6}\ \epsilon_{i_7i_8i_9i_{10}i_{11}i_{12}} \ \omega_{i_1i_2i_3\ }\ \omega_{i_4i_5i_7}\ \omega_{i_6i_8i_9}\ \omega_{i_{10}i_{11}i_{12}} $$ where indices are summed from 1 to 6. The epsilon notation is as in this MO answerthis MO answer.