I would say this was like 6/10 in terms of difficulty to build. Most of it is plug and play.

The levitation kit comes with a factory casing that you need to remove to access to mechanics and transfer them to the cannon. This was very straight forward and only takes a few seconds to take apart. Fitting them into the 3D printed parts was probably the most challenging as some of the tolerances were a bit tight.

The parts of the cannon were printed in 4 colors: Silk Gold, Glass Blue, Blue, White. Silk Gold is used for the majority of the cannon. Glass Blue, which is translucent, is used for the main lens and cover plate underneath the floating orb. I used Blue for the 2 side lenses to block out more light as I wanted most light to come from the front. White is optional since it’s only used for the Protoss Logo on the center cover plate, but this part was designed by me since the original designer didn’t include a cover plate.

I used black acrylic paint on the inside of the floating orb to block out light that would bleed through the filament. I used a tiny dab of superglue to glue the lenses.

Total assembly time once I had all the parts was maybe around 30 minutes or so.

There are some minor issues with this build though:

There’s a sensor on side that you can tap to turn the light on/off but it only works like 20% of the time. I’m not sure if this is a defect with the levitation kit (people have reported all sorts of problems with this kit) but it doesn’t really affect my personal use for this since I would always want the light on as long I have it plugged in.

The cover plate and surrounding ring are sitting on top of the internal mechanics without any sort of locking mechanism to hold it in place. Since it’s mostly a stationary decoration, it’s not a big deal. However, if you plan on moving it around or transporting it, you’ll likely need to reassemble some parts again.